Recent Developments
−Removed: On October 17, 2019, we entered an Exclusive License Agreement with
−Removed: Quoin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Quoin”)pursuant to which we granted to Quoin a license to certain
−Removed: patents for the development of products for commercial sale.
−Removed: In exchange for the license, Quoin agreed to pay to us a license fee
−Removed: of $1,000,000 (the “License Fee”) and a single digit royalty interest of all net sales on the licensed products subject
−Removed: to adjustment in certain situations.
−Removed: The agreement also requires that Quoin make certain milestone payments to us upon achieving
−Removed: regulatory approval milestones for certain drug products.
−Removed: agreement is subject to termination, if among other things, 50% of the license fee is not paid by December 31, 2019 and if the
−Removed: full License Fee is not paid by March 31, 2020.
−Removed: No payments were made by Quoin and the agreement was terminated.
−Removed: Both Parties subsequently
−Removed: determined that they continue to see the value in a partnership and therefore on May 8, 2020 and again on July 31, 2020 the companies
−Removed: agreed to extend the Exclusive License Agreement under the same terms to expire on September 30, 2020 ,
−Removed: and on January 27, 2021 the companies agreed to revise the milestone payments due under the agreement and to extend the agreement
−Removed: indefinitely.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2020, we have received $125,000 in licensing fee income per this agreement.
−Removed: On February 3, 2020, we entered into a License Agreement with Ovation
−Removed: pursuant to which Skinvisible granted to Ovation Science Inc.
−Removed: a license for the manufacture and distribution rights
−Removed: to its hand sanitizer product, DermSafe.
−Removed: In exchange for the license, Ovation Science Inc.
−Removed: agreed to pay to Skinvisible a royalty
−Removed: percentage on all net sales on the licensed products subject to adjustment in certain situations plus a license fee payable in
−Removed: year 3 of the agreement if it chooses to continue the license.
−Removed: On June 10, 2020, the agreement was further amended to provide additional
−Removed: assignment rights for its hand sanitizer products in exchange for $100,000 which was recognized as revenue during the year ended
−Removed: December 31, 2020.
−Removed: Company Overview
−Removed: We, through our wholly owned subsidiary Skinvisible
−Removed: Pharmaceuticals Inc., are a pharmaceutical research and development (“R&D”) company that has developed and patented
−Removed: an innovative polymer delivery system, Invisicare®
−Removed: and formulated over forty topical skin products, which we out-license globally.
−Removed: We were incorporated in 1998, and target an estimated $80 billion global skincare and dermatology market and a $30 billion global
−Removed: over-the-counter market as well as other healthcare / medical and consumer goods markets.
−Removed: With the research and development complete on forty products
−Removed: and numerous patents issued (technology and product patents), we are ready to monetize our investment.
−Removed: Our business model will
−Removed: continue to be to out-license our patented prescription and over-the-counter (“OTC”) products featuring Invisicare
−Removed: to established manufacturers and marketers of brands internationally and to maximize profits from the products we have already
−Removed: out-licensed.
−Removed: The opportunity for us to license our products continues to be a
−Removed: viable model as the need for pharmaceutical companies to access external R&D companies for new products due to their own down-sizing
−Removed: or elimination of internal R&D departments.
−Removed: The demand for our products is enhanced due to the granting of key US and international
−Removed: patents and the completed development of a number of unique products.
+Added: On October 17, 2019, we entered an Exclusive License Agreement with Quoin
+Added: Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Quoin”) pursuant to which we granted to Quoin a license to certain patents
+Added: for the development of products for commercial sale.
+Added: In exchange for the license, Quoin agreed to pay to us a license fee of $1,000,000
+Added: (the “License Fee”) and a single digit royalty interest of all net sales on the licensed products subject to adjustment in
+Added: certain situations.
+Added: The agreement also requires that Quoin make certain milestone payments to us upon achieving regulatory approval milestones
+Added: for certain drug products.
+Added: The agreement was subject to termination, if among other things, 50% of
+Added: the license fee is not paid by December 31, 2019 and if the full License Fee is not paid by March 31, 2020.
