by Jenn Porter | Mar 17, 2020 | Canadian Regulatory, Cosmetics, European Regulatory, Medical Devices, Research/Science/Technology, U.S. Regulatory, Uncategorized
COVID-19, otherwise known as the coronavirus, has been of increasing public concern in recent months and has now infected over 100 000 people worldwide. The rise of cases has had a clear impact on industries and the economy, and the cosmetic and medical device...
by Jenn Porter | Feb 20, 2020 | Canadian Regulatory, Cosmetics, European Regulatory, Events/Company Updates, Innovation, Medical Devices, Natural Health Products, OTC Drugs, Our View, Research/Science/Technology, U.S. Regulatory, Uncategorized
An entrepreneur recently told me she had discovered a new use for an old molecule. She was not sure about moving ahead with it because patent protection was not solid. I said “so what”, just to be provocative. Then I told her that having patent protection was not the...
by Jenn Porter | Feb 19, 2020 | Canadian Regulatory, Medical Devices, Natural Health Products, Research/Science/Technology, U.S. Regulatory, Uncategorized
The topic on everyone’s mind lately has been a new virus discovered in Wuhan City, China known as novel coronavirus or 2019-nCoV. The World Health Organization (WHO) was made aware of an abnormal increase in cases of pneumonia in the Chinese city on December 31, 2019....
by Jenn Porter | Feb 15, 2020 | Canadian Regulatory, Cosmetics, European Regulatory, Events/Company Updates, Innovation, Medical Devices, Natural Health Products, OTC Drugs, Our View, Research/Science/Technology, U.S. Regulatory, Uncategorized
A lot of people have been contacting me about complaints made about their innovations. Now to be clear, I’m not referring to things like Google reviews although these may or may not be relevant. I am thinking of complaints made directly to the company about the...
by Jenn Porter | Jan 22, 2020 | Canadian Regulatory, Events/Company Updates, Innovation, Our View, Research/Science/Technology, Uncategorized
During the course of my career, I have seen fortunes made and fortunes lost. I have seen companies start in a basement and within five years sell for tens or hundreds of millions of dollars. I have also seen entrepreneurs having to sell their homes and cars and move...
by Jenn Porter | Dec 23, 2019 | Canadian Regulatory, Cosmetics, Natural Health Products, Research/Science/Technology, Uncategorized
Earlier this month, Health Canada released a list of new amendments to both the Restricted and Prohibited Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlists. The list included changes to the classification or conditions of use on four ingredients, all already present on the Cosmetic...
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