The level and breadth of expertise and experience across the global membership of the International Collaboration on Cosmetics Safety (ICCS) is something very unique in the field of animal-free safety testing and should fuel serious, true change, its...
A group of 35 beauty manufacturers, suppliers, industry associations and animal welfare groups have established a global collective to advance animal-free safety assessments in cosmetics worldwide.
A study has identified a number of EU cosmetic ingredients tested on animals since the Cosmetics Regulation ban; data largely collected to prove worker and environmental safety under REACH or because alternative testing methods were rejected, researchers...
There are an exponentially growing number of commercialised active cosmetic ingredients made from plant cell culture technologies that address rising sustainability concerns around energy, carbon and water footprints, say researchers.
Non-animal tests on chemical substances continue to be widely used in the EU, with read-across studies most popular and in vitro methods gaining traction, according to the European Chemicals Agency’s (ECHA) latest report.
Animal-free testing lab XCellR8 has validated an in vitro mildness predicting test it says provides a significant opportunity for the cosmetics world to move beyond outdated methods.
Next-generation in vitro safety assessments for cosmetics should see good uptake in coming years, receiving regulatory approvals and becoming industry standard within the next decade, suggests the director of science and research at Cosmetics Europe.
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French laboratory HelioScreen has developed a ‘robot’ that ensures consistency when performing in-vitro UV protection tests. The technology will act as a solution to a major obstacle currently facing this area of the industry.
Cosmed, the French association for small-to-medium cosmetic companies has blasted reports by the France-based consumer watch dog 60 Million Consumers that question sunscreen efficacy.
With ever-changing trends and consumer demands, the in-cosmetics event in Paris will dedicate a workshop to the latest innovations in cosmetic hair science.
The Chinese State Food and Drug Administration have given the supplier of fragrance and cosmetic actives the go ahead on its first skin-whitening agent, SymWhite.
Germany-based ingredients supplier Evonik has launched two new skin care ingredients: Tego Cistus claimed to protect the skin against environmental stress and Tego Stemlastin said to reduce chronological ageing.
UK-based Evocutis has been accepted as a member of the In Vitro Testing Industrial Platform (IVTIP) which will allow it to further its work: laboratory and clinical evaluations of skin care products.
Gentronix, a specialist genotoxicity assay provider and Litron Laboratories, specialising in flow cytometry based micronucleus detection, have announced that Gentronix will be distributor of Litron’s MicroFlow suite of products in Europe and Scandinavia.
International Specialty Products (ISP) has launched an ingredient designed to protect skin stem cells that it says can help shield the skin from stress and prevent premature ageing.
Glycopeptides from soya can help boost collagen I synthesis, reduce crow’s feet wrinkles and smooth the surface of the skin, according to ingredients supplier Silab.
Laboratoires Sérobiologiques’ new ingredient has been designed to support the skin's natural moisturising function which can be threatened by environmental stress.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in the UK has snared some of the biggest cosmetics names in regulatory traps because of their advertising claims. CosmeticsDesign.com spoke to Chris Gummer from Cider Solutions to discover who is to blame for...
Having attracted a new investment partner, Biovator has announced
that its in vitro test for compounds that cause allergies
should be ready in 2009 when the EU animal testing ban comes into
force.
Folic acid and creatine are potential treatments for photoaged
skin, says Beiersdorf in a recent study on the efficacy of one of
its latest anti-ageing formulations.
An in-vitro method for testing the water resistance of
sunscreens has been developed that could provide a cost efficient
alternative to in-vivo tests whilst reducing the need for
human volunteers.
The Cosmetic Toiletry and Fragrance Association is about to revise
guidelines for the testing of cosmetic and toiletry products for
dermal irritation and eye irritation.
European authorities have published a report outlining various
alternative methods to animal testing of cosmetic products. The
move follows a European Commission ban imposed last year that
prevents the testing of finished cosmetic...
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