Deodorants And Antiperspirants: A Regulator?s Viewpoint

Michael Giberson

What?s the difference between deodorants and antiperspirants, that makes antiperspirants regulated by the FDA as an over-the-counter drug, while deodorants are not? That is just one of the questions answered in Cindy Skrzycki?s ?The Regulators? column in this morning?s Washington Post: ?Antiperspirant Makers Sweat Out FDA’s Data Request.?

Skrzycki?s weekly column provides an always insightful look at the interplay between regulators, lobbyists, and legislators that is Washington?s regulatory circus.