If 2025 hasn’t already had enough twists and turns, the year is ending with a further political surprise as a third Conservative MP abandons his party and, in a second […]
Health Canada’s Non-Prescription and Natural Health Products Directorate (NNHPD) held two separate consultation sessions last week to discuss the proposals they are developing as part of the Government’s “red tape” […]
The Wave 1 updates to the MAP, developed in collaboration between your PCMA committee and Health Canada, have been published today. The new document, effective today may be found here. […]
PRODUCT LICENSING: Class I – Currently meeting service standards. Class II (meeting Workload Management eligibility criteria) – Currently meeting service standards. Class III (meeting Workload Management eligibility […]
The annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) has been calculated at 1.7%. Therefore, the current fees for the following cost-recovered items will be adjusted as of April 1, 2026: Drug […]
The Web PLA and ANF have been updated and are now available on-line. The Pause in processing submission targeted between December 1st and 15th had ended. The improvements to the […]
Published on December 3rd, the Red Tape Reduction Office published their themes to focus on system-wide opportunities to simplify regulation and reduce costs for Canadian and businesses under their Horizontal […]
The never-ending saga of Forward Regulatory Plans was released on Monday December 15th. The current plans include various Departments with Health Canada and ECCC. Of importance to our membership are: […]
Cosmetics Alliance attended these meetings, along with your PCMA and FCM Committee Chairs and Vice-Chairs on December 9th and 11th. The intent of these sessions was for Health Canada […]
The US FDA issued a proposed rule entitled “Testing Methods for Detecting and Identifying Asbestos in Talc-Containing Cosmetic Products” as part of its implementation of the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation […]
