9 Nov 2021
The EU Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (PAFF) has approved the European Commission's proposal for a ban on the use of titanium dioxide (E171) as a food additive, starting in early 2022.
The proposal was based on a revised EFSA scientific opinion, which concluded that E171 could no longer be considered as safe when used as a...
9 Nov 2021
After a year of preliminary joint research, NIA member IMEC has signed a cooperation agreement with pharmaceutical company GSK to explore how nanotechnology can accelerate the development and production of vaccines. Nanotechnology will also be used to automate the relevant production processes.
The collaboration will be articulated in different...
6 Oct 2021
The European Chemicals Agency has released a new set of Q&As for downstream users of nanoforms. The document provides information on registration obligations; nanoforms definition and characterization; sets of similar nanoforms; reporting and submission, including joint submissions; and other downstream users obligations.
24 Sep 2021
As anticipated in its Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability, the European Commission has opened a stakeholder consultation as part of the targeted revision of the CLP Regulation (Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 on the classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures).
31 Aug 2021
SRI LANKA INSTITUTE OF NANOTECHNOLOGY – SLINTEC
Our Member Spotlight series is back after the summer break. In this issue, we speak with Dr Nareshkumar B. Handagama, Chief Executive Officer at the Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology (SLINTEC).
17 Aug 2021
The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety has published their main comments for the EU public consultation on the definition of nanomaterials.
17 Aug 2021
ISO/TS 21633:2021, “Label-free impedance technology to assess the toxicity of nanomaterials in vitro”. This document describes a methodology of a label free and real-time detection for non-invasive monitoring of cell-based assays to assess toxicity of nanomaterials to eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. (link)
Published 11.08.2021
17 Aug 2021
The updated guidance takes account of relevant scientific studies that provide insights to physico‐chemical properties, exposure assessment and hazard characterisation of nanomaterials and areas of applicability.
17 Aug 2021
The EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP) assessed the safety of the additive silver nanoparticles intended to be used in plastics.
6 Aug 2021
The European Commission publishes an annual status report on the use of nanomaterials in cosmetic products. The 2021 report, released at the end of July, includes the following findings:
27 Jul 2021
In an article published this week by Parliament Magazine, Member of the European Parliament Petar Vitanov called for a centralized regulatory approach to nanomedicine.
7 Jul 2021
VSPARTICLE, NIA member, has an open Call to receive multiple days-worth of VSP-P1 Nanostructured Material Printer access equivalent to €10,000 worth of contract research. Read more about the conditions HERE.
16 Jun 2021
The Horizon Europe Work Programme 2021-22 was published today. Horizon Europe is the main EU funding scheme for collaborative research and innovation projects, with a €95.5 billion budget for the period 2021-27.
14 Jun 2021
Following its first stakeholder meeting on safe- and sustainable-by-design (SSbD), the European Commission has launched a stakeholder consultation to complement the findings of the mapping study it released in April. The consultation, which is open until June 30, will inform the development of SSbD criteria for the chemicals sector.
10 Jun 2021
Billons of euros has been invested by both the private and public sector in nanotechnology research to help advance this key enabling technology. Several large-scale collaborative projects have investigated the environmental and human health aspects of nanomaterials. There has been a clear gap on the reuse of data between various projects and an...
3 Jun 2021
We’re happy to welcome a new member to NIA. GAIKER Technology Centre, based in the Basque Country, is a research institute offering innovative technological solutions for corporations. Established as a foundation in 1985, the institute’s expertise includes biotechnology, sustainable composites, and functional polymers. In addition to R&D...
1 Jun 2021
NIA's nanopinion 'Updating our language: why we should not paint all nanoforms with the same brush ' was published on the European Observatory of Nanomaterials (EUON) website:
20 May 2021
We are glad to announce that a new member has joined NIA. Applied Graphene Materials (AGM) was founded in the UK in 2010 and has grown to an industry-leading organization in the field of graphene dispersion, listed on the FTSE AIM Stock Market and working with more than 100 technology and product development partners. The company graphene...
11 May 2021
Published 6 May 2021 Link
EFSA has updated its safety assessment of the food additive titanium dioxide (E 171), following a request by the European Commission in March 2020.