+Added: No payments were made by Quoin
+Added: and the agreement was terminated.
+Added: Both Parties subsequently determined that they continue to see the value in a partnership and therefore
+Added: on May 8, 2020 and again on July 31, 2020 the companies agreed to extend the Exclusive License Agreement under the same terms to expire
+Added: on December 31, 2020, and on January 27, 2021 the companies agreed to revise the milestone payments due under the agreement and to extend
+Added: the agreement indefinitely.
+Added: On June 14, 2021, the Company entered into an amendment to change the terms
+Added: of the license Fee as shown below.
+Added: partial consideration for the rights conveyed by Skinvisible under this Agreement, Licensee agrees to pay to Skinvisible a one-time,
+Added: non-refundable, non-creditable license issue fee of one million USD dollars (USO $1,000,000) (''License Fee'').
+Added: To date, Licensee has
+Added: paid three hundred ninety-two thousand five hundred US dollars (USD $392,500) of this fee as part of the First Half Payment of the License
+Added: The balance due of the First Half Payment is one hundred seven thousand five hundred US dollars (USD $107,500) which was received
+Added: A further payment of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) is due no later than ten (10) business days after receipt
+Added: by Licensee of additional funding from Altium Capital which coincides with the approval from the SEC on Quoin’s merger with a NASDAQ
+Added: listed company, which closed in October.
+Added: The remaining balance of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) was still outstanding
+Added: as of December 31, 2021 .
+Added: Additionally,
+Added: the milestones in the initial agreement were changed as shown below:
+Added: Successful completion of Phase 2 testing:
+Added: Successful completion of Phase 3 testing:
+Added: Regulatory approval in either 1· the US or EU, whichever happens first:
+Added: through our wholly owned subsidiary Skinvisible Pharmaceuticals Inc., are a pharmaceutical research and development (“R&D”)
+Added: company that has developed and patented an innovative polymer delivery system, Invisicare® and formulated over forty topical skin
+Added: products, which we out-license globally.
+Added: We were incorporated in 1998, and target an estimated $80 billion global skincare and dermatology
+Added: market and a $30 billion global over-the-counter market as well as other healthcare / medical and consumer goods markets.
+Added: the research and development complete on forty products and numerous patents issued (technology and product patents), we are ready to
+Added: monetize our investment.
+Added: Our business model will continue to be to out-license our patented prescription and over-the-counter (“OTC”)
+Added: products featuring Invisicare to established manufacturers and marketers of brands internationally and to maximize profits from the products
+Added: we have already out-licensed.
+Added: opportunity for us to license our products continues to be a viable model as the need for pharmaceutical companies to access external
+Added: R&D companies for new products due to their own down-sizing or elimination of internal R&D departments.
+Added: The demand for our products
+Added: is enhanced due to the granting of key US and international patents and the completed development of a number of unique products.
Our Flagship Product
Pivotal to our success is our patented polymer delivery system technology
−Removed: Invisicare is a patented polymer delivery system that enhances the delivery of active ingredients for topically applied
−Removed: skin care products.
−Removed: Its patented technology has a unique formula and process for combining active ingredients with a delivery system
−Removed: that extends the duration of time the product remains on the skin and active.
−Removed: Invisicare is specifically formulated to carry water insoluble
−Removed: active and certain cationic active ingredients in water-based products without the use of alcohol, silicones, waxes, or other organic
−Removed: Products utilizing Invisicare have the proven ability to bond active ingredients to the skin for up to four hours and
−Removed: They are non-occlusive and allow normal skin respiration and perspiration while moisturizing and protecting against exposure
−Removed: from a wide variety of environmental irritants.
−Removed: When topically applied, these formulated products adhere to the
−Removed: skin's outer layers, forming a protective bond, resisting wash-off, and delivering targeted levels of therapeutic or cosmetic skincare
−Removed: agents to the skin.
−Removed: They allow enhanced delivery performance for a variety of skincare agents resulting in improved efficacy, longer
−Removed: duration of action, reduced irritation and lower dosage of active agent required.
