SUNSCREEN SPFs ABOVE 30 RECOMMENDED BY SUN PHARMACEUTICALS
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
SUNSCREEN SPFs ABOVE 30 RECOMMENDED BY SUN PHARMACEUTICALS based on the safety of high SPF sunscreens and a field study that found many sunbathers are inadequately protected with lower SPF sunscreens. In Feb. 1 comments to FDA objecting to the SPF 30 cap proposed in the sunscreen tentative final monograph, Sun Pharmaceuticals maintained "that a need exists for products with SPFs in the 30 to 50 range and that those products have not been shown to present a significant increased risk." Pompano Beach, FL- based Sun Pharmaceuticals manufacturers and markets the Banana Boat sun care line.