Consumers, Health Practitioners Heeded FDA’s Call For WEN-Related AEs

FDA’s safety alert in July, asking WEN users and their doctors to share information regarding hair loss-related adverse events, yielded approximately 1,000 reports in just over two months, contributing to a massive increase in cosmetic AE reports for FY 2016.

FDA received close to a thousand adverse event reports associated with WEN products in the closing months of fiscal 2016 following a public appeal for information, which could prompt lawmakers and consumer advocates to ask why the agency waited to issue the call.

Hair loss-related complaints linked to WEN Cleansing Conditions trace back at least as far as 2010. Class actions...

HBW Podcast

Explore how consumer health is evolving. On the go.

David Ridley hosts in-depth conversations with industry leaders.

More from Ingredients & Safety

More from HBW Insight