−Removed: The "invisible"
−Removed: polymer compositions
−Removed: wear off as part of the natural exfoliation process of the skin's outer layer cells.
−Removed: The advantage of products formulated with Invisicare is (1) Invisicare’s
+Added: Invisicare is a patented polymer delivery system that enhances the delivery of active ingredients for topically applied skin
+Added: care products.
+Added: Its patented technology has a unique formula and process for combining active ingredients with a delivery system that extends
+Added: the duration of time the product remains on the skin and active.
+Added: Invisicare is specifically formulated to carry water insoluble active
+Added: and certain cationic active ingredients in water-based products without the use of alcohol, silicones, waxes, or other organic solvents.
+Added: Products utilizing Invisicare have the proven ability to bond active ingredients to the skin for up to four hours and longer.
+Added: non-occlusive and allow normal skin respiration and perspiration while moisturizing and protecting against exposure from a wide variety
+Added: of environmental irritants.
+Added: When topically applied, these formulated products adhere to the skin's
+Added: outer layers, forming a protective bond, resisting wash-off, and delivering targeted levels of therapeutic or cosmetic skincare agents
+Added: They allow enhanced delivery performance for a variety of skincare agents resulting in improved efficacy, longer duration
+Added: of action, reduced irritation and lower dosage of active agent required.
+Added: The "invisible" polymer compositions wear off as part
+Added: of the natural exfoliation process of the skin's outer layer cells.
+Added: The advantage of products formulated with Invisicare is (1) Invisicare’s
ability to bind active ingredients (the drug) to the skin, forming a protective bond on the skin, for extended periods of time;
−Removed: (2) Invisicare can deliver targeted levels (high or low) of therapeutic or cosmetic ingredients to the skin in a controlled release;
−Removed: (3) Invisicare can help to reduce the irritation of some active ingredients due to how it controls the slower release of that active
−Removed: and (4) Invisicare science proves that it provides a protective skin barrier which helps retain the natural moisture
−Removed: content of the skin, while still allowing it to breathe.
−Removed: These benefits present an excellent opportunity for clear scientific advantages
−Removed: and marketing messages which resonate with physicians and consumers.
−Removed: The dermatology market is large, with over 80% of Americans affected
−Removed: by some kind of skin condition in their lifetime.
−Removed: The worldwide market for dermatology products including prescription, OTC and
−Removed: cosmeceuticals is estimated at $80 billion.
+Added: (2) Invisicare
+Added: can deliver targeted levels (high or low) of therapeutic or cosmetic ingredients to the skin in a controlled release;
+Added: (3) Invisicare can
+Added: help to reduce the irritation of some active ingredients due to how it controls the slower release of that active ingredient;
+Added: Invisicare science proves that it provides a protective skin barrier which helps retain the natural moisture content of the skin, while
+Added: still allowing it to breathe.
+Added: These benefits present an excellent opportunity for clear scientific advantages and marketing messages which
+Added: resonate with physicians and consumers.
+Added: The dermatology market is large, with over 80% of Americans affected by
+Added: some kind of skin condition in their lifetime.
+Added: The worldwide market for dermatology products including prescription, OTC and cosmeceuticals
+Added: is estimated at $80 billion.
We formed Skinvisible Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
−Removed: (“Skinvisible”),
−Removed: in March 1998 and purchased the exclusive worldwide manufacturing and marketing rights for a polymer delivery system invention
−Removed: now called Invisicare®
−Removed: from the inventor for $2 million.
−Removed: We have continued to develop the Invisicare technology and subsequent
−Removed: product development resulting in over seven series of Invisicare and over forty unique, patented formulations offering distinctive
−Removed: benefits that differentiate them significantly from other leading products in the marketplace.
+Added: (“Skinvisible”),
+Added: in March 1998 and purchased the exclusive worldwide manufacturing and marketing rights for a polymer delivery system invention now called
+Added: Invisicare® from the inventor for $2 million.
+Added: We have continued to develop the Invisicare technology and subsequent product development
+Added: resulting in over seven series of Invisicare and over forty unique, patented formulations offering distinctive benefits that differentiate
+Added: them significantly from other leading products in the marketplace.
