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Pharmaceutical industry says the transition from paper to electronic product information, as part of EU pharmaceutical reforms, should not be held back by member states' readiness.

The EU regulatory framework is adequate for electronic product information, although work to develop certain aspects is required, according to a pilot report published by the European Medicines Agency.

Drug companies are being invited to participate in a new pilot project that the five Nordic countries will run to see if they can improve the availability of certain critical products that are used in hospitals.

Single-use packaging producers should heed the 1 October deadline in Colorado’s EPR law for paper and packaging to register with Circular Action Alliance lest they face enforcement action, said an advisor for that organization, which is leading the program’s administration, at IBA’s Cosmetics Convergence Fall 2024 Virtual Symposium.

Bayer’s Midol and nonprofit Period. provide PeriodTalk campaign for awareness of the gaps in period education; “The M Factor” film coming day before World Menopause Day in October; Exeltis USA’s Blues Away provides postpartum mood support; and Doctor's Best Women's Collection includes menopause, sleep, digestive, heart and hair/skin/nails support products.

New requirements proposed by the French regulator are intended to increase the impact and effectiveness of the pictogram showing the risks of taking medicines in pregnancy.

In this episode of HBW Insight's Over The Counter podcast, we connect with Neil D’Souza, CEO of Makersite GmbH, a data software company based in Stuttgart, Germany that offers “next generation” product data management tools that help personal care and other industries manage product sustainability, cost and compliance.

In this instalment of HBW Insight’s “Inside Regulatory Affairs” series, AdverCheck managing directors Lucy Rochford and James Walmsley describe how the consumer health industry is increasingly outsourcing its advertising copy review as it moves closer to the fast-moving consumer goods sector. They also point to a worrying trend in the UK of advertising prescription-only medicines online.

The public-private partnership follows a meeting in June between Unilever’s chief sustainability officer Rebecca Marmot, USAID administrator Samantha Power, EY global vice chalir, sustainability, Amy Brachio, and Sens. Dan Sullivan, R-AK, and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-RI, to discuss the impetus for the CIRCLE Alliance and Unilever’s experience to date implementing its plastics strategy.

AI has the potential to save vast amounts of time and money by optimizing pharma supply chain processes, but companies must think about legal risk and liability from all angles, Ewan Townsend, partner at law firm Arnold & Porter, tells the Pink Sheet.