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The microbiome, whether that of facial skin, the body or scalp, remains a major cosmetic trend. And there is now a plethora of new and classic ingredients on the market for formulators to use, as Cosmetics Business discovers

• microbiome-friendly
• china cosmetics market

The natural and organic standards body is removing its ‘natural with organic portion’ level of finished product certification from January next year

• natural standard

On December 9, a "Notice on Reporting the Purchasing Data of the Fourth Batch of National Organizations for Centralized Procurement of Drugs" was released in the industry.

• antidiabetic drug
• hypoglycemic drug

Treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection with a new antiviral drug, MK-4482/EIDD-2801 or Molnupiravir, completely suppresses virus transmission within 24 hours, researchers in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University have discovered.

• covid 19 research

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) announced on Wednesday that it will decrease the size of its US-based phase 3 trial currently testing its COVID-19 vaccine as cases surge across the country.

• J&J vaccine
• J&J covid 19

A US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee panel recommended Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use following an hours long meeting held yesterday.

• Covid 19 vaccine
• pfizer covid 19

China has been building more ocean shipping containers and partnerships to seal more free trade deals with other economies. On Nov 15, it joined 14 other countries to sign the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement.

• container throughput
• china shipping

Bulk data show that domestic xylene market prices have risen this week. On November 29, the price of xylene was 3640 CNY/ton, and the latest price of xylene has exceeded 4000 CNY/ton.

• xylene market

Brazil, the world's leading producer and exporter of coffee, saw a 32.2 percent increase in exports of the bean in November compared to the same month in 2019, setting a monthly record high, the Coffee Exporters Council (Cecafe) said Wednesday.

• coffee export
• brazil coffee

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC countries decided at a meeting on Thursday to increase oil production by 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) in January 2021.

• opec crude oil
• oil price

China's producer prices saw a narrowed decline in November amid a steady recovery in industrial activities, official data showed Wednesday.

• china factory
• china market trend

Economic activity in developing Asia is forecast to contract by 0.4 percent this year before picking up to 6.8 percent in 2021 as the region moves toward recovery from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

• asia market trend
• asia trade

Profits of China's major industrial firms totaled 642.91 billion yuan (about 97.77 billion U.S. dollars) in October, increasing by 28.2 percent year on year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Friday.

• china industrial output
• china market trend

China's cargo throughput at ports posted stable growth in the first 10 months of 2020, expanding 3.7 percent year on year to 11.93 billion tonnes, official data shows.

• china cargo throughput
• china export

Scientists report on intumescent fire protection coatings using epoxy, alkyd, acrylic, silicone, and silicone–epoxy hybrid resins.

• coating fire protection
• Intumescent coating

Researchers describe the preparation and the properties of an antimicrobial acrylic coating modified with guanidinium oligomer.

• antimicrobial coating
• coating research

Scientists describe the fabrication of clay-polymer hybrid coatings on PET film to enhance flame retardancy and oxygen barrier properties.

• polymer coating
• coating research

Cationic polymers are one of the main classes of materials investigated against bacteria through the membrane-lysis mechanism.

• copolymer
• coating research

Researchers describe the anti-corrosion reinforcement of a water-borne polyurethane coating with polymerised graphene oxide.

• polyurethane coating
• coating technology

Researchers report on the hydrophobicity and wear resistance of ceria/PTFE composite coatings.

• coating research
• coating technology