News & Analysis on Cosmetics Innovation
Omega Pharma has agreed the acquisition of a portfolio of 60 European over-the-counter and personal care brands from Pfizer for €135 million in a transaction to be completed around the end of June 2004.
Privately-owned UK perfume chain The Fragrance Shop is to be acquired by Welsh company Peacock Group, owner of Peacock and bonmarché clothes stores.
US-based cosmeceuticals company Inamed, the manufacturer of the recently FDA-approved Hylaform anti-wrinkle treatment, is reported to have filed a lawsuit against rival Medicis for patent infringement relating to a product it distributes in North...
Only a fifth of health and beauty products purchased by ethnic consumers in the US are specifically formulated for that market, according to a report published by market research company Packaged Facts.