	US 12,064,506 B2
	Composition for preventing or reducing transepidermal water loss and improving skin barrier function
Carine Blanchard, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne (CH); and Sebastien Holvoet, Montpreveyres (CH)
Assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A., Vevey (CH)
Appl. No. 17/415,036
Filed by SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A., Vevey (CH)
PCT Filed Dec. 18, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/085831 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 17, 2021, PCT Pub. No. WO2020/127409, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 18213823 (EP), filed on Dec. 19, 2018; and application No. 19174260 (EP), filed on May 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0062161 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A61K 8/98 (2006.01); A61Q 17/00 (2006.01); A61Q 19/00 (2006.01); A61Q 19/08 (2006.01)

CPC A61K 8/986 (2013.01) [A61Q 17/00 (2013.01); A61Q 19/007 (2013.01); A61Q 19/08 (2013.01); A61K 2800/92 (2013.01)]

17 Claims

1. A method for treating transepidermal water loss (TEWL) and/or a TEWL-associated disorder and/or for enhancing skin barrier function or skin hydration in a young or adult mammal in need thereof, the method comprising:

administering to the young or adult mammal in need thereof a composition comprising a milk whey partial protein hydrolysate, and the composition has a non-protein nitrogen (NPN)/total nitrogen (TN) % of 75%-85%.