We have positioned ourselves in the $80 billion worldwide prescription
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We develop topical prescription and over-the-counter
−Removed: products enhanced with Invisicare to license to pharmaceutical and consumer goods companies around the world for an upfront fee
−Removed: and ongoing royalties;
+Added: products enhanced with Invisicare to license to pharmaceutical and consumer goods companies around the world for an upfront fee and ongoing
CO-DEVELOPMENT :
−Removed: We assist pharmaceutical clients in the
−Removed: early development of the most optimal formulation, which they then take forward into clinical testing;
+Added: We assist pharmaceutical clients in the early development
+Added: of the most optimal formulation, which they then take forward into clinical testing;
LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT :
−Removed: We provide cost-effective solutions
−Removed: to global pharmaceutical companies by reformulating their products coming off patent with a new Invisicare patent and new product
−Removed: benefits and line extensions.
−Removed: Pharmaceutical companies are under a lot of pressure to develop innovative strategies to counteract
−Removed: the revenue loss from their drugs coming off patent.
+Added: We provide cost-effective solutions to global
+Added: pharmaceutical companies by reformulating their products coming off patent with a new Invisicare patent and new product benefits and line
+Added: Pharmaceutical companies are under a lot of pressure to develop innovative strategies to counteract the revenue loss from
+Added: their drugs coming off patent.
Corporate Ownership
−Removed: We are a publicly traded company under the symbol SKVI, quoted on
−Removed: the OTC markets since February 1999 and currently trading on the OTCQB in the United States.
+Added: We are a publicly traded company under the symbol SKVI, quoted on the OTC
+Added: markets since February 1999 and currently trading on the OTCQB in the United States.
We carry on business primarily through our wholly owned subsidiaries:
−Removed: Skinvisible Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
+Added: Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
a Nevada corporation.
−Removed: We have patents granted in 11 countries, including comprehensive
−Removed: patents on Invisicare, the foundation of all of our products;
−Removed: the United States, and internationally in Canada, Europe (4), China,
−Removed: India, Australia, Hong Kong, and Korea.
+Added: We have patents granted in 11 countries, including comprehensive patents
+Added: on Invisicare, the foundation of all of our products;
+Added: the United States, and internationally in Canada, Europe (4), China, India, Australia,
+Added: Hong Kong, and Korea.
The Invisicare patents cover manufacturing, composition and use.
−Removed: Additionally, we have
−Removed: been granted product specific patents in the United States for dermal barrier products, sunscreens (photostability of avobenzone),
−Removed: retinoids (stabilization), cationic products and acne products.
−Removed: Our value lies in our ability to continually generate new IP on
−Removed: dermatology and medical products formulated with Invisicare.
+Added: Additionally, we have been granted product specific
+Added: patents in the United States for dermal barrier products, sunscreens (photostability of avobenzone), retinoids (stabilization), cationic
+Added: products and acne products.
+Added: Our value lies in our ability to continually generate new IP on dermatology
+Added: and medical products formulated with Invisicare.
Patent approvals are sought (initially in the United States.
−Removed: internationally) for all products developed.
+Added: and later internationally)
+Added: for all products developed.
All patents with Invisicare are owned by us.
−Removed: When developing new products using Invisicare, we file for both
−Removed: patent and trademark protection.
+Added: When developing new products using Invisicare, we file for both patent
+Added: and trademark protection.
We have been granted trademarks in the U.S.
and Canada for the following names:
−Removed: - Skinvisible®
−Removed: w Invisicare®
−Removed: w JUSTCARE®
−Removed: w Kintari®
−Removed: w Skinbrella®
+Added: - Skinvisible® w Invisicare® w JUSTCARE® w Kintari® w Skinbrella®
Revenue generation :
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Licensees purchase Invisicare polymers from us.
−Removed: The polymers make
−Removed: up 6-8% of each final product formulation for OTC and cosmetic formulas and less for prescription formulas.
