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The Pathway Most Brands Don't Know Exists Many global Cosmetic brands first become aware of India's novel ingredient approval requirements only after submitting their import registration application in Form COS-1 and receiving...
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The Ingredient Compliance Imperative For global Cosmetic brands, formulation approval in one major market — the EU, the US, or Japan is often viewed as a strong indicator of product safety and compliance. In India,...
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The revision of Schedule M to India's Drugs and Cosmetics Act represents one of the most consequential regulatory changes for domestic Pharmaceutical manufacturers in recent memory. Notified by the Ministry of Health...
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Two Bodies, One Compliance Decision Most global Cosmetic brands entering India are familiar with CDSCO as the gatekeeper for Import registration. Far fewer understand the parallel role of the Bureau of Indian...
Regulatory Update
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The Categorisation Problem Of all the challenges in India's Cosmetic Import registration process, product categorisation is one of the most underestimated. Under the Cosmetics Rules, 2020, CDSCO has prescribed 80 Cosmetic categories...