28 Feb 2020
NIA is delighted to welcome it's first Associate Member from the contract research organisation (CRO) community, critical actors in successful nanomaterials market access and uptake. Covance CPC Regulatory Consultancy is part of the global CRO company Covance, which is involved in facilitating novel medicines to market.
28 Feb 2020
NIA is delighted to welcome Talga Technologies as a new Corporate Member. Talga Technologies undertakes product research and development for Talga, an advanced material company headquartered in Perth, Western Australia.
28 Feb 2020
NIA took part in the ECHA-hosted webinar “Registering nanoforms: practical advice”, hosted in response to the, according to ECHA, relatively low number of REACH dossier updates on January 1 for nanoforms, and the quality of information in the dossiers submitted. This will be part of more actions in 2020 to help support the successful completion of...
17 Feb 2020
The NanoSafety Cluster, representing major H2020 projects in nanosafety, published its Winter News today, with NIA and its projects featuring in this edition.
13 Feb 2020
Thursday February 13, 2020: The Nanotechnology Industries Association (NIA) brings a spotlight to increasing use of the term ‘Nanoplastics’ in reporting of plastics, primarily within an environmental context, reflecting increasing concern on the use and inappropriate disposal of plastics.
7 Feb 2020
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) will have a webinar on 24 February 2020 to give advice to companies when they register nanoforms of substances. The webinar will present lessons learned and give examples of best practice. Since 1 January 2020 substance registrations should include information in the dossier of nanoforms fullfilling the...
5 Feb 2020
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has just published the minutes of the 8th EFSA Cross Cutting Working Group on Nanotechnologies meeting held on 17 January. The meeting discussed among other things, the October request from the European Commission to develop a Technical guidance to establish the presence of particles in the nanoscale.
3 Feb 2020
On 22 January, the EC Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) working group on nanomaterials in cosmetic products held its latest meeting. The topics for discussion included e.g. a request from DG GROW for a joined memorandum of concerns with the Scientific Committee on Health, Environment and Emerging Risks (SCHEER). The WG also discussed...
24 Jan 2020
Catch up with our latest Nano in Business webinar: Nanomaterials for Dual Use. Find out how nanomaterials can be developed for dual use, with the associated technical, regulatory and business pathways.
19 Dec 2019
The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (JRC) have just published their 2nd report related to the EC nanomaterials definition recommendation
19 Dec 2019
At the 19-20 November meeting of CARACAL Committee an update of REACH Annex II was given a favourable opinion by all the Member States
17 Dec 2019
Our Christmas newsletter is now available! Read the recap of our past year including new members, webinars and highlights. We look forward to more meaningful collaborations with our Members in 2020.
Read here.
13 Dec 2019
Our latest webinar on regulatory priorities within nanotechnology featuring NIA's Director of Regulatory Affairs, Dr David Carlander was held on December 10th. Watch here.
4 Dec 2019
The JRC has published a detailed report into the slow development of regulatory framework around nanomedicines, highlighting a common challenge in all emerging technologies, that science and applications accelerate far more quickly than the regulatory ecosystem in which they operate.
3 Dec 2019
ECHA has today, 3rd of December, published two guidance documents applicable for nanoforms of chemical substances under REACH.
20 Nov 2019
The EUON (European Observatory on Nanomaterials) hosted by ECHA, has a nano opinion section where EU-OSHA (European Agency for Safety and Health at Work) published on 12 November '
19 Nov 2019
The EC published a version 2 of the 'Catalogue of nanomaterials in cosmetics products placed on the market, as notified to the European Commission by Responsible Persons' on 15 November 2019
15 Nov 2019
NIA Member Solvay has written a Guest column in ECHA's latest newsletter 'Solvay’s view on new requirements for nanomaterials' published on 14 November.
Solvay has for a long time 'engaged in a proactive dialogue on nanomaterials with national authorities and European agencies to help clarify the data required for nanoforms that are placed on the...
13 Nov 2019
On 12 November ECHA held a webinar 'Getting ready for revised REACH information requirements for nanoforms'.
The webinar and slides presented are available at the ECHA webinar page.
