Concise guidance notes and market signals across ASEAN and Asian health authorities — linked from country pages for faster SEO freshness.
· Hong Kong
Department of Health raids four beauty premises, seizes over 100 vials of suspected poisons and unregistered pharmaceuticals including Elravie Re2O, arrests one person for unlawful possession and suspected organ dealing.
· Hong Kong
One new drug approved under the 1+ mechanism for metastatic hormone‑sensitive prostate cancer, bringing total approved drugs to 23; source: info.gov.hk.
· Indonesia
BPOM convened a strategic forum on drug and food supervision, highlighting compliance gaps, ethylene oxide food safety risks, and digital oversight. Simultaneously, the agency canceled marketing authorizations for three natural medicine products containing the novel PDE5 inhibitor pyrimidenafil, uncovering 35 additional illegal products.
· Singapore
HSA announced a recall of Clonotril tablets, structural regulatory shifts effective Nov 1, and new partnership initiatives to accelerate healthcare innovation.
· Indonesia
Indonesia's BPOM has initiated the Global Cosmetic Regulatory Network (IGCRN) to advance international regulatory alignment, product safety, and cross-border trade standards.
· Vietnam
Vietnam’s Drug Administration portal lists the OTC medicine list publication service among drug regulatory services, with no substantive change or dated announcement shown in the provided material.
· Thailand
Thai FDA issued a public warning on misleading therapeutic claims for Dr.Harry Comfort Zone Cream, advising consumers not to believe it can treat hemorrhoids.
· Indonesia
BPOM reported an enforcement action in Tangerang involving a warehouse storing illegal traditional medicines, health supplements and cosmetics, underscoring post-market surveillance and distribution controls.
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· Singapore
On 28 August 2026 HSA announced a Registration Support Initiative to move clinically important unregistered devices from the Special Access Route onto formal registration.
· Malaysia
On 26 August 2026 NPRA posted a Ministry of Health media statement dated 24 August 2026 on cosmetics found to contain scheduled poisons.
· Indonesia
On 24 August 2026 BPOM announced Regulation No. 11 of 2026 on food packaging, covering migration limits, permitted food-contact substances and reusable packaging.
