by Jennifer P | Jan 16, 2019 | Canadian Regulatory
What is a risk assessment of a chemical substance? A risk assessment is an integral part of maintaining both the health of Canadians and the environment. Risk assessments are executed by Environment and Climate Change Canada under the CEPA (Canadian Environmental...
by Jennifer P | Jan 9, 2019 | Research/Science/Technology
A constant victim of media scrutiny, blue light has recently received a lot of negative press with regards to its damaging effects to the skin. Side effects such as hyperpigmentation and oxidative stress have been found to be associated with the exposure of...
by Jennifer P | Dec 19, 2018 | Cosmetics
What is Cosmetovigilance? Cosmetovigilance can be described as the careful post-market surveillance of cosmetic products after they have been made available to consumers. More simply put it can be defined as monitoring cosmetic safety. Similarly to the concept of...
by Jennifer P | Dec 13, 2018 | OTC Drugs
What is Pharmacovigilance? Pharmacovigilance is defined by the World Health Organization as “the science and activities relating to the detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects or any other drug-related problem”. In simpler terms,...
by Jennifer P | Dec 5, 2018 | Canadian Regulatory, Natural Health Products, OTC Drugs
When developing a product that requires market authorization, either by way of a DIN (drug identification number) or an NPN (natural product number), product monographs are essential documents provided by Health Canada that layout mandatory label information. These...
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