What CHPA does

CHPA (Consumer Healthcare Products Association) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit national trade association founded in 1881 and headquartered at 1625 Eye Street NW, Washington, D.C. The organization represents manufacturers and marketers of over-the-counter (OTC) medicines, dietary supplements, and OTC medical devices in the United States, operating two membership tiers — Manufacturer Members and Associate Members — funded through member dues and event sponsorships. CHPA does not develop proprietary technology products; its core offerings are regulatory expertise, federal and state policy advocacy, consumer safety education, and industry convening. Its operational portfolio includes the Health In Hand Foundation (a 501(c)(3) educational foundation), recurring public health campaigns (Know Your Dose, Up and Away, Stop Medicine Abuse, #WearSunscreen), industry events (Annual Self-Care Leadership Summit, Regulatory Scientific & Quality Conference, CHPA Marketing Forum, Health In Hand Foundation Gala), CHPA Academy training programs, OTC Sales Statistics and consumer medical device research, the CHPA PAC, and the William Cooley Regulatory & Scientific Affairs Career Achievement Award.

The association's go-to-market centers on member-facing advocacy and education services rather than consumer product sales, leveraging digital channels (HealthInHand.org with 1.7 million annual visitors, 100,000+ social followers), retail partnerships with CVS Health, Walgreens, Walmart, Family Dollar, H-E-B and Harris Teeter reaching 150+ million consumers, and strategic alliances with the Global Self-Care Federation (WHO NGO status), U.S. Pharmacopeia, FDA, NIDA, AHPA, CRN, UNPA, PCPC, and disease-focused nonprofits. CHPA also convenes the Congressional Dietary Supplement Caucus. Leadership is headed by President & CEO Scott Melville, with recent executive-level reinforcement through the May 2025 hire of Dr. M. Scott Furness (formerly of FDA) as SVP of Regulatory & Scientific Affairs, underscoring CHPA's positioning as the primary industry-regulator interface on OTC monograph reform, dietary supplement regulation, and USP National Formulary modernization.

Name

CHPA

Legal name

Consumer Healthcare Products Association

Website

https://chpa.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1881

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

CHPA is the U.S. national trade association founded in 1881 representing manufacturers and marketers of OTC medicines, dietary supplements, and OTC medical devices, funded by member dues and delivering regulatory advocacy, consumer safety education, and industry convening services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Trade Association / Consumer Healthcare Advocacy

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Professional Organizations (81392)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Regulatory Compliance, Licensing & Enforcement (Public Health) (HLAJAMAE)

Keywords

• Trade association
• OTC medicines advocacy
• Dietary supplements industry
• Consumer healthcare regulation
• Self-care industry leadership

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others, Technology or R&D

Marketing channels15 records

Core offering

CHPA is a nonprofit trade association that represents manufacturers and marketers of OTC medicines, dietary supplements, and OTC medical devices. Its core deliverables are regulatory advocacy, federal and state policy representation, industry education (CHPA Academy, conferences), public health consumer education campaigns (Health In Hand Foundation), and industry coordination services funded through member dues and event sponsorships.

Product overview

CHPA (Consumer Healthcare Products Association) is a national trade association founded in 1881 representing manufacturers and marketers of over-the-counter (OTC) medicines, dietary supplements, and OTC medical devices. Rather than manufacturing products, CHPA provides advocacy, education, and industry coordination services. Its core offerings include the Health In Hand Foundation (a 501(c)(3) educational foundation), public health education initiatives (Know Your Dose, Up and Away, Stop Medicine Abuse, #WearSunscreen Campaign), professional events (Annual Self-Care Leadership Summit, Regulatory Scientific & Quality Conference, CHPA Marketing Forum, Health In Hand Foundation Gala), CHPA Academy educational programs, the CHPA PAC political advocacy program, and the William Cooley Career Achievement Award. CHPA serves as the trusted voice driving policy, innovation, and access across the consumer healthcare industry.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Health In Hand Foundation: CHPA's 501(c)(3) educational foundation dedicated to helping consumers lead happier, healthier lives by providing information on safely using, storing, and disposing of OTC medicines, dietary supplements, and OTC medical devices.

