Lonza Announces New Dietary Supplement Ingredient PepZin GI.Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers BASEL, Switzerland & FAIR LAWN Fair Lawn, borough (1990 pop. 30,548), Bergen co., NE N.J., across the Passaic River from Paterson; inc. 1924. It is residential with light industries. , N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 18, 2002 Lonza, Inc., announced that the US Food and Drug Administration has allowed the sale of PepZin GI(TM), the subject of a new dietary ingredient submission to the federal agency. PepZin GI(TM) is a patented zinc-carnosine complex supported by abundant human and animal data. Lonza has an exclusive distribution agreement with Hamari Chemicals Ltd. (Osaka, Japan), to market the ingredient in North America and Europe. PepZin GI(TM) has been used in Japan for over a decade as an ulcer-healing drug under the generic name generic name n. 1. The official nonproprietary name of a drug, under which it is licensed and identified by the manufacturer. 2. Polaprezinc (INN). Hamari Chemicals manufactures and holds the patents on this unique compound. PepZin GI(TM) offers exceptional, "drug-like" patent protection, in that the molecule itself is claimed. This provides Lonza's strategic marketing partners exceptional exclusivity. PepZin GI(TM) is a coordination complex of zinc with the dipeptide di·pep·tide n. A peptide that, on hydrolysis, yields two amino acid molecules. L-carnosine. "PepZin GI(TM) is a unique molecular entity, with biological activity different than that of zinc mixed with carnosine," offered Anthony L. Almada, MSc, President and Chief Scientific Officer of IMAGINutrition. He added, "We believe PepZin GI(TM)'s data and intellectual property package will usher in a new category of evidence-based dietary supplements." Lonza Group is a Life Sciences driven chemical company headquartered in Switzerland, with sales of CHF CHF In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Swiss Franc. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 2.5 billion in 2001 and operating 21 production and R&D facilities in 9 countries. It employs 6200 people worldwide and is the leading supplier of active chemical ingredients, intermediates and biotechnology solutions to the pharmaceutical and agrochemical agrochemical Any chemical used in agriculture, including chemical fertilizers, herbicides, and insecticides. Most are mixtures of two or more chemicals; active ingredients provide the desired effects, and inert ingredients stabilize or preserve the active ingredients or aid industries. It also offers a broad catalogue of organic intermediates for a wide range of applications such as pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, vitamins, food and feedstuff feedstuff see feed. , dyes and pigments, adhesives and fragrances. Furthermore the Group manufactures specialty biocides and oleochemicals and develops and produces specific polymer intermediates, unsaturated unsaturated /un·sat·u·rat·ed/ (un-sach´ur-at?ed) 1. not holding all of a solute which can be held in solution by the solvent. 2. denoting compounds in which two or more atoms are united by double or triple bonds. polyester-resins, compounds and composites. For more information on Lonza Group please visit the company's website at www.lonzagroup.com. |
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