NEWS By using the Interceptor G2 from BASF, a mother and child in Africa receive much needed protection from mosquitoes
CHEMIPOL’S PRESERVATIVES NOW AVAILABLE LOCALLY CHEMPURE HAS RECENTLY been appointed the local agent for Chemipol SA – a manufacturer and supplier of biocides, additives and process chemicals which is based in Spain. This development further diversifies Chempure’s offering to the personal care and cosmetics industry. Chemipol SA has over 30 years’ experience in microbiology applied to the personal care, chemical and food industries. It offers a wide range of preservatives for microbial control in personal care formulations. These include the Biopol classic preservatives and Biopol classic active ingredients, and the Sensicare C and Sensicare M preservatives with improved eco-toxicity. It also produces innovative preservative-free antimicrobials, which include the Sensicare FP antimicrobials and Sensicare NAT natural antimicrobials. The Sensicare range enables formulators to develop cosmetics with a reduced concentration of preservative ingredients without compromising the protection from harmful microorganisms. Thanks to the reduced presence of preservatives in a finished formulation, the possible undesirable side effects such as sensitisation are reduced while raw material incompatibility is also minimised.
BASF TAKES MALARIA PREVENTION TO THE NEXT LEVEL THE INTERNATIONAL CHEMICAL company has received a recommendation from the World Health Organization (WHO) for Interceptor G2. This is a long-lasting insecticidetreated mosquito net based on chlorfenapyr, which is a completely new insecticide class for combating mosquitoes for public health. This is the first WHO recommendation in more than 30 years for a product based on a new insecticide class. Working with the Innovative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC) and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in a collaboration lasting over a decade, BASF’s scientists successfully repurposed chlorfenapyr to be effective on mosquito nets and meet stringent WHO performance thresholds for public health. Dave Malone, IVCC technical manager, comments: ‘The collaboration with BASF
NEW SOLUTION FOR ENHANCED COLDCHAIN MONITORING
gave us access to an insecticide with a rare combination of attributes: new to public
OCEASOFT, A LEADING expert in wireless monitoring solutions for
and its burden is greatest among the most vulnerable.
temperature-sensitive goods, has released OceAlert, which enhances
health; effective against resistant mosquitoes; and able to coat polyester netting with a long-lasting formulation.’ A second chlorfenapyr product, an indoor residual spray named Sylando 240SC, is also in the final phases of WHO evaluation. Around the world, every two minutes a child dies from malaria and there are more than 200 million new cases every year. Malaria is also a major cause of global poverty Long-lasting insecticide-treated mosquito nets and indoor residual sprays are
cold-chain monitoring and drastically helps reduce the risk of
the cornerstones of malaria prevention, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. But 60
product loss.
countries have already reported resistance to at least one class of insecticide used in
OceAlert is a reliable and automated real-time alert generation
them. Part of the problem is that there were previously only four WHO-recommended
solution that offers a high level of protection for sensitive
insecticide classes for adult mosquito control: only one of them, the pyrethroid class,
and perishable products. It was designed and developed in
was recommended for long-lasting insecticide-treated mosquito nets. Continual use
cooperation with one of the world’s leading experts in information
of the same insecticides enabled the highly adaptable mosquito to develop significant
generation systems.
levels of resistance.
The demand for enhanced monitoring during product transit or
Independent trials in Benin, Burkina Faso, Tanzania and Ivory Coast have
storage continues to rise in the pharmaceutical industry as well as in
proven the efficacy of Interceptor G2 and Sylando 240SC against local insecticide-
the health care, agri-food, transportation and logistics sectors.
resistant mosquitoes.
This new offering is compatible with Oceasoft’s existing range of
‘New resistance management products are desperately needed to prevent mosquito-
Cobalt, Emerald, and Atlas dataloggers, as well as its future products.
borne diseases and save lives,’ comments Egon Weinmueller, head of BASF’s public
Without any hardware installation, OceAlert can be deployed rapidly
health business. ‘This development breakthrough strengthens my personal belief that
across any organisation, ensuring high availability through a robust
we really can be the generation to end malaria for good.’
and secure implementation.
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| AUGUST 2017 | P C Review