Publisher’s Spotlight: Citeline, publisher of HBW Insight, is to merge with fellow pharmaceutical solutions provider Norstella.

Unilever PLC partners with biotechnology company Genomatica to fund and scale plant-based alternatives to palm oil for personal care and cleaning products.

Publisher’s Spotlight: Leading global growth investor Warburg Pincus has acquired Informa’s Pharma Intelligence unit, the publisher of HBW Insight.

L’Oreal Group’s CEO referred VivaTech 2022 attendees to Yves Saint Laurent Beauty Scent-Sation, an electroencephalography-based headset that reads consumers’ emotional responses to different scent families, as an example of the firm’s beauty tech innovation that is personalizing the consumer experience, matching consumers with products, and distinguishing L’Oreal as a … err … “T-unicorn.”

Unlike others in the industry, and arguably P&G in recent memory, P&G brands are putting growth before good in the “virtuous circle” equation as competitors lose sight of innovation and macroeconomic conditions worsen globally.

Firmenich says it is first in the industry and second in the world to certify 100% of employees to Fair Wage Network’s living wage standards. The Swiss fragrance and flavor firm is focused now on driving progress from suppliers and customers.

Revlon Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 protection after supply chain challenges, including disgruntled vendors, tipped the scale for the already struggling firm.

Edgewell has hitched its wagon to younger consumers in its return to quarterly growth, from women’s shave brand Billie, acquired in late 2021, to rebranded Schick Men and now Fieldtrip, a new skin-care line featuring sustainably sourced ingredients across four continents, plus environmentally thoughtful packaging. “Gen-Z consumers expect more than just functional benefits,” Edgewell says.

Ulta Beauty doubles its comparable sales growth projections for fiscal 2022 to between 6% and 8%, citing faster-than-expected makeup recovery. German company Henkel is recalling Alterna Bond Repair Leave-in Heat Protection Spray due to potential microbial contamination. More news in brief.