Products and services

• Health In Hand Foundation CHPA's affiliated 501(c)(3) educational foundation dedicated to helping consumers safely use, store, and dispose of OTC medicines, dietary supplements, and OTC medical devices; reaches 150+ million consumers through retail partnerships.
• Know Your Dose Educational campaign educating patients and consumers about the safe and effective use of acetaminophen, the most commonly used drug ingredient in the United States (found in 600+ medicines, used weekly by ~52 million U.S. adults).
• Up and Away Public education campaign reminding families of safe medicine storage to prevent young children from accidentally ingesting medicines; credited with a 46% reduction in ER visits in young children due to accidental medicine ingestions since 2011.
• Stop Medicine Abuse Campaign educating parents on talking with their teens about medicine abuse, safeguarding medicines, and preventing teen cough medicine (dextromethorphan) abuse, informed by NIDA Monitoring the Future data.
• Annual Self-Care Leadership Summit CHPA's premier annual event bringing together consumer healthcare industry leaders for networking, education, and strategic discussions on the self-care category.
• Regulatory, Scientific & Quality Conference (RSQ) Conference convening industry, regulatory authorities, and academia across the consumer healthcare landscape to focus on the self-care space.
• CHPA Academy Educational platform offering industry training and professional development courses for CHPA members, including the Consumer Healthcare 101 course.
• CHPA Marketing Forum Forum where industry experts share insights, demos, and best-in-class case studies to educate consumer healthcare marketing teams.
• Health In Hand Foundation Gala Annual gala event featuring the Self-Care Marketing Awards and celebrating achievements in consumer healthcare education.
• CHPA PAC Federally registered, qualified multicandidate political action committee enabling eligible individuals to pool voluntary personal contributions to support federal candidates committed to consumer-centered healthcare policy.
• #WearSunscreen Campaign Sun safety campaign promoting daily sun protection as a critical public health priority, developed in collaboration with Personal Care Products Council, Melanoma Research Foundation, and Skin Cancer Foundation.
• Self-Care Marketing Awards Awards program recognizing excellence in self-care marketing campaigns, presented at the Health In Hand Foundation Gala.
• William Cooley Regulatory & Scientific Affairs Career Achievement Award Award recognizing outstanding achievement in regulatory and scientific affairs within the consumer healthcare industry.

Quantifiable outcome

• 46% reduction in ER visits in young children due to accidental medicine ingestions since 2011
• +3 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core, supporting, major and minor.

