subject: Aarkstore Enterprise - Biotech For Wellness: Driving Successful R&d And Licensing In Nutraceuticals [print this page] Table of Contents : Table of Contents :
Biotech for Wellness
Executive summary 10
Introduction 10
R&D approaches 11
Product development and lifecycle management 12
Marketing strategies and new opportunities 13
Regulation and intellectual property 14
Food vs biotech the future 15
Chapter 1 Introduction 18
Summary 18
Drivers for change in the food industry 19
Impact of the ageing population on chronic, lifestyle-related health problems 20
Increased consumer awareness 21
Global health economics 22
Economics and disease prevention 23
Defining nutraceuticals 24
Nutraceutical markets: food versus biotech 26
Report structure 28
Chapter 2 R&D approaches 30
Summary 30
Introduction 31
Identifying new ingredients 32
Sourcing novel ingredients 33
In vitro and in vivo studies 35
Case study: InterMed Discovery 36
Case study: screening for taste-modulating nutraceuticals 38
Case study: Wellgen Inc 40
Clinical research 41
Trials to show disease risk reduction 44
Clinical trials expertise in the food industry 45
Cost of clinical trial programs in the food industry 46
Companies undertaking the clinical development of novel nutraceuticals 47
Case study: Provexis 47
Case study: Clasado Ltd 49
Conclusions 50
Nutraceutical discovery 50
Nutraceutical development 51
Chapter 3 Product development and lifecycle management 54
Summary 54
Introduction 55
Product development 55
Case study: product development of probiotics 56
Case study: plant stanols and sterols 58
Case study: medical foods 59
Issues in creating new product types 61
Formulation and delivery of nutraceuticals 61
Case study: GAT Food Essentials (Austria) 63
Case study: Nutralease 64
Identification of new health benefits 66
New sources of nutraceuticals 68
Case study: sustainable sources of omega-3 fatty acids 68
Case study: microbial engineering 70
Product development for novel ingredients 73
US-based companies 74
EU-based companies 75
Conclusions 77
Chapter 4 Marketing strategies and new opportunities 80
Summary 80
Introduction 81
Market penetration 81
Product differentiation key factors for success 81
Product promotion: educating consumers and healthcare providers 84
Connecting with consumers: using digital media 93
New opportunities 94
Expansion into new market segments 94
Creating new geographical markets 94
Conclusions 97
Chapter 5 Regulation and intellectual property 100