Manufacturing

The use of titanium dioxide in medicinal products

The European Commission published the Staff Working Document on the use of titanium dioxide in medicinal products, which was drafted by the European Medicines Agency

Micropollutants in urban waste waters

A new report, prepared by Ramboll Deutschland GmbH, shares new findings on the expected impact of data collection and assessment for micropollutants in wastewater

R&D

The new EU Startup and Scale-up Strategy

The European Commission launched on 28 May 2025 its new EU Startup and Scale-up Strategy, “Choose Europe to Start and Scale”, which forms part of the broader ‘Choose Europe' initiative aimed at attracting and retaining talents

The FDA has launched its generative AI Elsa

Elsa is the name of the new generative artificial intelligence tool launched on 2 June 2025 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The launch occurred just a few weeks after the completion of the pilot project, which aimed to validate the use of Elsa to support the work of FDA’s staff (e.g. scientific reviewers, investigators, etc)

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  • NCF International n.1 - 2025
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  • NCF International n.2 - 2024