After all of the reading, review and research, the 2016 NDI guidance comments are in.

But what should industry do about serious technical issues and product categories? What can it expect from the incoming administration and FDA?

This one-day conference, featuring key expert presenters, will provide actionable updates on this final piece of the DSHEA regulatory legacy, including: 

• NDI guidance comments
• Industry’s place in the new administration
• FDA’s 2017 enforcement priorities
• Key technical issues, including synthetic botanicals, nanotechnology, probiotics and more
• The old dietary ingredients list
• A viable go-forward NDI plan

Session 1: NDI Status Report

• The NDI Guidance: Ranking the priorities and how to achieve them –Loren Israelsen, President, UNPA
• How the Trump administration is changing Washington and what that means for FDA –Susan Winkler, Chief Risk Management Officer, Leavitt Partners
• Enforcing NDI Policy: What are FDA’s priorities and options? –Larisa Pavlick, VP, Regulatory & Compliance, UNPA

Session 2: Tutorials on Key Technical Issues

• Synthetic Botanicals: The new world of synthetic biology and dealing with synthetic botanicals –Jim Thomas, Program Director, ETC Group
• Nanotechnology –Speaker TBD
• GRAS and NDI: What is the best approach now? –Speaker TBD
• ODI List Progress Report: Working toward an authoritative ODI list. What we have, what we need and how to get there –Marian Boardley, Independent consultant; Loren Israelsen; Skye Lininger, CEO, HealthNotes Inc.

Session 3: Building a Road Map: Industry “Town Hall” discussion

• UNPA Proposition for a Viable NDI Policy: Protecting consumers, building business and keeping innovation alive –Loren Israelsen and invited guest speakers
• Audience Thoughts and Comments, including speaker panel and polling

Session 4: Conclusions and Go-Forwards

• Industry Representation: Messaging to Congress, consumers, media and FDA –Speaker TBD

Conference Faculty

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Registration

$625 UNPA members // Until Dec. 31: $525!
$895 non-UNPA members // Until Dec. 31: $795!