Patent-ly Grand Cosmeceutical Ideas

The skin and hair care categories are seeing more innovative, cosmeceutical patent activity, C&T reported. Among them, a “mito technology” pharmaceutical that delivers bioactive agents to the mitochondria with the potential to revitalize skin (WO/2008/094061); a specialized extract of Schisandra nigra Max. with the potential of stimulating hair growth (WO/2008/094001); and cosmetic compositions that microemulsify sebum to help enhance pore cleansing and deliver beneficial actives into the skin (7,407,665).