Policy & Regulation

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals today said it has received final approval from the US health regulator for its generic version Olmesartan Medoxomil tablets, used in the treatment of high blood pressure.

• Medicine
• blood

Butyl glycol also known as 2-Butoxyethanol is acolourless, slightly hygroscopic, neutral, high-boiling, low-volatility liquid with a mild odour that is used as a solvent and starting material for many reactions.

• Coating
• Butyl
• Glycol

Echa has published nanomaterials guidance in the form of two documents, and updates to three existing documents.

• REACH
• Echa

There is an urgent need for "an integrated and hazard-based approach to chemicals management", concludes Greenpeace in a report published today on the emissions from chemical plants in a major industrial park in China.

• Policy
• China

Recent surveys of the cosmetics retail market in Taiwan by the Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) indicate general compliance with existing content and quality standards, but continued lack of compliance with labelling requirements.

• FDA
• Cosmetics

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved two new indications for Merck’s (known as

• FDA
• Policies

Global Paints and Coatings Market Research Report 2017 provides a unique tool for evaluating the market, highlighting opportunities, and supporting strategic and tactical decision-making.

• Coating
• Paints

State legislators and consumer advocates have called on Washington state's Department of Ecology to expand the pool of substances to be added to its chemicals of high concern list (CHCC) beyond the 21 current chemical candidates.

• Policy

Trade association PlasticsEurope has taken Echa to court over its decision to include bisphenol A (BPA) on the REACH candidate list of SVHCs. It says that the vast majority of uses are as an intermediate, which is excluded from REACH.

• Plastics
• Europe

A group of consumer, health and food safety NGOs are suing the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over a final rule which they claim allows new food additive chemicals into products, without having their safety properly assessed.

• Food Additives

The government is working to implement the textile policy 2014-15 on priority in its true spirit and for maximum benefit of the industrial sector.

• Textile
• Policy

A coalition of consumer and health groups is challenging a Food and Drug Administration rule that allows manufacturers to decide what can be added to processed foods.

• Food Additives

California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (Oehha) is consulting on proposed amendments that would clarify the content required in notices of violation served to alleged violators of Proposition 65.

• California

Norway's Environment Agency has conducted a study on uses of perfluorobutane sulfonic acid (PFBS) and related substances and their risks in the European Economic Area (EEA).

• PFBS

The European Commission has notified the WTO of a draft Regulation amending Annex II of the cosmetics products Regulation to ban three fragrance allergens.

• EU
• Cosmetics

The Government is pushing the nation’s rubber products industry towards a wider market reach as it shows potential of doing even better.

• Rubber
• Global

In the past few years, personal care products have become part and parcel of consumer’s life.

• Personal Care

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued two reports on the safe management of hazards by small businesses and storage facilities that use highly hazardous chemicals in business processes.

• OSHA

Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a global safety science leader, hosted 53 attendees at UL's Sustainability Seminar on 'Reducing Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals' that was recently held in Dhaka.

• UL
• Chemicals

Proposed approach may introduce ten-year review period for CBI claims.

• Canada