Archives for July 8, 2002

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CK Life preparing IPO

CK Life Sciences International, the Chinese biotech company, is preparing an initial public offering this week which it is hoped will raise some HK$2.61 billion (€0.34bn) to finance future growth.

Sales continue to rise at Whole Living

Brain Garden, the subsidiary of Whole Living of the US, has reported a further rise in sales for June 2002, the second consecutive month of improvement after a slow start to the year.

Nutraceutix name change approved

Nutraceutix shareholders vote in favour of changing the company's name to SCOLR, a name which is said to better reflect the shift towards drug delivery technology.

New pack for non-fat kefir

Lifeway Foods of the US has launched a new packaging design for the non-fat version of its popular probiotic kefir product to coincide with the Fancy Food Show in New York.