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Cholesterol :: Patent Victory in Spanish Court Favoring Ranbaxy on Atorvastatin Unaffected

Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited said that recently, in two separate rulings, the Spanish courts (the Mercantile Court of Barcelona, No. 2) found Spanish patent ES 2,167,306 (counterpart of Pfizer’s EP 409 281) to be invalid for lack of novelty. The two rulings made on September 26, 2006, in Lek Pharmaceuticals v. Warner Lambert Co. and in Laboratorios Cinfa et al. v. Warner Lambert, found claims 1 to 3 of Pfizer to be invalid. These decisions came after considering the views of the Spanish Patent Office (SPO), in addition to technical expert reports.

Nutrition :: Cognis launches 3 natural, non-GMO health ingredients at SupplySide West

Traffic at the Cognis Nutrition & Health booth at the SupplySide West trade show is expected to be brisk as dietary supplement and functional food manufacturers discover the benefits of three new, non-GMO natural health ingredients Cognis is launching — Covi-ox? T-95 EU natural mixed tocopherols, Vegapure? F40 WDP E water dispersible natural plant sterols, Xangold? 20% natural lutein ester beadlets.

Weight Loss :: Supplements help avoid ‘Weight Creep’ from Turkey and Sugar Plums – Tonalin CLA Study

CLA may serve critical role in preventing weight and fat gain during year-end holidays and with normal aging. Avoiding ‘weight creep’ from turkey and sugar plums is the theme of a consumer PR campaign Cognis Nutrition & Health is rolling out in time for the holiday season based on a Tonalin? CLA study recently published online in the prestigious International Journal of Obesity. The research suggests that Tonalin? CLA could have long-term health benefits by preventing weight and fat gain commonly experienced by adults during the November-December holiday season, and in the normal aging process.

Flu :: Cognis Targets Cold, Flu Season with Arsenal of Immunity-Enhancing Ingredients

A compromised immune system makes people more prone to contracting a cold or flu, and Cognis is helping companies meet the growing demand worldwide for immunity boosting dietary supplements and functional foods. Colds and flu are the most frequent infections across all age groups. Each year, Americans suffer from one billion colds, 100,000 are hospitalized and about 36,000 die from the flu and its complications. Immune health is also a global concern with frequent colds and flu ranked as one of the top three health problems by consumers in China, India and Latin America.

Nutrition :: Cognis to launch Omevital, omega-3 fatty acids at HiE

Cognis will unveil its new range of high quality omega-3 fish oil products at this year?s Health Ingredients Europe event in Frankfurt. Under the brand name Omevital?, and available in ethyl ester and triglyceride forms, the new range of marine-origin oils delivers products of outstanding quality and purity, ultra-refined through state-of-the-art manufacturing processes, in accordance with Pharma GMP standards.

Stress :: Managing stressful life with better lifestyle

As we all know, life is very stressful these days, specially in corporate sector. People work more, skip meals and miss sleep. Everyone is trying to achieve the targets, and then result is stress. In stress, mind grows all the negative thoughts like fear, anger, guilt, anxiety, frustration, and so on. And in response to all these, body produces catecholamines which results in increased acidity, faster beating of hearts, tensing of muscles, shooting of blood pressure and restless mind. Finally, all these end up with hypertension, thyroid problems, diabetes mellitus, and many other chronic diseases.

Influenza :: Good medicines for flu, influenza in alternative medicines

“Friends, as the winters are coming, they are bringing influenza with them. So, be prepared to fight the disease and know about it,” Dr. Poonam Singhal. Influenza, also called grippe or flu, an acute contagious viral infection characterized by inflammation of the respiratory tract and by fever, chills, muscular pain, and prostration, with cough, cold, sneezings, intense frontal headache, pain and aches in joints, fever (100 deg. F to 105 deg. F), nausea, etc.

Obesity :: 28% Delhi overweight children need to learn healthy lifestyle

More than 28 percent schoolchildren in Delhi have been found to be overweight or obese with one-fourth of them at a risk of getting diabetes. Thirty schools in three cities – Delhi, Jaipur and Agra – are participating in a major intervention programme by the Diabetes Foundation of India to teach students healthy dietary and lifestyle practices to prevent diseases such as diabetes, obesity and heart disorders.

Diet :: Trans fatty acid contents to be declared on food labels – Australia

Trans fatty acid contents must be declared if a nutrition claim is made in respect of cholesterol or saturated, trans, polyunsaturated or monounsaturated fatty acids; or omega-3, omega-6 or omega-9 fatty acids. Some food manufacturers voluntarily list the amount of trans fatty acids in their products.

Diet :: Regulating agricultural and veterinary chemicals in food – Australia

The Ministerial Council has agreed to a Policy Guideline on Regulation of Low Level Residues from Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals in Food. This Policy Guideline will be forwarded to Food Standards Australia New Zealand for considering alternative approaches to the current zero tolerance approach to the regulation of residues of agricultural and veterinary chemicals in food.