+Added: The polymers make up 6-8%
+Added: of each final product formulation for OTC and cosmetic formulas and less for prescription formulas.
Strategic Growth Opportunities
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Private Label Products
−Removed: Our sunscreen is a broad spectrum SPF 30 known as Skinbrella®.
−Removed: We completed independent testing to validate our broad spectrum sunscreen claims according to the labeling guidelines of the FDA,
−Removed: which are designed to help reduce the incidents of skin cancer in the U.S.
+Added: Our sunscreen is a broad spectrum SPF 30 known as Skinbrella®.
+Added: independent testing to validate our broad spectrum sunscreen claims according to the labeling guidelines of the FDA, which are designed
+Added: to help reduce the incidents of skin cancer in the U.S.
Our claims are as follows:
−Removed: Claim # 1 –
−Removed: Broad-Spectrum:
−Removed: According to the FDA, in order
−Removed: for a sunscreen to be labeled “broad spectrum”
−Removed: it must prove it protects against both UVA and UVB rays by having an
−Removed: SPF (Sun Protection Factor) of at least 15 and a critical wave length of at least 370 nm.
−Removed: Our sunscreen has surpassed both of these
−Removed: criteria, allowing our broad spectrum sunscreen label to also state “prevents sunburn, skin cancer and aging due to the sun.”
−Removed: Claim # 2 –
−Removed: Water-Resistant 80 Minutes:
−Removed: The FDA sunscreen
−Removed: water resistant claim requires that a sunscreen must have the same SPF after being in water or sweating for 40 or 80 minutes.
−Removed: testing was conducted at an independent laboratory specializing in sunscreen testing.
−Removed: The test involved human subjects that applied
−Removed: sunscreen to their arm, followed by the immersion of the arm into a Jacuzzi for 80 minutes (10 minutes in / 10 minutes out).
−Removed: sunscreen successfully completed this testing and is allowed to use “Water-resistant for 80 Minutes”
−Removed: on its sunscreen
−Removed: label, the longest length of time allowed by the FDA.
−Removed: Claim # 3 –
−Removed: Unique Patented Technology / Eight-Hour Photostability:
−Removed: As previously announced, we were granted a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office entitled “Sunscreen
−Removed: Composition with Enhanced UVA Absorber Stability and Methods”, which provides protection until November 2029.
−Removed: successfully formulated a unique Invisicare®
−Removed: delivery system specifically for stabilizing avobenzone;
−Removed: the key sunscreen used
−Removed: Data submitted to the US patent office proved that our sunscreen provides a minimum of eight hours of photostability.
+Added: Claim # 1 – Broad-Spectrum:
+Added: According to the FDA, in order for a
+Added: sunscreen to be labeled “broad spectrum” it must prove it protects against both UVA and UVB rays by having an SPF (Sun Protection
+Added: Factor) of at least 15 and a critical wave length of at least 370 nm.
+Added: Our sunscreen has surpassed both of these criteria, allowing our
+Added: broad spectrum sunscreen label to also state “prevents sunburn, skin cancer and aging due to the sun.”
+Added: Claim # 2 – Water-Resistant 80 Minutes:
+Added: The FDA sunscreen water
+Added: resistant claim requires that a sunscreen must have the same SPF after being in water or sweating for 40 or 80 minutes.
+Added: Our testing was
+Added: conducted at an independent laboratory specializing in sunscreen testing.
+Added: The test involved human subjects that applied sunscreen to their
+Added: arm, followed by the immersion of the arm into a Jacuzzi for 80 minutes (10 minutes in / 10 minutes out).
+Added: Our sunscreen successfully completed
+Added: this testing and is allowed to use “Water-resistant for 80 Minutes” on its sunscreen label, the longest length of time allowed
+Added: Claim # 3 – Unique Patented Technology / Eight-Hour Photostability:
+Added: As previously announced, we were granted a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office entitled “Sunscreen Composition
+Added: with Enhanced UVA Absorber Stability and Methods”, which provides protection until November 2029.
+Added: Skinvisible successfully formulated
+Added: a unique Invisicare® delivery system specifically for stabilizing avobenzone;
+Added: the key sunscreen used in the USA.
