Tobacco Chief to Start Ruling on Product Backlog at FDA
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The top U.S. tobacco regulator said he’s ready to reduce a backlog of 4,000 applications from companies asking to determine which of their products can stay on the market and what new ones may be introduced.
The Food and Drug Administration is “very close” to ruling whether tobacco companies can sell new products they say have the same characteristics as existing ones, Mitch Zeller, appointed in March as head of the agency’s Center for Tobacco Products, said in an interview. There are 500 requests to approve products not currently sold and 3,500 for products already in stores, he said.