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CPSC Exempts Powder Form of 2 Drugs from Child-Resistant Packaging

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a final rule, effective July 22, 2011, which amends its child-resistant packaging requirements to exempt powder formulations of two oral prescription drugs, colesevelam hydrochloride (currently marketed as Welchol®) and sevelamer carbonate (currently marketed…

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as Renvela®), which are indicated to reduce elevated LDL cholesterol levels and improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus, and for the control of elevated serum phosphorus in chronic kidney disease patients on dialysis, respectively. The rule exempts these prescription drug products on the basis that child-resistant packaging is not needed to protect young children from serious injury or illness.