Animal-welfare groups are concerned that a new report from the European Chemicals Agency on the regulatory applicability of alternative tests "weighs too heavily on the challenges faced in applying data from non-animal methods." The timing, with the REACH 2018 registration deadline looming, also is worrisome, they suggest.
The European Chemicals Agency has reported previously on non-animal testing approaches that companies are using to comply with data requirements under EU laws, but for the first time the agency offers commentary on the "regulatory applicability" of available alternative methods in a report issued Nov. 22.
According to ECHA's same-day release, significant scientific developments and evolving industry practices over the past decade have reduced...
The EU Council has introduced a key amendment to Article 51 (para 1, point e) of the new pharma directive: “A medicinal product shall be subject to medical prescription where it is an antimicrobial, unless intended for topical use.”
If the European Commission is serious about improving the competitiveness of the European Union, it should ditch the idea of making commonly used OTC antimicrobials like thrush treatments and cold sore creams prescription-only, warns Greek Medicines Agency president Evangelos Manolopoulos
AESGP president Jonathan Workman opens the 61st Annual Meeting with calls for industry unity in the face of the problematic revised EU Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive.
