Lorella Ragni
Head of Formulation Department, Angelni S.p.A, Italy
Title: New And Old Technologies For The Cosmetic Innovation Learning From The Pharmaceutical World And Balancing Trhough The Regulatory Requiremnts
Biography
Biography: Lorella Ragni
Abstract
In the cosmetic field consumers are expecting the latest technology advances to be incorporated into innovative formulations, both in terms of active ingredients (entering the perimeter of cosmeceutics) and in terms of delivery technologies. The recent regulatory framework growing araound the cosmetic world, both in the EMA and FDA perimeters, is somewhat changing the way of pursuing innovation in this field. Cosmetics formulators today are looking more and more to mutuate technologies from the pharmaceutical world, looking both at the delivery sisthems and at the new functional ingredients. This cross-contamination between pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical technologies is very important to promote innovation in this field, and can also maximize the return of the research investment for companies that have a pipeline involving both types of products. However, the challenge is not only to respect regulatory requirements that are constantly evolving in the cosmetic and cosmeceutics world, but also to offer new, smart systems that are able to deliver the active ingredients to one or more skin layers minimizing the systemic adsorption.