Lauren Nardella is a freelance journalist with 15+ years’ experience reporting on the business, science and regulation of the cosmetics industry. She specializes in cosmetic regulatory deep dives, ingredient safety issues and all things sunscreen.

Lauren is a regular contributor to Citeline’s HBW Insight. Her work covering other FDA-regulated industries, including over-the-counter drugs, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, clinical trials and food, has been published in The Pink Sheet, MedTech Insight, TrialScope Disclose and FoodNavigator-USA.

She was previously a news editor and senior reporter on staff at HBW Insight (formerly The Rose Sheet). Lauren started her career as a business reporter at the Savannah Morning News and the Richmond Times-Dispatch. She enjoys travel and cooking and lives in Pennsylvania with her family.