Startups & SMEs
A recently published Clasado-funded study suggests that the firm's Bimuno GOS prebiotic could be administered in capsule or tablet form, “giving formulators more choice, more flexibility, and more confidence to innovate with a proven prebiotic ingredient across a wider range of product formats.”
Co-founders name their company for their grandmothers – Opal, a Texan rancher, and Joy, a New Zealand artist – to symbolize strength and creativity. Their brand’s premium, ethical ingredients and formulations were developed by a female women’s health doctor.
Established by Max Gowland in 2013, Prime Fifty was founded to address the specific nutritional needs of the over 50s.
HBW Insight speaks to Prime Fifty founder and managing director Max Gowland about the science behind healthy aging and the opportunity for the consumer health industry.
Meet UK women's health start-up GP Nutrition, run by busy working mother of four Gabriela Peacock, who says she "truly understands the needs of the women who are looking to her for help.”
Eleat's acquisition encompasses Clasado's Bimuno finished supplement product line and customer base, but not its Bimuno GOS proprietary galactooligosaccharide prebiotic ingredient.
Bayer Consumer Health hopes its new InflammAge saliva-based biomarker can help “revolutionize self-care and how people can manage their aging journey.”
Venture capital fund backed by Germany's Schwabe has €100m to invest in consumer health startups operating in categories such as sleep and mental health.
Biotech identifying and stabilizing RNA compounds that can be incorporated into dietary supplements will receive mentorship, strategy guidance and technical support from experts at Nestlé Health Science.
“Many of our customers have been excited about it and decided to go that way. We just feel like, as gummies sort of take all the press, we might as well do our little part to say, ‘hey, look, there is a different way,’” says Terry Coyle, Vitaquest’s chief innovation officer.
Beachbody offers supplement sales using health savings accounts; PlantX, Boka launches oral health supplements; supplements take Form from RTE meal provider Factor; LIV3 JV behind marketing SugarShield; Ghost among Keurig Dr Pepper brands; and Nutra-Med Packaging expands with Legacy Pharma.
Cork-based iron supplement manufacturer Solvotrin teams up with app developer Clue to offer consumers a free year's subscription to the latter's menstrual health app.
ProBiotix Health has announced two commercial partnerships for the distribution of its probiotic ingredients, with Deutsch-Pharm in Ukraine and Eifron in Greece respectively.
Clue Plus members will have access to 50% off a Headspace subscription for tailored guidance, support and validation to help manage cycle-related stress and improve overall well-being.
Israeli startup by biomedical researcher and entrepreneur Morris Laster using research from ChEM-H Institute scholar at Stanford to will develop and market compounds as nutraceuticals to offer an effective, affordable and side-effect-free solution for weight loss.
UK microbiome specialist ProBiotix Health has combined its patented LPLDL probiotics strain with thiamine (vitamin B1) to create an convenient supplement ingredient for lowering cholesterol and supporting overall cardiometabolic health.
Bioniq's latest “oversubscribed” funding round will finance the global expansion of its AI-powered personalized supplement offer, the firm says.
UK prebiotic specialist Clasado Biociences is expanding across APAC and Eastern Europe through two recently-signed distribution deals: Alliance Nutrition Group’s Shanghai Prochin for China and BART in Poland.
In this episode of HBW Insight's Over the Counter podcast, we chat with women’s health start-up The SABI about the power of herbal medicine for hormonal wellness.
Bayer Consumer Health and its effervescent vitamin brand Berocca were subjects of denigratory remarks by an online competitor in a recent UK advertising complaint ruling. The ASA’s Freddie Alcock talks HBW Insight through the complaint, explaining in this exclusive interview why denigration is never a good look for advertisers.