+Added: Data submitted to
+Added: the US patent office proved that our sunscreen provides a minimum of eight hours of photostability.
Additional Skinvisible Products
Sunless Tanning Products
−Removed: We have developed a sunless tanning mousse / foam which uses a unique
−Removed: foam with Invisicare®, developed specifically for its foaming properties.
−Removed: This adds to Skinvisible’s line of sunless
−Removed: tanning products which includes sunless tanning lotions (light, medium and dark), pre-sun moisturizer and after-sun moisturizer
−Removed: along with sunless tanning spray products for commercial use.
+Added: We have developed a sunless tanning mousse / foam which uses a unique foam
+Added: with Invisicare®, developed specifically for its foaming properties.
+Added: This adds to Skinvisible’s line of sunless tanning products
+Added: which includes sunless tanning lotions (light, medium and dark), pre-sun moisturizer and after-sun moisturizer along with sunless tanning
+Added: spray products for commercial use.
The addition of a sunless tanning mousse enhances this line of products.
Sunscreen Products
−Removed: We have developed 3 broad spectrum sunscreens, with SPF 15, 30 and
−Removed: 50 (the highest SPF allowed by the FDA).
+Added: We have developed 3 broad spectrum sunscreens, with SPF 15, 30 and 50 (the
+Added: highest SPF allowed by the FDA).
All are formulated with Avobenzone, the only UVA sun filter allowed under the US FDA monograph.
−Removed: This UVA/UVB sunscreen was granted a patent from the United States patent office in 2013.
−Removed: Avobenzone is known for breaking down
−Removed: in the sun after only two hours –
−Removed: thus the requirement to reapply every 2 hours.
−Removed: Skinvisible’s patent was granted based
−Removed: on Invisicare's®
+Added: UVA/UVB sunscreen was granted a patent from the United States patent office in 2013.
+Added: Avobenzone is known for breaking down in the sun
+Added: after only two hours – thus the requirement to reapply every 2 hours.
+Added: Skinvisible’s patent was granted based on Invisicare's®
minimum 8 hour photo stability.
−Removed: For countries outside the United States, Skinvisible has additionally patented
−Removed: UVA/UVB sunscreens formulated with Tinosorb S.
+Added: For countries outside the United States, Skinvisible has additionally patented UVA/UVB sunscreens formulated
+Added: with Tinosorb S.
Capitalize On Current Licensees:
−Removed: We continue to work diligently with our licensees to ensure they
−Removed: have a smooth manufacturing process, ongoing R&D support and marketing feedback.
+Added: We continue to work diligently with our licensees to ensure they have a
+Added: smooth manufacturing process, ongoing R&D support and marketing feedback.
Ovation Science Inc.
−Removed: On February 3, 2020, we entered into a License
−Removed: Agreement with Ovation Science Inc.
+Added: On February 3, 2020, we entered into a License Agreement
+Added: with Ovation Science Inc.
pursuant to which Skinvisible granted to Ovation Science Inc.
−Removed: a license for the manufacture
−Removed: and distribution rights to its hand sanitizer product, DermSafe.
+Added: a license for the manufacture and distribution
+Added: rights to its hand sanitizer product, DermSafe.
In exchange for the license, Ovation Science Inc.
−Removed: agreed to pay
−Removed: to Skinvisible a single digit royalty interest on all net sales on the licensed products subject to adjustment in certain situations plus
+Added: agreed to pay to Skinvisible a single
+Added: digit royalty interest on all net sales on the licensed products subject to adjustment in certain situations plus
a license fee payable in year 3 of the agreement if it chooses to continue the license.
−Removed: Women’s Choice Pharmaceuticals
−Removed: ProCort®, long lasting prescription hemorrhoid cream
−Removed: launched in the United States August 2011.
+Added: Women’s Choice Pharmaceuticals
+Added: ProCort®, long lasting prescription hemorrhoid cream launched
+Added: in the United States August 2011.
Sales and Royalties:
−Removed: Skinvisible receives a royalty based on net
−Removed: sales of ProCort.
