Medicos and La Roche-Posay partner on high-precision dropper for Hyalu B5 Eye Serum
The Medicos system reinforces the brand’s positioning in evidence‑based, dermatologist‑trusted skincare by combining technically refined, user‑friendly, and increasingly recyclable packaging around a targeted eye‑care formula.
FRANCE – Medicos has developed and supplied La Roche‑Posay with a bespoke hybrid dropper and roll‑on applicator system for the beauty brand’s Hyalu B5 anti‑wrinkle eye serum, marking a convergence of precision dosing and targeted, massaging application in a single package.
The 15 mL bottle integrates a polypropylene (PP) roll‑on pipette fitted with a stainless steel ball, a nitrile bulb, a PP collar, and a protective cap, designed specifically for the delicate eye contour area.
How the applicator system works
Medicos positions the system’s key innovation as the functional combination of a dropper’s measured dispensing gesture with a roll‑on’s massage‑like application, an approach tailored to the technical demands of eye‑area skincare.
The roll‑on ball allows users to gently massage the serum around the orbital zone, which can aid absorption and support a cooling, soothing effect, while the dropper ensures controlled product release and minimizes waste.
Industrially, Medicos emphasizes that it has achieved fully automated assembly of the stainless‑steel ball and dropper mechanism, a feat that ensures production reliability, repeatability, and consistent performance at scale.
The packaging incorporates recyclable glass and PP components, with the PP roll‑on pipette, stainless steel ball, and associated plastic elements engineered to align with recycling streams.
The solution builds on Medicos’ established in‑house ranges for droppers and roll‑on applicators, effectively marrying the two into a single, targeted skincare format.
The roll‑on line is based on either glass or stainless‑steel balls paired with PP or recycled PP (rPP) caps on tubular glass bottles, and can incorporate flow regulators depending on the personal‑care formula’s viscosity and application intent.
The dropper range, meanwhile, offers glass or PP pipettes with teats made from nitrile, butyl, or TPE, topped with smooth or ribbed PP or rPP caps, allowing Medicos to tune the dispense behaviour to different skincare and dermocosmetic products.
According to Medicos, the dropper systems can be paired with tubular glass, molded glass, or plastic bottles, while features such as tamper‑evident rings and PP pipette protectors can be added to enhance product integrity and shelf‑life visibility.
For branding and shelf impact, Medicos offers options such as mass‑dyed caps and housing balls, as well as finishing techniques like lacquering, metalization, aluminum sleeving, hot‑stamping, and engraving, allowing La Roche‑Posay and other clients to maintain a premium, consistent aesthetic across ranges.
The company recently outfitted fellow French skincare brand Uriage with a refillable PET jar, a glass dropper bottle, and a polyethylene tube with a cannula‑based applicator, underscoring its capabilities in combining refill models, glass‑plastic hybrids, and precision‑delivery systems within a single product launch.
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