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18 Feb 2025
Stringent Environmental Risk Assessments for Generic Drugs
As part of the broader legislative reforms under the EU's pharmaceutical regulatory framework – changes relating to environmental risk assessments (...
A useful update on global PFAS regulations was hosted by the OECD on 28th January 2025 covering Australia, UK and POPs that follows on from the Dece...
Generic pesticides have traditionally played an essential role in the market, haven’t they? After the innovators are rewarded for their efforts in d...
17 Jan 2025
Unlocking EU & UK Market Access for Nanomaterials
As global interest in nanotechnology continues to grow, companies worldwide are looking towards the European and UK markets as critical destinations...
06 Jan 2025
Successful Submission of Reasoned Arguments for New Fungicide – Avoiding New Mammalian Testing
Blue Frog Scientific recently submitted a dossier for the approval of a new fungicidal active substance in the EU under Regulation (EC) 1107/2009. W...
We hear that PFAS are durable/persistent, chemically inert/hard to recycle amongst many other properties and characteristics that have made them ubi...
13 Dec 2024
EU CLP - Revised rules for classification, labelling and packaging enter into force
The updated Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation started to apply on 10th December 2024. The legislation change requires co...
22 Nov 2024
EU - Update from ECHA and five Member States on the PFAS Restriction
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and authorities from Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden have released a progress update on th...
ECHA has updated guidance on applying the classification, labelling and packaging (CLP) regulation.It covers advice on the new hazard criteria for:E...
14 Nov 2024
UK - DEFRA Publishes Recommendations for the Adoption of New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) in UK Chemical Regulation
UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Hazardous Substances Advisory Committee (HSAC) has published an updated opinion and recommenda...