Neptune Presents Study Results Showing Significant Beneficial Effects of NKO® on Skin Hydration and Wrinkles at the PCITX Conference in New York
21 September 2006
LAVAL, Quebec, Canada, September 19, 2006 - Neptune Technologies and Bioressources Inc., (TSX.V: NTB). Neptune is pleased to announce it has presented positive results of Neptune Krill Oil (NKO®) on skin hydration and wrinkles.
The analysis of the long term follow-up data results were completed during the summer 2006 and were presented for the first time by Mr. Donald Allard, VP Sales and Marketing, September 14th at the Personal Care Ingredients & Technology Expo in New York City.
Mr. Allard stated: “According to the participants that have visited our booth and attended the anti-aging session, there is a strong need for novel entities that bring impact in skin care. The high antioxidant potency of NKO® (measured by Oxygen radical absorbance capacity-ORAC) definitively created high interest.”
The Phase III results were based on 120 patients from the 2004 hyperlipidema study who were double blindly randomized to receive 1.0 gram daily of NKO® or 3g of 18/12 fish oil or placebo for 90 days. Those in the NKO® group continued on a 500mg maintenance dose for a longer term follow-up. The study evaluated the effect of NKO® on physical appearance as measured by short form –36 Quality of Life Self Assessment Questionnaire (SF-36 QOL).
Study results show that patients receiving NKO® improved facial skin hydration and reduced appearance of facial wrinkles by 58% (p=0.001), and improved their body skin hydration by 52% (p=0.001).
The Phase III multi-center clinical study, entitled “Evaluation of the effect of Neptune Krill Oil (NKO®) on Physical Appearance and Quality of Life” was conducted by physicians affiliated with the University of McGill, St. Mary’s Hospital and the Riverview Medical Center in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
“With these results it is clear that NKO® has a place in the massive cosmeceutical market” said Dr. Tina Sampalis, M.D., Ph.D., Vice President of R&D and Business Development at Neptune.
