Cross-border use issue

G_CROSS_BORDER

What does this word mean?

The fact that a product is legal in its home country and whether it can legally be used in another country are two independent questions.

Expanded note

This is the item most often skipped in regulatory content yet the most valuable to readers. Korean Rejuran and Italian Placentex completed drug or device registration in their own countries, which does not mean they can legally be used elsewhere, and the fact that a Korean brand is purchasable through cross-border e-commerce does not mean it qualifies for lawful sale inside China. Whenever the site covers cross-border content it must separate registration-status-in-the-origin-country from legality-in-the-country-of-use.

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Not a generic example.

Cross-border use and local cosmetic use are two separate legal questions: approval in one jurisdiction does not carry over to another.

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