Placeholder. Story frame: the FDA hasn't approved a new UV filter since 1999. Meanwhile the EU, Japan and Korea have moved a generation ahead — Tinosorb S/M, Uvinul A Plus, Mexoryl SX/XL/400, Iscotrizinol, plus Japan's PA++++ transparency rating giving consumers UVA-specific information the US market simply doesn't have. Draft to close on the FDA's current filter-review posture and the growing grey market for imported EU sunscreens.
Category-definingVerifiedNew UV FiltersEU
Tinosorb S / Tinosorb M
Multiple EU brands · via BASF
Broad-spectrum photostable filters, not FDA-cleared.
NotableVerifiedNew UV FiltersEU
Uvinul A Plus / Uvinul T 150
Multiple EU brands · via BASF
Long-UVA and UVB filters standard in EU formulations.
Category-definingVerifiedNew UV FiltersEU
Mexoryl SX / XL / 400
La Roche-Posay · via L'Oréal
Proprietary long-UVA filter family; 400 nm coverage.
NotableEmergingNew UV FiltersEU
Iscotrizinol (Uvasorb HEB)
Multiple EU brands
UVB/UVA-II filter used broadly in EU, absent in US.
NotableVerifiedNew UV FiltersJP
PMDA approval + PA++++ rating system
Regulatory (Japan)
Japan's PA rating gives consumers UVA-specific transparency the US lacks.