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Industrial Chemical

Japan Publishes SDS Guidance for New ISHL Requirements

For multi-constituent substances, illustrative examples of how Section 3 and Section 15 could look are given in the guidance. The Japan Chemical Industry Association (JCIA) recently published ...

2022-07-19

Industrial Chemical

Compliance Alert: China’s Draft Law on Safety of Hazardous Chemicals Moves to Next Step

The Law is ready for the first reading at the NPC Standing Committee. On July 14, 2022, China State Council issued a notice to elaborate its legislative work plan for 2022, which urges various ...

2022-07-19

Cosmetic

China NIFDC Consults on Three Test Methods for 72 Cosmetic Ingredients, Fragrance Components and Prohibited Colorants Included

On July 8, 2022, China National Institutes for Food and Drug Control (NIFDC) launched a public consultation on three draft testing methods for 72 cosmetic ingredients, including 40 fragrance ...

2022-07-18

Pharmaceutical

Breaking: Immediate Effect of China's Vaccine Manufacture & Distribution Rules

On July 8, China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) released the Administrative Rules on Vaccine Manufacture and Distribution (hereafter referred to as the Rules) with immediate effect. ...

2022-07-18

Pharmaceutical

China Consults on 11 Packaging Material Standards in Pharmacopoeia

On July 13, the Chinese Pharmacopoeia (ChP) Commission released the drafts of 3 general chapters and 8 determination methods of rubber closures as pharmaceutical packaging materials. The draft is ...

2022-07-15

Pharmaceutical

327 Drug Products to Enter China's 7th Round of Volume-based Procurement (VBP)

On July 13, the National Joint Drug Procurement Office announced the preliminary result for the bid of the 7th round of volume-based procurement (VBP). 327 products (61 drugs if differentiated by ...

2022-07-15

Pharmaceutical

H1 2022: Top 12 China Generic Drug Approval Winners

In the first half of 2022, China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) approved 210 domestically-manufactured generic drugs for marketing authorization. Overview of the Top 12 Companies ...

2022-07-14

Industrial Chemical

Japan to Ban 56 PFOA-related Compounds Under CSCL

56 PFOA-related compounds will be added to the List of Class I Specified Chemical Substances. 8 kinds of products containing the 56 compounds will be prohibited from import. On July 7, 2022, the ...

2022-07-13

Industrial Chemical

UK Consults on Extending the UK REACH Submission Deadlines

On July 5, 2022, the UK’s Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) issued a public consultation to extend the current UK REACH submission deadlines. The deadline for comments is ...

2022-07-13

Pharmaceutical

New Drug Approvals in China | June 2022

Editor's Notes: New drugs in this article refer to Innovative/improved new chemical drugs / biological products that have never been granted marketing authorization in or outside China; ...

2022-07-12