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(AMELIA ISLAND, Fla.) – The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) and its 501c3 educational arm – the Health In Hand Foundation – today announced the election of new board members to both organizations during the association’s annual Self-Care Leadership Summit (SLS) in Amelia Island, Florida this week.

(AMELIA ISLAND, Fla.) – The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) awarded its Ivan D. Combe Lifetime Achievement Award to longtime industry leader Jeff Needham at the opening session of its annual Self-Care Leadership Summit (SLS) today in Florida. The Combe Award is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. consumer healthcare industry, which recognizes the outstanding work and contributions of individuals whose lifetime of achievements have created a lasting impact on the industry, their community, and have directly improved self-care for consumers.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Consumer Healthcare Products Association President and CEO Scott Melville released the below statement today in response to a letter from U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) calling for modernization of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) following the recent death of an Ohio man who ingested tianeptine, which is not an over-the-counter (OTC) medicine nor a dietary supplement, but an adulterant used by bad actors falsely marketing products as dietary supplements: