02.02.2004 – 08:00

Juvena of Switzerland

SKIN NOVA TECHNOLOGY - Revolutionizes the World of Cosmetics

Volketswil (ots)

JUVENA of Switzerland is the first cosmetics
company world-wide to integrate technology from the field of
emergency medicine into skin care products. The basis for this
technology is the research work of Professor Odile Damour*, head of
the Laboratoire des Substituts Cutanés in Lyon (FR) and authority in
the field of biological skin reconstruction. Her techniques are used
primarily on patients with severe burns, for whom, as a result of the
lack of healthy skin, a complete skin graft is not possible.

After three years of joint research, JUVENA of Switzerland has
succeeded in integrating Professor Damour's original technology into
a cosmetic formula. The result of this unique cooperation between
cosmetics and emergency medicine is the soon-to-be patented SKIN NOVA
TECHNOLOGY for the permanent support of the skin's own renewal
process. This technology is the basis of the new skincare line
JUVEDICAL comprised of one serum, one day and one night cream
(available as of beginning of April 2004).

*Excerpts of Professor Damour's Bibliography

P15 -Berthod, F., Saintigny, G., Chretien, F., Hayek, D.,
     Collombel, C., Damour, O. Optimization of thickness, poresize 
     and mechanical properties of a biomaterial designed for deep 
     burn coverage. Clinical Materials 15: 259-265, 1994

P25 -Sahuc, F., Nakazawa, K., Berthod, F., Collombel C., Damour O.
     Mesenchymal-Epithelial interactions regulate gene expression of 
     type VII collagen and kalinin in keratinocytes and   
     dermal-epidermal junction formation in a skin equivalent model. 
     Wound Rep. Reg. 4: 93-102, 1996

P27 -Berthod, F., Sahuc, F., Hayek, D., Damour, O., Collombel, C.
     In a collagen sponge. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research  
     32: 87-93, 1996

P52 -Duplan-Perrat, F., Damour O., Montrocher, C., Peyrol, S.,
     Grenier, G., Jackob, M.P., Braye, F. Keratinocytes influence the
     maturation and organization of the elastin network in a skin
     equivalent. J. Invest. Dermatol, 2000, 114, 365-370.

Honors & Awards

- Best Thesis award in Medical and Biological Engineering, 
  University Lyon 1, 1998
- Best Thesis award in Medical and Biological Engineering, 
  University Lyon 1, 1999
- Pierre Fabre award, best young investigator, 
  Cellular Pharmaco-Toxicological Society, 1999
- Chevalier de l'Ordre de la legion d'honneur, 2000

Contact:

JUVENA of Switzerland
Public Relations
Liliane Mester
Industriestrasse 8
CH-8604 Volketswil / SCHWEIZ
Phone +41/1/947'82'52
E-Mail: mester.liliane@juvena.ch