While M&A-hungry investors were disappointed in no sale, uniQure now aims to pivot toward Huntington’s – and sees Zolgensma as an example to follow.

L’Oreal USA beat a suit in May in New York regarding liquid cosmetics packaging, which plaintiffs alleged cheated consumers out of product they expected to be accessible, only to face a newly proposed class action, filed in California on 5 June, over an alleged Clarisonic waterproofing defect.

Ulta Beauty says sales are roughly flat in the first 180 stores it reopened following the COVID-19 shutdown, which dragged down its net sales roughly 33% in the fiscal 2020 first quarter. More cosmetics news in brief.

GNC had faced a springing maturity date of 16 May for payments to reduce its debt of more than $865m in convertible notes and other debts from credit facilities to less than $50m.