China's National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has published revised Regulations on Registration, Filing and Data Management for New Cosmetic Ingredients, effective July 15. The NMPA says the rules aim to clear bottlenecks in ingredient innovation and improve industry R&D efficiency. Deputy director Li Yunfeng said the regulations encourage adoption of animal-test alternatives and other new methods to reduce international trade technical barriers and provide policy support for domestic

China's National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has published revised Regulations on Registration, Filing and Data Management for New Cosmetic Ingredients, effective July 15. The NMPA says the rules aim to clear bottlenecks in ingredient innovation and improve industry R&D efficiency. Deputy director Li Yunfeng said the regulations encourage adoption of animal-test alternatives and other new methods to reduce international trade technical barriers and provide policy support for domestic cosmetics firms expanding overseas.