OUR SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES
- New in vitro method for sand resistance assessment of sunscreen products – S. MIKSA and C. VINCENT, H&PC Today, Vol 16(6), November/December 2021
- Sunscreen products claimable with Full Spectrum Protection – Full Light Protection – S. MIKSA and D. LUTZ, Euro Cosmetics, May 2018
- Are you ready to protect yourself from Blue Light? New In Vitro method allowing the Blue Light Protection assessment of sunscreens – E. Delamour, S. Miksa and D. Lutz, Euro Cosmetics, October 2017
- Are Your Sunscreens Infra-ready? New In vitro Method Puts Data Behind the Claims – E. Delamour, S. Miksa and D. Lutz, C&T, October 2017
- New In Vitro test for the assessment of the Resistance of the sun protection in Extreme Conditions – E. Delamour, S. Miksa and B. Tiplamai, Euro Cosmetics, April 2017
- Wet Skin Factor for Sunscreens: In vitro Method to Substantiate Wet Skin Product Claims – E. Delamour, S. Miksa and D. Lutz, C&T, July 2016
- Sunscreen Sun Protection Factor claim based on in vivo interlaboratory variability – Miksa et al., International Journal of Cosmetic Science, Accepted Article, doi: 10.1111/ics.12333, May 2016
- New approach for a reliable in vitro SPF method Part II: Practical aspects and implementations – Miksa et al., International Journal of Cosmetic Science, Accepted Article, doi: 10.1111/ics.12327, May 2016
- Man vs machine – Miksa et al., SPC magazine, April 2016
- Supporting Claims for “Rub-Resistant” Sun Protection – E. Delamour, S. Miksa, D. Lutz and C. Guy, Cosmetics & Toiletries, April 2016
- Relevance of Sun Protection Factor claim – Review of a study with 60 different commercial sunscreen products from European market – S. Miksa, D. Lutz and C. Guy, H&PC Today, Vol 11(2), March/April 2016
- Accelerated stability method for sunscreen products performance assessment – S. Miksa et al., Euro Cosmetics, March 2016
- Photostability Test for Additional Sunscreen Claims, Part I: Protocol Setup, Part II: Calculations and Results, Part III: New Claim – S. Miksa, D. Lutz and C. Guy, C&T, November 2015
- In vitro sunscreen testing laboratory – Past, Present and Future – Miksa et al., H&PC Today – Sun Care – Vol. 10(4) – August 2015
- In Vitro/In Vivo SPF, a Substitution for Ethical Reasons or a Real Evolution of the Pertinence of the Test? – D. Lutz, S. Miksa and B. Tiplamai, SOFW Journal, July 2015
- New approach for a reliable In Vitro Sun Protection Factor method – Part 1: Principle and mathematical aspects – Miksa et al., International Journal of Cosmetic Science, May 2015
- In Vitro SPF for label claim of cosmetic sunscreens: Fact or fiction? – D. Lutz, S. Miksa and B. Tiplamai, HPIC India magazine, April 2015
- Reliability for Sun Protection Factor assessment – what we have learned from In Vitro sunscreen testing – S. Miksa, D. Lutz and C. Guy, Euro Cosmetics, April 2015
- Sunscreen products: Some practical applications for a new comparison test method to help Development and ensure Quality Controls – D. Lutz, S. Miksa and C. Guy, H&PC Today, November/December 2014
- Advantages of In Vitro sun protection assessment methods – S. Miksa, D. Lutz, C. Guy and B. Tiplamai, SPC ASIA, November 2014
- The 10 reasons and hopes about In Vitro SPF method – D. Lutz and S. Miksa, SPC Supplement, September 2014
- Improving the UV Exposure of Sunscreen During In Vitro Testing – Miksa et al., C&T, September 2014
- Key parameters for reliable In Vitro sunscreen testing method – Tiplamai, S. Miksa, D. Lutz and C. Guy, INNOLAB magazine, August 2014
- Development of sunscreens: Basis for efficacy formulation – S. Miksa et al., Euro Cosmetics, July/August 2014
- Overview of sun protection factor assessment methods – S. Miksa, D. Lutz and C. Guy, Personal Care, July 2014
- Improvement of In Vitro sunscreen testing inter-laboratories reproducibility by means of reference absorbance curve – S. Miksa, D. Lutz and C. Guy, H&PC Today, March/April 2014
- Sandblasting to Improve the Reproducibility of In vitro Sunscreen Evaluation – Miksa et al., C&T, April 2014
- Influência do Substrato em Medições de FPS In Vitro – Miksa et al., C&T Brasil, January 2014
- Influence of Pressure During Spreading on UV Transmission Results Miksa et al., C&T, November 2013