• Personal Care Products Council (PCPC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 April 2026Collaboration with PCPC and support from Melanoma Research Foundation and Skin Cancer Foundation for the #WearSunscreen campaign to promote daily sun protection as a public health priority.
• Melanoma Research FoundationsupportingGTM or Marketing Partner · 7 April 2026Supporting the #WearSunscreen campaign for sun safety awareness.
• Skin Cancer FoundationsupportingGTM or Marketing Partner · 7 April 2026Supporting the #WearSunscreen campaign for sun safety awareness.
• Global Self-Care FederationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCHPA is a proud founding member of the Global Self-Care Federation, the world body representing manufacturers of nonprescription medicines. Global Self-Care Federation holds non-governmental organization status in official relations with the World Health Organization.
• CVS HealthmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerRetail collaboration helping reach more than 150 million consumers with medicine safety messages through the Health In Hand Foundation.
• WalgreensmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerRetail collaboration helping reach more than 150 million consumers with medicine safety messages through the Health In Hand Foundation.
• WalmartmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerRetail collaboration helping reach more than 150 million consumers with medicine safety messages through the Health In Hand Foundation.
• Family DollarmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerRetail collaboration helping reach more than 150 million consumers with medicine safety messages through the Health In Hand Foundation.
• H-E-B and Harris TeetermajorGTM or Marketing PartnerRetail collaboration helping reach more than 150 million consumers with medicine safety messages through the Health In Hand Foundation.
• Greater Washington Urban LeagueminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership supporting community outreach through the Back2School Fest, serving children across the Greater Washington area with school supplies, meals, and resources.
• American Herbal Products Association (AHPA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Congressional Dietary Supplement Caucus and collective support for dietary supplement industry advocacy and education.
• Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Congressional Dietary Supplement Caucus and collective support for dietary supplement industry advocacy and education.
• United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Congressional Dietary Supplement Caucus and collective support for dietary supplement industry advocacy and education.
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCHPA works with FDA on regulatory matters including OTC monograph reform, dietary supplement regulation, and product safety.
• U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCHPA member companies are undertaking an unprecedented effort to collectively help update the U.S. Pharmacopeia's National Formulary monographs, working with FDA and USP on modernizing monographs.
• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCHPA monitors teen abuse of OTC cough medicines through NIDA's Monitoring the Future survey data.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA): The largest U.S. pharmaceutical industry trade association. Broader incumbent operating in the same healthcare regulatory advocacy space as CHPA; overlaps on RX-to-OTC switch policy but is focused on prescription rather than OTC and consumer healthcare.
• Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA): Trade association for pharmaceutical distributors. Comparable dues-funded advocacy model and Washington-based regulatory focus; serves a different link in the same consumer healthcare value chain and overlaps with CHPA on DSCSA, supply chain, and serialization policy.
• Consumer Technology Association (CTA): Large trade association for the consumer technology industry. Comparable scale and operating model (membership dues, major annual event, Washington-based policy advocacy) but in an adjacent consumer-facing sector rather than healthcare.
• National Association of Manufacturers (NAM): Largest U.S. industrial trade association. Comparable as a large Washington-based manufacturing industry association; overlaps with CHPA on tariff, supply chain, and tax policy but is much broader in sector scope than consumer healthcare specifically.

Direct peers

• Personal Care Products Council: National trade association representing the personal care and cosmetics industry. Highly comparable to CHPA: both are Washington-based industry associations focused on consumer product safety, regulatory advocacy (especially FDA), and consumer education campaigns, and PCPC is an active CHPA coalition partner on the #WearSunscreen campaign.
• Association for Accessible Medicines (AAM): Trade association for generic and biosimilar medicine manufacturers. Comparable business model to CHPA (dues-funded advocacy on FDA regulation) and direct overlap on RX-to-OTC switch and OTC monograph issues, though AAM is centered on prescription generics.
• Council for Responsible Nutrition: The leading trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry. Direct peer to CHPA's dietary supplements program: shares the Congressional Dietary Supplement Caucus, overlapping membership, and the same FDA/DSHEA regulatory agenda.
• American Herbal Products Association: Trade association for the herbal products industry. Direct peer of CHPA within the dietary supplement value chain; co-partner in the Congressional Dietary Supplement Caucus and aligned on DSHEA implementation and botanical regulatory work.
• United Natural Products Alliance: Trade association for dietary supplement and natural products manufacturers. Direct peer to CHPA on the supplement side; partner in the Congressional Dietary Supplement Caucus and overlapping regulatory advocacy on quality and labeling.

Others

• Global Self-Care Federation: International umbrella body for self-care manufacturers, of which CHPA is a founding member. Operates one organizational layer above CHPA with WHO NGO status; comparable in mission (self-care advocacy) but is an international federation rather than a U.S. member-funded trade association.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CHPA
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCfDdgJ8Vzfr8Ovt_V6Rsb-A
• Facebookfacebook.com/healthinhandselfcare
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/chpa
• Instagraminstagram.com/chpa_official/#

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries1 record

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