−Removed: Women’s Choice has been successfully growing their sales of ProCort®
−Removed: Increasing The Value of Skinvisible’s Pipeline:
−Removed: We have a pipeline of over forty products which are available for
−Removed: Testing is conducted in-house generating proof of concept including release of the active ingredient as well as long
−Removed: term shelf life (stability).
−Removed: Additional studies conducted on specific products including skin sensitivity, toxicity and product
−Removed: efficacy are outsourced to FDA compliant laboratories.
+Added: Skinvisible receives a royalty based on net sales
+Added: Women’s Choice has been successfully growing their sales of ProCort®
+Added: Increasing The Value of Skinvisible’s Pipeline:
+Added: We have a pipeline of over forty products which are available for licensing.
+Added: Testing is conducted in-house generating proof of concept including release of the active ingredient as well as long term shelf life (stability).
+Added: Additional studies conducted on specific products including skin sensitivity, toxicity and product efficacy are outsourced to FDA compliant
+Added: laboratories.
These studies are critical in attracting potential licensees.
−Removed: strategy is to find a partner for our prescription product portfolio.
−Removed: This would allow for a partner to seek FDA approval using
−Removed: the 505b2 pathway for one or more of our products.
−Removed: Market research indicates there is reasonably limited direct
−Removed: competition for Invisicare and patented products in terms of performance capabilities for topically administered skin products.
−Removed: Many companies are seeking unique delivery systems to enhance their portfolio and purchasing companies that have delivery technology.
+Added: Our clinical strategy is to find a partner for our prescription
+Added: product portfolio.
+Added: This would allow for a partner to seek FDA approval using the 505b2 pathway for one or more of our products.
+Added: Market research indicates there is reasonably limited direct competition
+Added: for Invisicare and patented products in terms of performance capabilities for topically administered skin products.
+Added: Many companies are
+Added: seeking unique delivery systems to enhance their portfolio and purchasing companies that have delivery technology.
Government Regulation
Cosmetic and Skin Care Regulation
−Removed: Depending upon product claims and formulation, skin care products
−Removed: may be regulated as cosmetics, drugs, devices, or combination cosmetics and drugs.
−Removed: The FDA has authority to regulate cosmetics
−Removed: marketed in the United States under the FDCA and the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (“FPLA”) and implementing regulations.
−Removed: The Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) regulates the advertising of cosmetics under the FTCA.
+Added: Depending upon product claims and formulation, skin care products may be
+Added: regulated as cosmetics, drugs, devices, or combination cosmetics and drugs.
+Added: The FDA has authority to regulate cosmetics marketed in the
+Added: United States under the FDCA and the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (“FPLA”) and implementing regulations.
+Added: The Federal Trade
+Added: Commission (the “FTC”) regulates the advertising of cosmetics under the FTCA.
The FDCA prohibits the marketing of adulterated and misbranded cosmetics.
−Removed: Cosmetic ingredients must also comply with the FDA’s ingredient, quality, and labeling requirements and the FTC’s requirements
+Added: Cosmetic ingredients must also comply with the FDA’s ingredient, quality, and labeling requirements and the FTC’s requirements
pertaining to truthful and non-misleading advertising.
−Removed: Cosmetic products and ingredients, with the exception of color additives,
−Removed: are not required to have FDA premarket approval.
−Removed: Manufacturers of cosmetics are also not required to register their establishments,
−Removed: file data on ingredients, or report cosmetic-related injuries to the FDA.
−Removed: We will be responsible for substantiating the safety and product
−Removed: claims of the cosmetic products and ingredients before marketing.
−Removed: The FDA or FTC may disagree with our characterization of one
−Removed: or more of the skin care products as a cosmetic or the product claims.
−Removed: This could result in a variety of enforcement actions which
−Removed: could require the reformulation or relabeling of our products, the submission of information in support of the product claims or
−Removed: the safety and effectiveness of our products, or more punitive action, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our
−Removed: If the FDA determines we have failed to comply with applicable requirements under the FDCA or FPLA, it can impose a variety
−Removed: of enforcement actions from public warning letters, injunctions, consent decrees, and civil penalties to seizure of our products,
−Removed: total or partial shutdown of our production, and criminal prosecutions.
