Procter & Gamble will buy Merck KGaA’s consumer health unit for €3.4 billion euros – as the FMCG giant looks stem falling revenue by betting on vitamin ranges that have shown stable growth.
Chr. Hansen has announced plans to collaborate with Prota Therapeutics in a partnership looking into developing a probiotic approach to address peanut allergies.
Parenteral nutrition using fish oil can help lower all-cause mortality risk and shorten intensive care stays for critically ill patients with sepsis, according to researchers in China.
The development of a complex model, which tracks types of bacteria, may help predict the success of faecal microbiota transplants (FMT) in patients suggests a new study in Cell Host and Microbe.
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Multiple reports peg Nestlé as the front runner to buy Merck KGaA’s consumer health unit in a race that could result in a deal worth up to $5 billion (€4.1bn).
When given in combination with first-line tuberculosis (TB) drugs, vitamin C could reduce the length of treatment for the disease, new research suggests.
Gastrointestinal composition could affect the risk of cardiovascular diseases, according to a new review, which calls on greater scientific focus to be devoted to the impact probiotics and prebiotics can have on reducing risk.
TWO YEAR TRIAL FAILED TO MEET PRIMARY END-POINT – BUT EXPERTS SAY STUDY MAY STILL HAVE POSITIVES
Daily consumption of a drink containing a specific combination of essential fatty acids, vitamins and other nutrients does not improve key markers of Alzheimer’s progression, but may aid everyday cognitive performance, reports a two-year clinical study.
Synbiotics — a combination of probiotics and prebiotics — are providing one of the most promising opportunities to modulate the gut health of infants born via C-section, thereby lowering their risk and incidence of developing allergies.
A new education program by GOED will seek to target primary care practitioners, with the focus on educating the people most likely to influence consumer purchases of the omega-3s.
