Questions
Why Nestle and Novartis do not offer some
corresponding product?
The raw materials COLLAGEN & HYALURON basically always comes from Asia. Therefore both, food and pharmaceutical giants have no great interest in the two products.
A distinction is made according pharmazeutical- for injections, cosmetic- for creams & ointments and food-grade for food supplements.
Patents are much more interesting, nobody would advertise for vitamin C tablets, all other producers would as well benefit from it. It's much more profitable to
sell a secret formula to customers in order to ask for an exorbitant price.
Even generics that had no research and development costs are still very expensive, especially on the Swiss market.