EGF-containing cosmetic product to be marketed

Daewoong Pharm said it would sell an EGF (epidermal growth factor)-containing functional cosmetic at the end of next month, as part of efforts to diversify its business line.

EGF, which was first discovered by Dr. Stanley Cohen who won Novel Laureate in Medicine in 1986, is the most thoroughly studied polypeptide growth factor. A large number of experimental models have documented its healin...