Perrigo buys Peter Black pharma
US nutritional product supplier Perrigo continues to make inroads into the European vitamin market, announcing the purchase of privately-held Peter Black Pharmaceuticals for $13 million (€10.6m) on Friday.
Archives for December 15, 2003
IOM support for DRIs threatens supplement industry
Government authorities in the United States and Canada should use the current Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) to label nutrients in food and dietary supplements, argues a new report from the US National Academies' Institute of Medicine, causing...
UK consumer increasingly opts for functional foods
Functional food makers present in the UK market will reap the rewards of consumers who are among the biggest spenders on functional foods and drinks in Europe.
Internet campaign to improve health
A new Internet-based health information campaign, to be launched by the World Health Organisation (WHO), is aiming to change people's attitudes to healthy eating and help to prevent some of the chronic disease, said to burden much of the world.
European hurdles begin to clear for cholesterol-lowering foods
Marketing of cholesterol-lowering foods looks set to become easier with European bodies publishing favourable opinions on two plant sterol manufacturers last week.
FSANZ to discuss biomarker claims
A new policy on nutrition and health claims proposed by Australia and New Zealand ministers could allow for 'biomarker claims', subject to pre-market approval by the food standards agency.
Zila reports loss as ascorbic acid prices knock results
A surge in sales of its Ester-C brand in the nutraceuticals division helped pharma and biotech company Zila offset an overall loss for the first quarter, knocked by higher ascorbic acid costs.