2015-01-14 14:16

 

The prohibition of cosmetics propaganda effect of no unified standard or in embarrassment

 

CNDSN January 14th news [] (Chinese joint business) regulations by the end of 2014, the State Administration of food and drug supervision and management of cosmetics supervision and management "(Draft)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations") to solicit public opinions. "Ordinance" clearly stipulates the prohibition of tagging content, including express or implied with medical function; exaggerating the function or easy to give consumers cause misunderstanding or confusion content etc.. The proposed specially, the efficacy of cosmetic products claim should have sufficient test or evaluation data support. Product claims by efficacy validation mechanism test and issue a report, label can be marked relevant validation information; untested, ought to be in effect declared role description content marked "the end effect of unproven" and other words.

Domestic cosmeceutical market be just unfolding

According to the "Regulations" requirements, cosmetics now not express or implied with the medical role in propaganda, can according to "drug" is based on the cosmeceutical what should follow what standard, but still a mystery. The cosmeceutical market in China it has market potential, but compared to the years of good performance in Europe and the United States market performance, the current domestic cosmetic market is still a lack of unified standards and sales channels.

Cosmeceutical concept originated in the United States, most early proposed the cosmeceutical is used to describe the active or science based cosmetics, derived from the concept of medical skin care, both drug therapy and beauty skin care role, they are also called functional cosmetics cosmetics or activity. In 1998, the famous French cosmetics brand Vichy (Vichy) first landed in Chinese cosmetics market, bring the cosmeceutical concept for Chinese consumers.

In our country, cosmeceutical refers to the natural ingredients as raw materials for cosmetic efficacy, with strong, compact and its formula must be completely open, all the effective components and safety shall be subject to the medical literature and clinical department of Dermatology test proof, and does not contain putative allergen, more general skin care efficacy significantly. Drug is very popular in the world, in some big city Chinese have become hot, but the domestic cosmeceutical quality uneven, some good and some bad, dragons and fishes jumbled together, medicinal skin care products consumption level compared with foreign countries there exists a great gap.

Notably, the cosmeceutical market has always been a strong set foot in the first-line brand, Procter & Gamble, Unilever, Bo Lisi, Soft, Shu Lei and so on have cosmeceutical products. This also led to fighting between a manufacturer, everyone in the competition in domestic market, manufacturers cost while improving, bring direct pressure on the distribution agent business, now the profit space is compressed to very small, but the pressure to return is agents grow with each passing day; on the other hand, a strong attack number of first-line brand, but also strengthen the consumers' brand recognition and loyalty.

Cosmeceutical no unified standard for lack of supervision

In our country, the cosmeceutical exhibits several characteristics. First of all, the definition of a cosmetic is no cosmeceutical argument. At present our country not to the approval number of cosmeceutical, management norms of the state on cosmetics, for Hair Coloring, perm, freckle, sunscreen cosmetics are collectively referred to as special cosmetics, batch number "Wei makeup special", and cosmetics lot ordinary as "quasi Wei makeup". Cosmetics for special use reporting procedures more stringent, must carry on the product health and safety evaluation on the market before, including hygiene inspection, toxicology test, human safety trials, efficacy component and use basis. But at present domestic cosmeceutical propaganda effect already beyond the obvious special cosmetics category, such as whitening, moisturizing, publicity including anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects.

Domestic cosmeceutical main sales through pharmacies, but the safety and efficacy of the lack of legal regulation, there is no uniform standard. Cosmeceutical label mainly "Wei makeup quasi" word, very few is "Wei makeup special word," no more "medicine accurate" cosmetics.

Secondly, in our country, many from the traditional pharmaceutical companies to dabble in cosmeceutical market. Because of because of the impact on traditional business slowdown, such as price, the development space of the drug business is constantly being compressed. It is reported, so far, including Tang, Baiyun Mountain, Conba etc. were has been involved in the daily chemical field of listed pharmaceutical companies. However, in the field of daily chemical industry, pharmaceutical drug strategy is not optimistic.

Industry experts said, as a traditional medicine enterprises, into the cosmeceutical industry still robust and have certain advantages. Traditional medicine research and development risks, between cosmeceutical between cosmetics and drugs, not drugs so strict and high risk, high profit space, also can form the association resources, sales can chain store sales, more simple. However, the traditional pharmaceutical enterprises to drugstore, the most important is how to, not just rely on the brand influence to allow consumers to cognition, because then there may run counter to one's desire. *

(original title: the prohibition of propaganda effect of cosmetics cosmeceuticals no uniform standards or depression embarrassment)

Editor: Che Wan Wan