Paul Thau touched, mentored, managed and taught so many in the cosmetics R&D industry. His wealth of knowledge in the industry and eagerness to help will be sadly missed.
Editor s note: Paul Thau is an industry veteran with a wealth of experience in cosmetic product development. He shares the following commentary to provide the industry with insights on leveraging technology transfer and surveillance to advance cosmetics R&D.
In the last five years I was employed in the cosmetic industry (~2005 to 2010), I was the U.S. representative for an International Group involved with Technology Surveillance (T.S.) activities. In the ten years following (~2010 to 2020), as a cosmetic industry consultant, I have employed T.S. for several of my clients.
Herein, I provide a brief introduction to technology transfer, historic moment in its evolution and key useful resources for your consideration.