News & Analysis on Cosmetics Innovation
Tomorrow’s HBA Leadership conference will focus on how high-tech developments are advancing the anti-aging category at a rapid rate and stem cell technology is expected to play a significant part in the discussion.
Loopholes within the 1938 Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act have resulted in a largely unregulated cosmetics industry; the vast majority of approximately 12,500 chemicals in use by the $50 billion cosmetics industry have never been assessed for safety.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's newly released sunscreen rules do not sufficiently consider the risks posed by nanoscale ingredients according to some public interest groups, leading them to label the latest announcement 'disappointing.