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Leading Russian oil and gas producers, along with the national government, are considering investing up to Russian Roubles RUB100 billion (USD1.4 billion) into developing drilling and related upstream technologies during the next several years, amidst an shortage in technology supplies.

Prior to the sanctions war between Russia and Western countries sparked by the Ukraine crisis, the majority of drilling technologies were imported into Russia.…

PHARMACOS have been asked to respond to a questionnaire helping the European Medicines Agency (EMA) devise a new policy to encourage academics to work more effectively with pharma regulators. The goal is to help translate their ideas into usable medicines. Indeed, boosting cooperation between EMA and academics is a strategic priority for the European Union agency for 2016-17.…

THE EUROPEAN Medicines Agency (EMA) has released draft revised guidance on the development of medicines treating Alzheimer’s disease, with the aim of helping pharmacos produce treatment targeting the disease’s early onset. EMA is responding to research suggesting that biological changes associated with the disease start to occur as early as 10 to 20 years prior to clinical symptoms.…

Counterfeit knitwear and garments are flooding the country’s markets, according to accountants Grant Thornton and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), and clothing industry concern is growing about the role of north Indian knitwear hub of Ludhiana.…

Plans to establish a European Union (EU) industry, non-governmental organisation and regulatory advisory group, called an ‘EU Platform on animal welfare’ have been criticised by European farmers’ union Copa-Cogeca. This was despite the support given to the idea at yesterday’s (Monday Feb 15) EU Council of Ministers for agriculture, which debated the plan and released a communiqué saying the platform could boost co-operation between EU member states on animal welfare and broader sharing of information and best practice.…

The Hong Kong-based Esquel Group, the major global high-end shirt supplier, is making progress in a research programme to develop a sustainable Chinese supply of sea island cotton, an extra-long staple (ELS) cotton, in Xinjiang.

This autonomous territory in north-west China is a key cotton production centre for China, and a recent scientific conference in Urumqi, the capital city of Xinjiang, where Esquel has a 5,500-acre cotton field, discussed the latest key findings and challenges.…

SPECIAL trade access to developed countries is always a boon to emerging market suppliers, and the European Union’s (EU) GSP+ system is especially sought after, and – noted a recent European Commission report – widely utilised.

GSP+ suspends EU duties on 66% of EU tariff lines, while for standard GSP, these same duties are merely reduced.…

THE INDIAN government’s decision to increase its available subsidies to help companies purchase new textile machinery from 10% to 15% will boost the investment in the country’s technical textile sector, which has been struggling to build big capacities.

Under the ‘Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS)’, from January 14 (2016), a producer of technical textiles can avail itself of up to USD4.5 million as capital investment subsidy.…

A EUROPEAN Union (EU)-backed project is developing a new testing strategy to assess chemical safety in consumer products, including for cosmetics and personal care lines, without using animals in experiments.

The EU-ToxRisk project, which has a budget of around EUR30 million, is being coordinated in the Netherlands by Leiden University.…

Boxes are not known for their excitement, but personal care product companies are making secondary packaging more alluring by designing them to give consumers an enticing glimpse of the goods inside. They are also using their collective imaginations to create aesthetically desirable mixes of different materials and textures, maybe combining these with visually arresting spatial design.…