Sirona Biochem has obtained a European patent for a new family of carbohydrate-based compounds. The compounds are related to Sirona's SGLT2 inhibitor and skin depigmenting agents are protected by the patent. TFChem, a subsidiary of ...
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Abstract: Solar terms originated in China. A solar term is any of 24 points in traditional East Asian lunisolar calendars that matches a particular astronomical event or signifies some natural phenomenon. Lichun refers to the spring and new ...
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Arla Foods Ingredients has revealed plans to invest EUR120m (US$160.1m) in the establishment of a lactose manufacturing facility in Denmark. The plant will be constructed next to the firm's existing main protein factory in Jutland, and ...
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Exploration of the Chinese people on Chinese Herbal medicine has gone through thousands of years of history. According to legend, ShenNong tasted a hundred herbs, and first explained the Medicine, he was well known as “Emperor of the ...
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Verdezyne,Inc.,a privately-held industrial biotechnology company focused on producing renewable chemicals from non-petroleum sources,has been granted a United States Patent for a bio-based adipic acid production process.U.S.Patent ...
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Diabetes UK has called for a front-of-pack traffic-light labeling system for food products, in an effort to help tackle the rising tide of Type 2 diabetes. The focus was also on the importance of including carbohydrate content on all ...
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Gerber Products, a part of Nestle, has introduced Gerber Good Start Soothe formula, which has been designed to reduce excessive crying and colic in healthy infants. The product, which contains with the probiotic L. reuteri, has been ...
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China is set to introduce new food packaging regulations from 1 January 2013, as a part of its effort to lower the risk of chronic non-communicable disease and help consumers make informed food choices and diseases. Under the new ...
China is set to enforce new food packaging regulations from 1 January 2013. The regulations will help consumers to identify a product's nutritional structure and ingredients straight away and con food packaging labels. As part of the ...
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The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) is evaluating an application from the Canadian company Bioneutra for the approval to market a carbohydrate, known as isomalto-oligosaccharide, as a novel food ingredient for use in a range of foods. The ...
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The UK Food Standards Agency's (FSA's) expert Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes is considering an application from Swiss firm Dow Wolff Cellulosics for approval to market a carbohydrate derivative, known as methylcellulose, as ...
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Galectin Therapeutics will move its corporate offices to Atlanta, Georgia, US, by 1 October 2012 while maintaining a laboratory-based effort in the Boston area. The move will bring Galectin Therapeutics closer to its collaborator, Complex ...
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The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), GlycoMimetics (GMI), and Glycosensors and Diagnostics (G&D) have collaborated to develop a vaccine against AIDS. The project being funded by IAVI's Innovation Fund will integrate the ...
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The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a notice of allowance (NOA) to Arrowhead Research's new formulation of dynamic polyconjugate (DPC) siRNA delivery system. The patent application No.13/032,029 covers claims for ...
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Gerber Products, an operating unit of Nestle group, has introduced Gerber Good Start Soothe formula with probiotic L reuteri. The formula is designed to reduce excessive crying and colic in healthy infants. The Soothe variety contains ...
Tags: Gerber Products, Infant Formula