Industry Trends

December 2019

See what has been happening in Asia’s pharma and personal care industries over the last weeks. What are experts and industry magazines talking about?

What has been happening?

Global beauty trends, the next big disruptions to healthcare, metformin investigations, and more.  Find out what journals and industry experts have been discussing in the last four weeks.

Latest Industry Articles

15 global beauty trends to watch in 2020
CosmeticsDesign-Asia

Next-generation vegan, clean & ethical and derma beauty products will take the spotlight next year, amid a consumer green uprising, focus on ingredient circularity and rapid growth in China’s fine fragrance market. CosmeticDesign’s global editors take you through the top 15 global trends to watch for 2020.
Top 8 Predictions That Will Disrupt Healthcare in 2020
Forbes

Every year, a team of futurists, analysts, and consultants at Frost & Sullivan’s Transformational Healthcare Group comes together to brainstorm and predict the themes, technologies, and global forces that will define the next 12 to 18 months for the healthcare industry.
After Zantac scare, FDA targets generic metformin for carcinogen tests
FiercePharma

After a global scare over carcinogen contamination in heartburn med Zantac, regulators are growing increasingly wary about other drugs that may have flown under the radar. Now, generic metformin, a Type 2 diabetes medication, could be next in the FDA’s firing line.
NDMA investigation leads to cases discovered in diabetes treatment
in-PharmaTechnologist

After NDMA contamination is found by Singaporean authorities, both the FDA and EMA state they are working on the testing of metformin treatments.
LED Light Therapy – the next big ingredient in skin care?
Global Cosmetics News

Light-emitting diode (LED) therapy has been gradually gaining traction in salons worldwide, and now it looks set to infiltrate our bathrooms too as more and more at-home devices are launched.
Chemical Compounds Responsible for Skin Allergy to Complex Mixtures: How to Identify Them?
MDPI

In the cosmetics industry, various natural complex mixtures such as botanical extracts and essential oils are used. In addition, finished consumer products may contain a number of constituents of natural origin but many products are derived from organic synthesis too.
Beauty & Packaging: Top stories featuring packaging and design news in the cosmetics industry
CosmeticsDesign-Asia

CosmeticsDesign-Asia round-up of their most-read news pieces on packaging and design, featuring Innerbottle’s Series A funding, Unilever’s efforts to reduce virgin plastic use, Quadpack’s ambitions in Japan and Korea, and more.
Novartis' new cell therapy facility could ease manufacturing squeeze for CAR-T med Kymriah
FiercePharma

Novartis’ big push into cell and gene therapy hasn’t been the smoothest of rides, with a data manipulation scandal hamstringing Zolgensma and manufacturing concerns hurting CAR-T cancer therapy Kymriah.
China to ban production of cosmetics containing microbeads by 2020 end
Global Cosmetics News

China is set to ban the production of cosmetics that contain microbeads by the end of 2020, with existing products containing the harmful ingredient to be banned by 31st December, 2022, according to a report by Chemical Watch.

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