04.18.24
Ichimaru Pharcos Co., Ltd.’s JuniperBright, a natural active ingredient for skin brightening, earned second place in the recently held BSB Innovation Award for Natural Products / Raw Materials category.
The BSB Innovation Awards are aimed to promote the global dissemination of up-to-date knowledge, and selections of awardees are done in a most objective, fair and independent process.
JuniperBright (Juniperus communis fruit extract) is a cosmetic ingredient for skin-brightening products of completely natural origin that focuses on lipofuscin formed in epidermal keratinocytes. Lipofuscin is an aggregate of denatured proteins and lipid peroxides that accumulate through aging and is one of the major causes of skin dullness.
JuniperBright is marketed to prevent and decrease the accumulation of lipofuscin by a dual mechanism, activation of proteasome and autophagy, respectively. As a result, JuniperBright clears skin dullness in a melanin-independent manner, the company claims.
With this award, the company said it hopes to further expand sales in the global market.