Biostime and Biofortis, a Mérieux NutriSciences company, signed a technology transfer agreement in the field of microbiota research for the Chinese Market
Biostime and Biofortis signed on September 30, 2014 a technology transfer agreement in the field of microbiota research in Lyon Frence.
Created in 1999 and employing 2500 employees, Biostime is a premium pediatric nutrition and baby care products provider in China.? The Company focuses on high-end consumers and strives to offer them a full range of quality products through joint research and development with global leading partners.?Biofortis is Mérieux NutriSciences’ Contract Research Organization serving innovation in food, nutrition, health, cosmetics and consumer goods. Together, the companies signed a strategic agreement that will enable to develop a high performance Metagenomics platform in Biostime’s new technology center in Guangzhou (China).
Metagenomics are new technologies allowing a detailed understanding of the relationship between nutrition and health conditions through the analysis of the gut microbiota. Gut microbiota has been recently shown as playing an essential role in obesity, inflammatory diseases but also in stress and behavior through its communication with the brain.
“Metagenomics is definitely the new revolution in life science and a tremendous opportunity to develop innovative and adapted nutritional products for our target market. It is also a fantastic tool that will allow us to collaborate with the scientific and medical community in China as part of our newly launched Biostime Institute for Nutrition and Care”, said Patrice Malard, Chief Technology Officer at Biostime.
Biofortis has one of the largest expertise in Europe of these new technologies and already supports the industry through its clinical research activities. “The cooperation with Biostime is a win win situation for both companies as Biofortis may also use this platform in the future for its own research inChina. As part of Institut Mérieux which has already more than 30 years of presence in China we strive to contribute to the nutritional research efforts of Chinese scientists”, said Francoise Le Vacon, Chief Scientific Officer of Biofortis.