−Removed: If any of these events were to occur, it could materially
−Removed: adversely affect us.
−Removed: If the FTC determines we have failed to substantiate our claims, it can pursue a variety of actions including
−Removed: disgorgement of profits, injunction from further violative conduct, and consent decrees.
+Added: Cosmetic products and ingredients, with the exception of color additives, are not
+Added: required to have FDA premarket approval.
+Added: Manufacturers of cosmetics are also not required to register their establishments, file data
+Added: on ingredients, or report cosmetic-related injuries to the FDA.
+Added: We will be responsible for substantiating the safety and product claims
+Added: of the cosmetic products and ingredients before marketing.
+Added: The FDA or FTC may disagree with our characterization of one or more of the
+Added: skin care products as a cosmetic or the product claims.
+Added: This could result in a variety of enforcement actions which could require the
+Added: reformulation or relabeling of our products, the submission of information in support of the product claims or the safety and effectiveness
+Added: of our products, or more punitive action, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our business.
+Added: If the FDA determines we
+Added: have failed to comply with applicable requirements under the FDCA or FPLA, it can impose a variety of enforcement actions from public
+Added: warning letters, injunctions, consent decrees, and civil penalties to seizure of our products, total or partial shutdown of our production,
+Added: and criminal prosecutions.
+Added: If any of these events were to occur, it could materially adversely affect us.
+Added: If the FTC determines we have
+Added: failed to substantiate our claims, it can pursue a variety of actions including disgorgement of profits, injunction from further violative
+Added: conduct, and consent decrees.
Domestic State and Local Government Regulation
−Removed: Some states and local governments in the United States regulate
−Removed: the labeling, operation, sale, and distribution of our skin care products.
−Removed: To the extent additional state or local laws apply,
−Removed: we intend to comply with them.
+Added: Some states and local governments in the United States regulate the labeling,
+Added: operation, sale, and distribution of our skin care products.
+Added: To the extent additional state or local laws apply, we intend to comply with
Foreign Government Regulation
−Removed: In general, we will need to comply with the government regulations
−Removed: of each individual country in which our products are to be distributed and sold.
−Removed: These regulations vary in complexity and can be
−Removed: as stringent, and on occasion even more stringent, than FDA regulations in the United States.
−Removed: The level of complexity and stringency
−Removed: is not always precisely understood today for each country, creating greater uncertainty for the international regulatory process.
−Removed: Furthermore, government regulations can change with little to no notice and may result in up-regulation of our product(s), thereby
−Removed: creating a greater regulatory burden for us.
−Removed: We have not yet thoroughly explored the applicable laws and regulations that we will
−Removed: need to comply with in foreign jurisdictions.
−Removed: As a result it is possible that we may not be permitted to sell our products in foreign
−Removed: markets or expand our business into one or more foreign jurisdictions.
+Added: In general, we will need to comply with the government regulations of each
+Added: individual country in which our products are to be distributed and sold.
+Added: These regulations vary in complexity and can be as stringent,
+Added: and on occasion even more stringent, than FDA regulations in the United States.
+Added: The level of complexity and stringency is not always precisely
+Added: understood today for each country, creating greater uncertainty for the international regulatory process.
+Added: Furthermore, government regulations
+Added: can change with little to no notice and may result in up-regulation of our product(s), thereby creating a greater regulatory burden for
+Added: We have not yet thoroughly explored the applicable laws and regulations that we will need to comply with in foreign jurisdictions.
+Added: As a result it is possible that we may not be permitted to sell our products in foreign markets or expand our business into one or more
+Added: foreign jurisdictions.
Environmental Laws
−Removed: We are not subject to any significant or material environmental
−Removed: regulation in the normal operation of our business.
+Added: We are not subject to any significant or material environmental regulation
+Added: in the normal operation of our business.
Currently, we have two employees, including our CEO Terry Howlett.
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