• 2025-08-25 08:41:48

Australia's aesthetic market is entering a high-growth phase, with nearly 7 million adults considering cosmetic surgery and industry value projected at US$1.5 billion in 2024. Strong demand for injectables and advanced devices, supported by new national standards, offers aesthetic medical device manufacturers strong potential to introduce innovative solutions and capture growth in this dynamic market.

• 2024-07-30 05:11:43

The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) of Australia recently released a guidance document to clarify the distinction between cosmetics and therapeutic goods. This distinction is crucial as it determines the regulatory requirements that apply to a product.

• 2024-05-08 03:10:55

To promote consistent advertising practices across the medical industry, the TGA updated its guidelines for promoting cosmetic injectables.

• 2021-10-27 05:22:18

A new expert committee has been formed by the Government, to frame new laws for medicines, cosmetics and medical devices in a bid to replace the existing Drugs and Cosmetics Act which was formed in 1940.

• 2021-05-22 04:28:32

On April 20, 2021, Malaysia Medical Device Authority (MDA) published a revision list of Medical Device-Drug-Cosmetic Interphase (MDDCI) products. MDA has classified they regulated medical device and combination products that primary intended use of the device and the primary mode of action is to be used as a medical device.

• 2020-05-12 07:03:38

We discuss the different types of cosmetic implants and the key drivers to their ever-increasing market growth. We focused on the fastest growing market share, ASEAN, and the top players in the different types of implants.

• 2019-12-18 09:21:23

In this issue, we have included China registration experience, along with some information on United States FDA and Europe’s requirement for high-risk cosmetic implants.

• 2020-02-13 06:02:57

It has been earlier established that Medical Device Authority (MDA) and National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) of Malaysia will start to regulate drug-medical device and medical device-drug combination products together, starting July 1st, 2019.

• 2020-02-14 04:23:23

TFDA Department of Medical Device and Cosmetics is set to move to a new office starting on April 30, 2018. The new office will be located at the Alley 12, 2nd Section of Yan Jiu Yuan Road, Nangang District, Taipei City.