Archives for June 25, 2002

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Diabetic products from Hi Tech

The health care products division of the US-based Hi-Tech Pharmacal Company has launched three new products aimed at the diabetic market.

Roche Vitamins opens SA plant

Roche Vitamins, a unit of the Swiss pharmaceutical group, has opened a new production facility in South Africa which will manufacture vitamin premixes for the food industry and help reduce the levels of malnutrition in many African countries.

Forbes reaches agreement with Novartis

After months of negotiations, Canadian nutraceutical products maker Forbes Medi-Tech has finally reached an agreement with Swiss group Novartis Consumer Health over the future of the Reducol cholesterol-lowering ingredient.

Vitamin E to fight Alzheimer's

Vitamin E could play a key part in fighting Alzheimer's disease, according to a recent study of the effects of various antioxidants. However, the research also showed that vitamin E supplements had no significant effect on the onset of the disease.