China NMPA Adjusts Cosmetics Administrative and Technical Review Consultation Service

In a move to improve administrative efficiency, China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) issued a notice on August 1 to adjust the on-site and telephone consultation service arrangements of the administrative and technical review for cosmetics, health foods, drugs, medical devices etc.

The adjustments are immediately effective, and the specific changes pertain to cosmetics review are as follows:

• On-site consultation: the consultation of “technical review of cosmetics” has been separated from the National Committee on the Assessment of the Protected Traditional Chinese Medicinal Products ^[1] and is now a distinct service. The National Institutes for Food and Drug Control ^[2] is now responsible for the cosmetic technical review consultation service.

• Telephone consultation: extend the consultation time of “administrative review of cosmetics” from Tuesday afternoon to the whole day of Tuesday and Thursday and change the consulting department to National Institutes for Food and Drug Control.