Course offering number:1002-710
Course ID:
2370
Claim Substantiation for Clinical Studies of Cosmetic Products
Pre-recorded Course
AN ON-DEMAND ONLINE TRAINING FORMAT
Who Should Attend
This course is intended for professionals in the cosmetic and personal care industry. It will be especially beneficial to those in the following
fields:
• Formulations
• Clinical testing
• Product design
• Marketing
• Regulatory
Description
The FDA and the FTC are carefully watching cosmetic products for non-substantiated misleading claims. If in fact the claim is misleading and
drives the customer to a purchase that will not deliver on its promise, this is indeed an ethical matter. With the cosmetic industry striving to
produce safer products, it should also further stream its scientific resources towards better testing products for their activity on the skin and
provide fair translation into claims.
The scope for this 90-minute accredited course is not regulatory or marketing but scientific. It is designed to address key issues in testing
cosmetic ingredients and formulations. It will review a few of the misleading approaches and offer improved alternative approaches.
Module 1:
• Cosmetic vs. physiological claims
• FDA requirement for “substantial evidence”
• Translation of data into fair claims
• When does the skin undergo “structural changes”?
• Skin aging
• Skin moisturization and hydration
• Addressing skin disorders
Module 2: Study Design:
• Panel size and statistical significance
• Validity of pilot runs
• Subjective vs. quantitative evaluation
• Consumer feedback and questionnaire
• Activity of raw materials vs. finished formulations
• Duration of activity
Module 3: Validity of In Vitro Studies
Claims:
• Skin penetration
• Skin metabolism
• Stability
• Site of activity
• Summary
Question and Answer Session