May 2023

Channel NewsAsia

Fact: Daily sunscreen application is a must because it’s one of the easiest things you can do to protect yourself against damaging UV rays, while also helping to slow down skin ageing. Today, we are spoilt for choice when it comes to the type of sunscreen we can use. From lotions and sprays to cushion compacts, and the hottest K-beauty trend now – sunscreen sticks.

The Malay Mail Online

For a team of Canadian and French researchers, dark clouds on the horizon are potentially ominous not because they signal an approaching storm — but because they were found in a recent study to carry drug-resistant bacteria over long distances. “These bacteria usually live on the surface of vegetation like leaves, or in soil,” lead author Florent Rossi said in a telephone interview Friday.

Global Cosmetics News

The Shanghai Municipal Drug Administration has awarded China’s first on-site personalized service cosmetics production license to L’Oréal, according to a report published by Dao Insights. The license authorizes the French beauty giant to provide bespoke beauty products to customers via its SkinCeuticals brand’s Custom D.O.S.E. personalized skin care service, set to launch later this month.

CosmeticsDesign-Asia

German personal care brand Nivea’s premiumisation efforts has helped to increase the average selling prices of its face and body care portfolio.

Daily Tribune

Key stakeholders are keen to invite pharmaceutical companies particularly from Japan, Taiwan and Cuba to establish their manufacturing facilities in the Philippines as the country expands its science and technology base.Lawyer Jose Maria Ochave, senior vice president of Unilab Inc. for business development, said they are seeking to improve government-to-government engagement with countries which have a high likelihood of forging technology transfer relationships.

Vietnam Plus

A ceremony to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) took place in Hanoi on May 9.

CosmeticsDesign-Asia

K-beauty brand Missha is looking to extend its global footprint through affordable product pricing, market-specific launches, and the appointment of Hollywood star Elizabeth Olsen as its latest ambassador.

Daily Tribune

Asia’s beauty market started its recovery last year with the reopening of the economy, benefitting from the desire of people to go out again and celebrate after a harrowing two years of pandemic-induced restrictions, according to U.K.-based data analytics and brand marketing consulting company, the Kantar Group.“In most markets, beauty benefits from the desire of consumers to treat themselves, even in hard times.