InterMed Discovery

Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Food Products

Branch/ServiceFood Products
Title:New food additives for predefined indications
Client description:Food ingredient manufacturer or food manufacturer/marketeer
Client’s challenge:
  • Lack of own research/development pipeline.
  • Market requires continuous flow of innovation through development of new food additives triggered by ongoing wellness trends.
Client’s demand:
  • Seeks novelties, new ingredients, new biological activity, and new IP-opportunities
  • Looks for innovation potential
  • Needs competitive advantage or extended marketing opportunities
IMD’s strength:
  • Proprietary pipeline of food additives projects in numerous indications
  • Taxonomic and chemotaxonomic know how.
  • Capability to correlate the triangle taxonomy-biological activity-structure
  • Extensive databases, proprietary data on biological activities, and biological testing capabilities.
  • DEREPLICATION and STRUCTURE ELUCIDATION capability.
IMD’s assignment:

Development of new food additives with IP protected use in new indications, e.g. obesity

IMD’s approach:
  • Analysis of proprietary data and research of new data on biological activity
  • Proof of biological activity through appropriate test schemes
  • Analysis of relevant IP area and generation of IP rights for ingredient and usage
  • Compiling of a comprehensive early research dossiers
Results:

Availability of projects with high probability of success