Policy & Regulation

Pune-based Technology Transfer Association (TTA) has announced plans to participate in ACHEMA 2018 exhibition and congress – the world’s leading event for the process engineering industry, scheduled to be held in Frankfurt, Germany, in June.

• TTA
• ACHEMA
• Germany
• Exhibitions

Evidence that a lycopene-containing tomato and rosemary extract can protect eye health has been strengthened following the publication of pre-clinical results in scientific journal Molecular Vision.

• Food Additives
• Rosemary
• Eye
• Health

The drinks manufacturing industry has reiterated its opposition to the Soft Drinks Industry Levy that came into effect on 6 April 2018.

• Levy
• Food Additives

The Associated Press reported Monday that Xi said at a business conference that he would move to “significantly lower” China’s auto impo...

is via the trade mode of processing trade with imported materials and processing and assembling trade provided with raw materials.

• Import
• U.S.
• Plastics

Domestic fleet owners are resisting a move by state-run oil refiners seeking government approval allowing them to buy as much as 35 per cent of their annual crude imports on a cost, insurance and freight (cif) basis, the Hindu BusinessLine reports.

• India
• Oil
• Ships

Tata Chemicals, the country’s leading producer of soda ash and sodium bicarbonate, has launched Medikarb, India’s first branded pharmaceutical grade sodium bicarbonate. It will be manufactured in FDA-certified facilities that are compliant with GMP ...

• Tata
• FDA
• Pharmaceutical

Sun Pharma has received a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its novel psoriasis drug TildraKizumab, the first new drug approval for India’s largest drug maker. The drug, which will be sold under brand name Ilumya, is expected to ...

• Sun
• India
• Pharmaceutical
• FDA

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals said it has received final nod from US health regulator for its Clobetasol Propionate spray used for treatment of moderate to severe plaque psoriasis in adults. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc, USA has received final approval ...

• US
• FDA
• approval
• India

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories has said that the US health regulator had issued four observations after inspecting its active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) facility in Telangana. “The audit of our API Hyderabad plant 1 at Jinnaram Mandal, Medak district...

• US
• India
• FDA

The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has decided to constitute a forum for its chief to meet pharma associations regularly as part of efforts to improve ease of doing business for the country’s pharmaceutical industry.

• CDSCO
• India

In order for the textile industry to achieve its goal of becoming a $300-bn market by 2025, there is a need for supportive policy, and public-private partnership, especially in areas like research and development (R&D), an apex textile industry body s

• India
• Policy
• Textile

Michigan Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, whose district includes Dearborn, where the automaker is headquartered, warned of accidental blow...

Dominion Colour Corporation (DCC) offers a broad color palette of pigments worldwide. To ensure ongoing supply to the European Union (EU), DCC has successfully completed REACH registration for a wide range of products.

• REACH
• DCC

China will cut value-added tax (VAT) rates as part of a tax reduction package amounting to 400 billion yuan (about 63 billion U.S. dollars) this year.

• China
• VAT

Martin Pharmaceuticals, a clinical stage pharmaceutical company focused on repurposing already-approved drugs to offer life-changing advances to patients afflicted with rare (orphan) diseases or challenging medical conditions, has been granted Orphan...

• Martin
• Pharmaceuticals

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Mylan NV’s Symfi (efavirnenz, lamivudine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) for adult and pediatric HIV-1 patients who weigh at least 40 kilograms.

• FDA
• Mylan

The annual sales standards for small-scale taxpayers of industrial and commercial enterprises will increase from 500,000 yuan and 800,00...

• VAT
• State Council

Besides performing the primary function of nourishing plants, a first-of-its-kind fertilizer, Nemastop, which acts against nematodes was launched recently in Brazil. The fertilizer protects plants from damages and losses caused by the parasite...

• Agriculture
• Nemastop
• Fertilisers

But now, with today's customers becoming increasingly mindful in terms of the environment, the timing has never been better in bringing ...

• Fashion
• Industry