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European Commission allows submission of new data in support of probiotic health claims

  • Sidley Austin LLP
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  • European Union
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  • June 20 2011

The European Commission has opened a four-month window, starting on June 1 and closing on September 30, 2011, during which stakeholders can submit new data to Member States in support of certain probiotic health claims rejected by the European Food Safety Authority

China's new SFDA priorities

  • Sidley Austin LLP
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  • China
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  • February 1 2011

The General Commissioner of the State Food and Drug Administration ("SFDA") unveiled six key priorities of the agency in 2011 at the General Assembly of Food and Drug Administrations in China

New age of Singapore’s regulations of medical devices

  • Sidley Austin LLP
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  • Singapore
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  • June 9 2011

In the past several years, Singapore has been in the process of revamping its regulatory regime for health products

New EU rules recognize tolerance level for traces of GM material in feed

  • Sidley Austin LLP
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  • European Union
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  • July 21 2011

On 15 July, new rules entered into force in the EU that for the first time recognize a de facto tolerance level for traces of certain unauthorized genetically modified (“GM”) material in feed

European Union adopts falsified medicines directive

  • Sidley Austin LLP
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  • European Union
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  • June 7 2011

On May 27, 2011 the Council of the European Union (Council) adopted a directive aimed at preventing falsified medicines from entering into the legal supply chain

Senate passes food safety legislation: food product and dietary supplement implications

  • Sidley Austin LLP
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  • USA
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  • December 7 2010

On November 30, 2010, the Senate approved the long-awaited Food Safety Modernization Act, S. 510, by a 73-25 vote

CMS seeks comments on its long-awaited Sunshine Act proposed rule

  • Sidley Austin LLP
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  • USA
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  • December 21 2011

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently published a proposed rule implementing the Physician Payment Sunshine Act (section 6002 of the Affordable Care Act

New Chinese medical device GCP unveiled for public comments

  • Sidley Austin LLP
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  • China
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  • September 4 2012

The Chinese State Food and Drug Administration (“SFDA”) published the revised Medical Device Good Clinical Practice (“Medical Device GCP”) in late August and is soliciting public comments until September 30, 2012

SFDA to enforce blacklist system for unsafe drug and device products

  • Sidley Austin LLP
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  • China
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  • August 21 2012

Beginning October 1, 2012, China’s State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA), including its provincial counterparts, will implement a nationwide information disclosure system called the Drug Safety Blacklist (“Blacklist”), which includes medical device products as well

EU court rules on classification of certain borderline products as medical devices

  • Sidley Austin LLP
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  • European Union
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  • December 3 2012

In a judgment published on November 22, 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) confirmed that products intended for the investigation of physiological processes only fall within the scope of the EU Medical Device Directive (9342EEC), as implemented into EU Member State legislation, if the products are intended for a medical purpose