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• Klein-Becker and Basic Research share a common control, office space, employees/personnel and funds (see source).
• Nathalie Chevreau is not a medical doctor.

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"Leading dermatologists agree that Botox is the preferred treatment for moderate to severe frown lines between the brow. But ever since it was discovered that StriVectin could reduce the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles, and crows' feet... the kind of fine lines, wrinkles and crows feet that can add 10-15 years to your appearance and which costly medical treatments often leave behind ... skin-care professionals have been recommending, and using, StriVectin."

• Botox is a bona fide medical treatment suitable for use around the eyes — it and other cosmetic drugs do not leave behind this area of patient concern and are recognized as effective by government regulatory bodies (such as the US FDA and Australian TGA)

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[ "Strivectin SD — Better Than Botox?" ]

• A published medical study (Dermatol. Surg. 2006 Feb;32(2):184-92 — abstract) found that Botulinum toxin type A (found in Botox Cosmetic made by the pharmaceutical company Allergan) was superior to Strivectin.
• Unlike Botox, peptides are not proven to smooth wrinkles in proper clinical trials.
• Botox is the most popular non-surgical "cosmetic corrective procedure" (in 2003 there were 2,272,080 Botox injections administered).
• Botox is locally effective on muscles that give rise to wrinkling (topicals cannot achieve the same effect — if they did paralysis of the wrong muscles would also occur, including those in the hands used to apply them.
• Allergan attempted to sue the makers of Strivectin for their use of the trademark in their slogan "better than Botox?" but lost on grounds of it being a question rather than a statement.

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"In other words, StriVectin-SD helps give you a youthful, healthy, glowing complexion faster than retinol, far superior to vitamin C ..."

• Retinoids are approved for wrinkle treatment by the Australian TGA and US FDA.
• The role of Vitamin C in the skin is supplementary to and not an alternative to retinoids.

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Source of Quotations — "Better than Retinol and Vitamin C, but Is StriVectin-SD Better than Botox*?" @ http://www.strivectin.com/sd/better-than-botox.php accessed 27/4/06.

Compaint Counsel's Motion for Partial Summary Decision, Docket #9318

Matter of Basic Research L.L.C., A.G. Waterhouse L.L.C., Klein-Becker USA L.L.C., Sovage Dermalogic Laboratories L.L.C., BAN L.L.C., Dennis Gay, Daniel B. Mowrey and Mitchell K. Friedlander (The Respondents); Compaint Counsel's Motion for Partial Summary Decision, Docket #9318 (Public Document) submitted by members of the Division of Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer Protection, US Federal Trade Commission (the Complaint Counsel) February 7, 2005 relating to a variety of products made and advertised by Strivectin's makers Basic Research L.L.C., and associated companies and individuals. Download PDF (0.5 mb).