Industry Trends

June 2021

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?

Beauty tech, cosmetics containing formaldehyde, Sunscreen still needed and more. See what journals and industry experts have been discussing in the last four weeks.

Latest Industry Articles

‘Electric car of cosmetics’: Emphasis on beauty tech driving personalised beauty brands to lead industry
CosmeticsDesign-Asia

The importance and development of technology in beauty is paving the way for personalised beauty brands to become the future of the industry, says one Australian cosmetics manufacturer.
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SCCS: Threshold for ‘contains formaldehyde’ warning in cosmetics not low enough
CosmeticsDesign-Asia

The European Commission’s Scientific Committee for Consumer Safety (SCCS) has issued scientific advice to lower the threshold for warning labels on cosmetics containing formaldehyde releasing substances to better protect sensitised consumers.
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Sunscreen still needed: Protective surgical face masks ineffective against UV protection, says Kao
CosmeticsDesign-Asia

People still need to protect their skin from ultraviolet sun rays with sunscreen even when wearing protective surgical face masks, according to new research from Kao.
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Unilever’s Dove launches forest restoration project in fight against climate change
Global Cosmetics News

Unilever-owned brand Dove has announced the launch of its €8.5 million Forest Restoration Project, which is designed to protect and restore forests, protect the habitats of endangered species and improve the livelihoods of residents of North Sumatra.
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Beauty in diversity and sustainability
NST Online

L’Oréal Malaysia is a company made up of 800 people on a mission to offer all Malaysians the best of cosmetics innovation in terms of quality, efficacy and sustainability. L’Oréal recognises that a company’s success is no longer measured by its economic performance, but also its contributions to society and the environment.
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Can Thai skincare brands ever compete with K-beauty or J-beauty?
Asia One

According to market researcher Euromonitor, the retail value of the skincare category in Thailand, Southeast Asia’s second largest economy, was US$2.65 billion (S$3.5 billion) in 2020. That number does not include make-up and personal care products.
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FDA begins Pfizer approval process
Bangkokpost.com

Pfizer Thailand has submitted an application for the domestic use of its Covid-19 vaccine to the Thai Food and Drug Administration (FDA), while the Chulabhorn Royal Academy (CRA) expects to roll out its own private supply of Sinopharm’s vaccine on June 25.
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DTI invites Japan pharma firms to manufacture in PHL, including vaccines
BusinessWorld

The Philippines is ready to serve as a production base for Japanese pharmaceutical companies, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said. “As our country prepares the environment and standards through the implementation of ASEAN harmonization and other initiatives for good manufacturing practice, the Philippines can be a good production base for Japanese companies’ pharmaceutical exports,” Trade Undersecretary and Board of Investments (BoI) Managing Head Ceferino S.
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Shanghai association sets new standards that align with CSAR regulations
CosmeticsDesign-Asia

The Shanghai Advertising Association has released new advertising standards for cosmetic products to align with revisions to the country’s newly implemented cosmetic regulations.
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Beiersdorf expands its NX Nivea Accelerator to China
Global Cosmetics News

Beiersdorf is expanding its NX Nivea Accelerator program to Shanghai, China following its success in Seoul, South Korea. To that end, the German manufacturer of Nivea has selected five start-ups for its first cohort. In order to jointly establish new brands more quickly, Beiersdorf has teamed up with Alibaba-owned Tmall to co-incubate Chinese start-ups.
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Personal care and palm oil get green light in Malaysian lockdown
Global Cosmetics News

Malaysia will allow a number of industries to continue operations during its renewed lockdown, which commenced yesterday and will remain in place for two weeks, according to a report published by Reuters. Personal care manufacturers were among the sectors greenlighted along with chemical products, PPE and health care.
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PH makes biggest COVID-19 vaccine procurement with 40M doses of Pfizer

Manila Bulletin

After months of delay, the country has finally purchased 40 million doses of Pfizer vaccines to boost its efforts in combatting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a landmark move that saw the government’s biggest vaccine procurement this year, the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 announced recently.

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Beauty without cosmetics, please

Straitstimes

The paper says parents and teachers need to raise the media literacy of juveniles and help them cultivate healthy aesthetic values. Statistics show that at least 50 million children in China use cosmetics

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