Despite passage of the US Sunscreen Innovation Act in late 2015 – which was intended to help speed the approval process for new UV filters – sunscreen formulators’ active ingredient palette has not expanded. Bayer brand Coppertone has the same filters at its disposal, but is innovating in other directions.
Bayer AG’s Coppertone unit focuses on product texture with the launch of new Whipped sunscreens, expected to promote consumer usage and be a win with moms.
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RoC launches RoC 35 Protocol, a five-product regimen backed by the brand’s largest clinical assessment yet, showing 200 subjects saw significant improvement in ‘key parameters’ of skin aging.
Church & Dwight Co. Inc. will launch a new body acne patch under its Hero Mighty Patch range, a light dry shampoo formula for Batiste and three new initiatives for vitafusion gummies, the firm reported during its Analyst Day 31 January.
French beauty giant L’Oréal SA enters a partnership with New York-based technology company IBM for an industry first-of-its-kind AI foundation model to spur product development and reformulation and make strides in sustainability.
Eucerin Radiant Tone Collection comprises five products centered on the brand’s wildly popular ingredient Thiamidol, currently the most effective inhibitor of human tyrosinase, an enzyme that contributes to skin hyperpigmentation.
The US Food and Drug Administration has released a roadmap to adopt new approach methodologies in lieu of animal testing for monoclonal antibody therapies and other drugs, which may include OTC drugs though the proposal does not specifically include cosmetics.
Coty’s ‘All-in to Win’ program enters the next phase, which sets aggressive savings over the next two years in part by simplifying and scaling its operating model, in addition to boosting its innovation impact.
The Procter & Gamble Company is working to mitigate the impact of tariffs, which will add up to $1.5bn in costs annually. The firm has lowered its fiscal 2025 outlook.
