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.
10 Nov 2019
NIA Members have been busy winning prizes this autumn and we are delighted to celebrate with them!
Endomag (UK): Endomag won not one, but two prizes – will the winning never end? Winners at TechTrack100 for Best Management Team, headed by our very own Eric Mayes, CEO and 'Best Established Medtech Company' at the OBN Awards.
10 Nov 2019
Nanoplastics is a generic term increasingly being used to define materials that fall into the nanoscale, primarily as a result of disposal and degradation of materials from the larger scale.
8 Nov 2019
During the CARACAL meeting 6-7 November, several topics related to nanomaterials were raised.
NIA Members will find more information in the Members Area (log in required).
7 Nov 2019
caLibrate recently held a webinar to introduce caLIBRAte Nano-Risk Governance Portal - a state-of-the-art one stop shop site to support nano-risk governance
The Portal will provide:
7 Nov 2019
At its plenary meeting 30-31 the EC SCCS (European Commission Scientific Committee for Consumer Safety) adopted its revised new 'Guidance on the safety assessment of nanomaterials in cosmetics'. The Guidance should be used together with the general cosmetics guidance document (currently in its 10th revision).
