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CIR: Industry Working On Producing Preservative PHMB Sensitization Data

 
• By Ryan Nelson

The Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel issued final safety conclusions for five ingredients at its Dec. 4-5 meeting, as well as six tentative reports and two insufficient data announcements. According to a post-meeting recap, industry is working to complete a sensitization study for preservative polyaminopropyl biguanide at the panel's request.

Triglycerides and panthenol, pantothenic acid and derivatives were among ingredient groups that received final safety determinations at the Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel's Dec. 4-5 meeting, all deemed mostly safe as used, with some caveats and cited data gaps.

In total, the industry-funded organization's team of independent experts issued five final safety conclusions, six tentative reports and two insufficient...

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