Òscar Expósito is the co-founder, chief executive and chief scientific officer of Spanish plant-based cosmetic active ingredient maker Vytrus Biotech. Here, in conversation with editor Tim Probert, Òscar shares his vision for the Barcelona company and the cosmetic active ingredients of the future
Òscar Expósito (OE): I've always loved plants and trees since I was a young boy. I studied biology, specialising in botany and ecology.
I did my PhD at the University of Barcelona, in the pharmacy faculty, studying plant stem cell technology. I did my PhD working on ways to increase production of a unique molecule with anti-cancer properties from the yew tree.
It was there I met Albert Jané Font, the other co-founder of Vytrus Biotech. Albert and I realized that the plant stem cell technology had extremely good potential.
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