Derived Tag

Beauty has a latest biotechnology-rooted player. Sweet Chemistry, a skincare brand launching this summer, is coming to market with two products that depend on an ingredient derived from cow bones. The Elasticity Reinforcing Cream and the Reparative Oil-Serum Infusion each contain 3 percent Matrikynes, regenerative bone peptide derived from upcycled cow bones. Each is priced at $170 and can debut on the brand’s website. The brand combines the proprietary ingredient with big beauty expertise. Alec Batis, a cofounder, was a research chemist for L’Oréal, and he teamed up with Dr. John O’Neill, PhD, of Xylyx Bio to bring the formulas to fruition. “I began at L’Oréal, and within the early ’90s, they switched me to marketing. I spent so a few years working...