- In Vitro UV Testing—Robot vs. Human Spreading for Repeatable, Reproducible Results – Miksa et al., C&T, October 2013
- In vitro/vivo SPF Correlation and Repeatability According to Substrate – Miksa et al., C&T, September 2013
- SPF測定結果に与えるサンプルプレートのインパクト – Miksa, D. Lutz, C.Guy and 西本憲司, FRAGRANCE JOURNAL, August 2013
- In vitro comparison – A new accessible and reliable statistical method to compare the global UV protection properties of cosmetics – Lutz and S. Miksa, H&PC Sun Care, July/August 2013
- UV Transmission Assessment: Influence of Temperature on Substrate Surface – Miksa et al., C&T, July 2013
- Adjusting Substrate/Product Interfacial Properties to Improve In vivo/In vitro SPF Correlation – Miksa, D. Lutz, J. Ongenaed and D. Candau, C&T, March 2013
- Sunscreen in-vitro SPF determination. Inter and intra comparison tests between several measurement instruments – N. Cariou and D. Lutz, H&PC Sun Care, July/September 2012
- FDA Rule for Broad-spectrum Labeling: Key Substrate Findings – D. Lutz, J. Ongenaed and C. Guy, Cosmetics & Toiletries, October 2011
- Accurate, Fast and quite easy way of sunscreen testing. Compliant with in vitro global standard: COLIPA, BOOTS, FDA & ISO – D. Lutz and N. Cariou, H&PC Sun Care July/September 2011
- In vitro assessment of water resistance of sun care products: a reproducible and optimized in vitro test method – M. Pissavini, V. Alard, U. Heinrich, K. Jenni, V. Perier, V. Tournier, D. Lutz , M. Meloni, D. Kockott, L. Ferrero, B. Gonzalez, L. Zastrow and H. Tronnier, International Journal of Cosmetic Science, July 2007
- Determination of the In Vitro SPF – M. Pissavini, L. Ferrero, V. Alard, U. Heinrich, H. Tronnier, D. Kockott, D. Lutz, V. Tournier, M. Zambonin and M. Meloni, Cosmetics & Toiletries, October 2003
OUR CONFERENCES
- COMET, Cergy, July 2022 – New in vitro method for sand resistance assessment of sunscreen products
- Cosmetotest, Lyon, May 2022 – Future of in vitro SPF international method: panorama of the new perspectives ISO 23675
- Sun & Care Live Conference – Sunscreens & Testing, September 21, 2020 – Updated news about in vitro sun protection test methods
- 2nd Anti-Ageing Sun Protection Summit, Prague, May 2018 – Assessing a new In Vitro method for Blue Light protection
- in-cosmetics Global Workshop, Amsterdam, April 2018 – New in vitro method to assess if your sunscreens are infra-ready?
- Sun Protection Conference, London, June 2017 – “Challenging the claimed SPF – The need to increase the number of testing laboratories for higher reliability”
- Sun Protection Summit, Brussels, April 2017 – “Replacement of In Vivo Methods by In Vitro Methods in Sun Protection Domain”
- Sun Protection & Anti-Ageing Skin care, Singapore, July 2016 – “In vitro SPF for label claim: fact or fiction?”
- Florida Sunscreen Symposium, Orlando, September 2015 – “Aspects of in vitro material handling and new developments in in vivo and in vitro automation”
- Sun Protection Conference, London, June 2015 – “In vitro SPF for label claim: fact or fiction?”
- Cosmetics Business Regulatory Summit, Brussels, May 2015 – “How to ensure your innovative ideas comply?”
- in-cosmetics Workshop, Barcelona, April 2015 – “UVA protection factor in vitro method”
- INNOLAB forum :: Summer Beauty – 6 Dimensions for Sunscreen Products, Bangkok, August 2014 – “Asian branch of French laboratory advocate and act for consistent sunscreen evaluation”
- Sun Protection & Anti Ageing Skin Care Conference Asia, Singapore, July 2014 – “Sun protection evaluation Facts and Perspectives”
- Jean Paul Marty Days, Paris, December 2013 – “In Vitro methods for sun protection. What we will have to accept to make them reliable?”
- Cosmetic Days, Marseille, December 2012 – «Ajustement des proprieties interfaciales substrat/produit : Une nouvelle perspective pour la correlation In Vivo/In Vitro»
- in-cosmetics Conference, Barcelona, April 2012 – “ISO24443”
- Florida Sunscreen Symposium, Orlando, September 2011 – “New FDA Rule: Borderline Products in Broad Spectrum Claiming: How do I Manage”
- Congrès Méditerranéen Cosmétologie, Marseille, September 2008 – “DLC”
- European UV Sunfilters Conference, Paris, November 1999 – “Contribution to measuring In Vitro protection. Some keys for the reliability of Sunscreen spectrophotometric evaluation.”
OUR SERVICES
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