Ulta Beauty adds Bath & Body Works as retailers pursue renewed growth
Bath & Body Works has partnered with Ulta Beauty, making a curated assortment of its body care and home fragrance products available to Ulta shoppers across the US. The move aligns with both retailers’ respective turnaround strategies, as they look to expand partnerships and reach.
Brevel and Coffeesai Trial Illuminated Fermentation to Push Cell-Based Coffee Toward Commercial Scale
Israeli climate biotech company Brevel has formally entered the plant cell-culture sector through a new collaboration with Coffeesai, the cell-based coffee subsidiary of Nasdaq-listed Pluri Inc. The partnership will apply Brevel’s illuminated fermentation platform to Coffeesai’s coffee cell cultures, with the goal of moving production from research-scale volumes closer to commercial output.
Drug Targets LDL Receptor Pathway to Control Cholesterol
Credit: Mohammed Haneefa Nizamudeen/Getty ImagesCholesterol-related heart disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide, and while doctors have more tools than ever to treat it, many patients still can’t achieve safe cholesterol levels or can’t tolerate the side effects of available medications. Researchers at the University of California (UC), San Diego, School of Medicine have now uncovered a hidden biological pathway, dependent on a protein known as Ral, which explains why high-cholesterol diets steadily chip away at our body’s ability to clear harmful low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol from the blood. The team‘s preclinical study, including tests in mice, also identified a drug candidate already proven safe in humans that could potentially target the pathway.
World Food Safety Day / Week Long Food Safety Discussions Attract A Large Audience
June 2026, US: To mark World Food Safety Day, the sixth FoodFakty Safety Week 2026 took place 8–12 June 2026. This year&…
Cultivated meat deep dive: After the crash, who’s still standing?
It’s fair to say that cultivated meat is now well past its honeymoon period after a string of high-profile failures. But…
RQ Bio raises $115m for long-acting flu antibody
Why it matters: RQ Bio’s lead programme, RQB01, currently in IND-enabling studies, could establish a new pillar for influenza prophylaxis in vulnerable patient populations.
World Food Safety Day / Nigerian Food Manufacturer Celebrates Under Theme Of “From Burden To Solutions”
June 2026, US: Dios-Dlite, a food manufacturing company in Nigeria, participated in the global commemoration of World Fo…
World Food Safety Day / Weeklong Community Based Awareness For Food Safety
June 2026, US: Over the years, the HACCP Academy Nigeria (HAN) has commemorated World Food Safety Day through a unique w…
CAC49 / The Road to the 49th Commission Meeting
June 2026, US: The 49th session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) is just around the corner and, with it, a swa…
BIO 2026: CEO Calls for U.S. Biotech Urgency and International Competitiveness
SAN DIEGO — Biotechnology is entering one of the most transformative periods in its history. But, according to Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) CEO John Crowley, outdated regulations, rising development costs, and global competition threaten to slow progress unless policymakers act.