Symrise, BRAIN and AnalytiCon: A successful partnership bears fruit

As of October 1, 2008, Symrise has acquired the exclusive marketing rights to two of these groups of active ingredients. Clinical tests have proven the high efficacy of both groups, and Symrise will now develop them.

21/11/08 Symrise obtains exclusive marketing rights to new cosmetic active ingredients thanks to its strategic partnership with bio-tech specialists — product launch planned for 2009. Symrise, one of the world's leading manufacturers of fragrances and flavorings as well as ingredients for cosmetics, has acquired licenses for two new groups of cosmetic active ingredients. These promising results were achieved in a joint development project with biotech specialist BRAIN and natural-product company AnalytiCon. The license gives Symrise international marketing rights.

The goal of the strategic partnership which was initiated in April 2007 was to jointly develop innovative and all-natural active ingredients for use in cosmetics. “This alliance allows Symrise to follow new paths in developing highly effective cosmetic ingredients and continuing to expand its competence in the field of active ingredients for skin and hair care,” explains Gabriele Vielhaber, Vice President, Innovation R&D, Life Essentials.

By June 30, 2008, the three cooperation partners successfully completed two screening procedures to identify multiple groups of innovative active ingredients thus enabling Symrise to develop new active components for use in cosmetics. As of October 1, 2008, Symrise has acquired the exclusive marketing rights to two of these groups of active ingredients. Clinical tests have proven the high efficacy of both groups, and Symrise will now develop them with the goal of a market launch in 2009. They will be used primarily in deodorants as well as products for sensitive skin.

“Working with companies such as BRAIN and AnalytiCon, both leaders in their fields, has complemented our own R&D activities and made a major contribution to our innovation pipeline after a remarkably short development phase,” as Achim Daub, head of Symrise's Scent & Care division, says. “We will keep following this successful strategy and are happy to have established such a powerful alliance in the field of natural ingredients with these two outstanding partners.”

Holger Zinke, CEO of BRAIN, adds, “In only 18 months we managed to develop two `first-in-class´ products, all the way from assay development and high-throughput screening to in vivo efficacy tests. This demonstrates the remarkable quality and strength of our joint efforts.”

“The trilateral cooperation between Symrise, BRAIN and AnalytiCon is an outstanding example of a successful and efficient division of labor and networking among specialized partners. The results far exceed our expectations,” as Lutz Müller-Kuhrt, head of AnalytiCon, comments. “The intense cooperation of three such complementary partners made us exceptionally efficient in identifying, optimizing and developing innovative active ingredients for top-quality cosmetics.”