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BioGaia Newsletter August 2010
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 Successful participation at ESPGHAN 2010 The European Society for Peadiatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN) took place in Istanbul in June. Over 2200 delegates from all over the world were present. BioGaia had a booth and hosted a satellite symposium with the title ”Probiotics in peadiatrics: from evolution to clinical practice”. The audience of almost 300 people got the opportunity to listen to Prof Y. Vandenplas, Assistant Prof J. Walter, Prof J. Saavedra and Dr F. Savino present the latest clinical data on L. reuteri Protectis and the latest opinions on probiotics in peadiatrics. You can watch videos of the presentations here.  BioGaia at APDW in September 2010 Over 3000 health professionals are expected to attend the Asian Pacific Digestive Week in Kuala Lumpur Sept 19-22. BioGaia will be present with a booth and host a lunch satellite symposium on Sept 21 with the title ”Probiotics in gastroenterology: indications and future perspectives”. Dr Andrew Chua from Gastro Centre Ipoh will chair the symposium. Speakers will be Prof J. Versalovic from Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Adjunct Prof S. Cruchet, Laboratory of Clinical Nutrition and Microbiology and Probiotics Laboratory in Chile, and Dr R. Francavilla from B. Trambusti Hospital in Bari, Italy. Dr Francavilla will also speak about probiotics in clinical practice at the "Meet the expert" breakfast session on Sep 21. Read more about Asian Pacific Digestive Week 2010 here.  BioGaia brand "Protectis" granted honorable label in BelgiumSince June 1, Protectis has been granted with the label from the Belgian Pediatrics Society (Société Belge de Pédiatre/Belgische Vereniging voor Kindergeneeskunde SBP/BVK). In order to receive this label, the scientific significance of the product had to be analyzed and confirmed by members of the SBP/BVK. Obtaining this label stands as a confirmation of the high quality of Protectis. For the coming year, BioGaia Protectis will be the only probiotic to obtain this recognition as it is only attributed to one product per category.  Have you heard of LifeTop™? BioGaia’s daughter company CapAble is offering two exciting packaging solutions making it possible to use probiotics and other sensitive ingredients in shelf stable beverages, the LifeTop™ Cap and the LifeTop™ Straw. Read more at www.lifetop.eu. |