Advanced Pharmaceuticals enters joint venture with DCV, a Du Pont/Con Agra company.BOISE, Idaho--(BW HealthWire)--May 13, 1997--Advanced Pharmaceuticals Inc., a newly formed Boise-based company specializing in the development, marketing and distribution of scientifically based nutritional ingredients, has announced that it has entered into a joint venture with DCV DCV Demand Controlled Ventilation (HVAC) DCV Directional Control Valve DCV Direct Current Volts DCV Defense Combat Value DCV Dress Code Violation DCV Document Control Voucher (banking & finance) , a Du Pont/Con Agra company. Advanced Pharmaceuticals and DCV will work together with Bio-Technical Resources (BTR BTR Rupee (currency of Bhutan) BTR Board of Technical Registration BTR Born to Run (Bruce Springsteen song) BTR Bureau of Tourism Research (Australia) BTR Back To Reality ), who was acquired by the Du Pont/Con Agra partnership in 1989. BTR is a worldwide leader in research and development for new ingredients with a highly specialized expertise in a wide range of biotech processes. Under the current agreement, DCV, the largest manufacturer of chitosan in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , has assigned the U.S. rights to Advanced Pharmaceuticals to market and distribute ChitoMax, a purified form of chitosan according to Tom Jerrell, president of DCV Chitin Technologies. "Research studies have shown that ChitoMax is an effective tool for overall weight management," said Dr. J. David Angerer, senior researcher in Chitin-based products at DCV. ChitoMax is a unique fiber produced in America from Chitin, a naturally occurring marine polysaccharide polysaccharide: see carbohydrate. polysaccharide Any of a large class of long-chain sugars composed of monosaccharides. Because the chains may be unbranched or branched and the monosaccharides may be of one, two, or occasionally more kinds, . A 1996 double-blind, placebo-controlled study found that over a four-week period, Chitosan reduced weight by 12.5%. Another random double-blind, placebo-controlled study, completed in 1994, found that 30 obese patients who supplemented with chitosan lost an average of 15 pounds while the placebo controlled group lost only four pounds. Advanced Pharmaceuticals will introduce the ChitoMax ingredient with a national public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most campaign scheduled to begin in early June. In addition, St. Martins, the publisher of the Arthritis Cure, has just released a new book called the Fat Blocker Diet. The book, which discusses the revolutionary Chitosan diet ingredient, will be in book stores beginning May 12. "We are extremely excited about the launch of ChitoMax," said Mervyn Kahn, director of sales for Advanced Pharmaceuticals. "We expect ChitoMax to have the same impact as glucosamine glucosamine /glu·co·sa·mine/ (gloo-ko´sah-men) an amino derivative of glucose, occurring in glycosaminoglycans and a variety of complex polysaccharides such as blood group substances. and chondroitin chondroitin (k  n·droiˑ·tin),n . Because inventory is moving very fast manufacturers are already placing purchase orders for the next four-six months," said Kahn. CONTACT: Advanced Pharmaceuticals Mervyn Kahn, 208/893-6718 |
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