Press Releases and Statements

The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) will hold its 2017 Regulatory, Scientific & Quality (RSQ) Conference on Thursday, May 11 to Friday, May 12 in North Bethesda, Md.

CHPA applauds CRN and UL for spearheading the Supplement OWL, which will prove to be a valuable resource for regulators, retailers and ultimately consumers.

CHPA elected members and officers to its board of directors at the association’s Annual Executive Conference (AEC), held March 19-22, 2017,

Today, the Consumer Healthcare Products Association awarded the Ivan D. Combe Lifetime Achievement Award to long-time industry executives, Jim Cope and Bob Donovan. This annual award is the highest honor given by the consumer healthcare industry.

President and Chief Executive Officer of WellSpring Pharmaceutical Corporation, Wendy Shusko, was recently named a board member of the CHPA Educational Foundation, the charitable and public education arm of the Consumer Healthcare Products Association.

New research from CHPA and Nielsen indicates that more Americans are suffering from seasonal allergies and are choosing nonprescription, OTC, treatments rather than prescription medications.

“The results of this year’s Monitoring the Future survey demonstrate that prevention through education works,” Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) President and CEO Scott Melville said.

CHPA welcomed one new member to the CHPA Board of Directors today during the board’s fall meeting. Rekha Rao, general manager, North America, Colgate Oral Pharmaceuticals, Colgate-Palmolive Company, was elected to the board.

A recent study conducted by Charles River Associates, a leading global consulting firm, has quantified the savings consumers and the healthcare system receive from the over-the-counter (OTC) availability of the widely used cough suppressant dextromethorphan (DXM).

CHPA announces that Anita Brikman will join the organization in a dual role as the association’s Vice President, Communications & Public Affairs and as Executive Director of the CHPA Educational Foundation.

CHPA strongly supports the OTC Monograph System, but we believe that policy reforms could make the system more flexible, responsive, and accommodating to innovation.