Croda acquires IRB

Croda International has acquired plant cell culture actives company Istituto di Ricerche Biotecnologiche (IRB) via its Sederma brand. IRB uses an exclusive biotech method for sourcing plant stem cell ingredients, which is said to be fast, sustainable and eco-friendly, and provides products of guaranteed purity, which are non-GMO and free from pollutants.

According to Croda, IRB’s reproducible products combined with Sederma’s extensive performance testing and claims validation will guarantee efficacy previously unknown in plant extraction. IRB’s products will be added to the Sederma product portfolio, while IRB will benefit from significant investment as part of the Croda group, the company said.