Policy & Regulation

On November 2, the New England Journal of Medicine published an article entitled "Once a week Semaglutide treatment of adolescent obesity".

• Semaglutide
• Novo Nordisk
• adolescents
• obesity

Of the 14 ADC drugs currently on the market, only Seagen/ Takeda's Adcetris and Roche's Kadcyla had global sales of more than $1 billion last year, according to incomplete statistics.

• Enhertu
• breast cancer
• lung cancer
• HER2
• FDA

The Guatemalan Exporters Association (Agexport) recently sent a 30-strong agricultural production and sales delegation to the United States to participate in the "Global Produce and Flower Show" to promote the export of Guatemalan fruits.

• Guatemala
• Agexport
• fruit&vegetables

All holders of the certificate of registration granted for Glyphosate and its derivatives will have to return the certificate of registration to the Registration Committee for incorporation of the warning in bold letters “THE USE OF GLYPHOSATE FORMULATION

• India
• glyphosate
• Ban
• Herbicide

On Oct 28, NDRC officially released the Catalogue of Industries of Encouraging Foreign Investment (2022 edition). The latest version has been reviewed and approved by NDRC and MOFCOM on July 29, 2022. And it also approved by The State Council. And it will

• Regulation
• Investment
• Chemical
• agrochemical

It is expected to be put into operation in October 2023, and the production capacity of technical will be 11,000 T/A after the completion.

• Youdao
• production capacity
• Project
• Chlorantraniliprole
• intermediate

Speaking at the K show in Dusseldorf, Germany, ICIS analyst Lorenzo Meacha said it could take until 2035 for global polyolefin facility capacity utilisation to reach pre-Covid-19 levels as new capacity is added to meet slowing demand.

• ICIS
• polyethylene
• Polypropylene

Thai seafood industry giant Tai Wan Sheng has received a notice from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for serious violations of seafood production Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulations.

• seafood factory
• HACCP
• histamine

In the past two years, with the continuous release of new production units of styrene in China, the self-sufficiency rate has increased significantly, and the industry has shifted to oversupply.

• styrene device
• styrene market

In order to enable relevant enterprises to have a deeper understanding of the differences in food additive regulation in different countries/regions, this issue introduces the compliance requirements for food additives in Korea.

• Korean
• Regulations

The demand for canned food rose in the early days of the global pandemic in 2020, and again after the war in Ukraine.

• can food
• canned

The new expanding project covers : the production lines of 1500T/A Cyhalofop-butyl, 1000T/A Metamifop, 600T/A 3,4-Difluorobenzonitrile, 500T/A 2-Fluoro-N-methylaniline, 200T/A Penoxsulam and 200T/A Triflumuron.

• Thinkgreen
• Zhongxun
• cyhalofop-butyl
• Intermediate
• Project

On October 21, AbbVie announced that the FDA has approved upadatinib extended-release tablets (RINVOQ, 15 mg, once daily) for the treatment of adults with active nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA).

• Upadacitinib
• RINVOQ
• non-radiological
• axial
• spondyloarthritis

Vietnam's agricultural exports will hit a record $55bn this year, according to Phung Duc Tien, deputy minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.

• Vietnam
• Durian

Recently, the second phase of the 300,000 tons/year caprolactam expansion project of Xuyang Group Cangzhou Park successfully reached production.

• caprolactam

25% of Class 1 innovation drug development is in use. What is MIDD?

• MIDD
• FDA

With the release and implementation of the new regulation, many traditional prescription hearing aid manufacturers and consumer electronics manufacturers around the world actively layout the OTC hearing aid field.

• OTC
• hearing field

According to a new research report by Global Market Insights Inc., the Global Intensive Fireproofing Coatings Market is expected to reach $1.56 billion by 2028.

• fireproof
• fragramce-based

The FDA finally approved Fennec Pharmaceuticals' Pedmark (sodium thiosulfate) on the market on September 20 to reduce hearing loss caused by cisplatin in children with locally non-metastatic solid tumors for one month or more, becoming the first new drug.

• sodium thiosulfate

Eli Lilly and Company announced that the U.S. FDA has accelerated the approval of Retevmo (selpercatinib) for the expanded indication of patients with locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors carrying RET gene fusion positive.

• retevmo
• FDA