Reckitt hires chief digital officer from Nestlé and shakes up Australia leadership; GSCF names Bayer's Schipper as chair; and Europe's CMDh appoints a new chair.
Reckitt Benckiser has hired Nestlé S.A executive Filippo Catalano to take on the role of chief information and digitization officer, effective from 1 April 2021.
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France's food safety regulator ANSES is proposing a reproductive toxicity category 1B classification for CBD under the EU's CLP regulation, which would mean an effective ban on CBD in cosmetics and foods. However, French hemp industry association UIVEC hopes that new evidence coming out of a European Commission review will put the issue to bed before it gets that far.
A round-up of the latest European health & wellness market moves: Maxwellia names chief operating officer; Nestle appoints marketing & sales head; Alland & Robert gets deputy general manager.
Product reviews for drugs, biologics, devices, tobacco and foods could be consolidated into one office at the FDA, as part of a restructuring plan circulating that was obtained by Pink Sheet.
The former principal deputy commissioner said the “decapitation” of senior leadership will make resolving internal disputes more difficult, which will slow application reviews. Woodcock also called the FDA layoffs a slow-moving catastrophe.
Azelis adds dietary supplement ingredients and a large customer base across Spain to its portfolio with the acquisition of Solchem Nature.
HHS Secretary Kennedy ‘s opposition to allowing GRAS without notifications has support but also questions just as strong about whether FDA is authorized to conduct a rulemaking to eliminate the option.
Reps. Latta, Crenshaw and Miller-Meeks contend language in ACNU final rule preamble would allow a sponsor of an approved application to litigate to halt Rx availability of same formulation and “risk eliminating the very rule on which its product approval was based.”
