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March 10, 2008 New York, NY – Kyowa Hakko USA has announced that Chris Nolte, a veteran of more than 18-years in nutritional ingredient sales, has joined the company as director of sales. Nolte, who co-founded Buckton Scott Nutrition and served as vice president of sales, was most recently director of sales for LycoRed. Nolte will be responsible for the Southwestern US territory, including Arkansas, Arizona, California, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. Kyowa Hakko is an international health ingredients manufacturer and world leader in the development, manufacturing and marketing...

March 7, 2008 New York, NY – Kyowa Hakko U.S.A., Inc., manufacturers of the industry’s most extensive line of Amino Acids and related compounds, including D-Amino Acids and Branch-Chain Amino Acids, announced that it will increase prices for its specific line of L-Amino Acids by five percent, effective April 1, 2008. Amino Acids are produced at Kyowa Hakko’s four manufacturing plants located in the U.S., Japan, and China. Amino Acids are used in a wide variety of pharmaceutical and nutritional applications. “Recent increases in costs for energy and raw materials along with the ongoing ...

March 6, 2008 New York, NY – Kyowa Hakko USA, the international health ingredients manufacturer and world leader in the development, manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and food products, will present Adding Brain Power to your Brand, a seminar discussing the benefits of combining Cognizin® Citicoline from Kyowa Hakko and MEG-3® Omega-3 fatty acids from Ocean Nutrition Canada, for brain health at SupplyExpo. The seminar takes place Saturday, March 15 from 3-4 p.m. at the Anaheim Convention Center, Room 207C. All seminar attendees will be eligible to win free iPod 8...

New Hope Natural Media has announced that Kyowa Hakko USA, an international health ingredients manufacturer has been named one of three finalists for the 2008 NutrAward for Lumistor® L-Hydroxyproline, a natural, animal-free fermentation-based amino acid.

February 26, 2008 New York, NY – Kyowa Hakko USA introduced their latest breakthrough in ingredient technology Sustamine™ Alanyl Glutatmine at Informex, in New Orleans. Charlie Kotani, president of Kyowa Hakko USA stated, “We are excited about our new dipeptide technology and know that it will bring value and savings to our customers.”

February 26, 2008 New York, NY – Kyowa Hakko, supplier of Setria® brand Glutathione, is pleased to announce that GNC has included Setria brand Glutathione in their all-new line of Effervescent Triple C™ 1000, available in Orange and Raspberry flavors.

October 31, 2007 New York, NY – Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co. Ltd. (Kyowa Hakko), Japan, the parent company of Kyowa Hakko USA, Kirin Pharma Company, Limited (Kirin Pharma), and Kirin Holdings Company, Limited (Kirin Holdings), Japan, have announced that they have entered into a strategic alliance agreement targeting their corporate business entities between the Kyowa Hakko Group and Kirin Group. The announcement was made by Yuzuru Matsuda, Kyowa Hakko president and CEO, Katsuhiko Asano, Kirin Pharma president and chairman of the board of directors and Kazuyasu Kato, president and CEO of Kirin Holdin...

October 31, 2007 New York, NY – It’s that time of year again for the Strawberry Social at the Kyowa Hakko USA SupplySide West booth # 22033. Wednesday, November 7 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Kyowa Hakko will provide luscious strawberries hand dipped in chocolate. The strawberry social is an opportunity to receive a special invitation to the Kyowa VendorWorks Cognizin™ seminar on Thursday, November 8 to learn about Cognizin™ Citicoline. The results of the new study indicated that after six weeks of Cognizin™ use, energy stores within the brain were increased. The clinical study using Neuroimagin...

October 30, 2007 New York, NY – A study by Deborah Yurgelun-Todd, Ph.D. applying two complementary imaging methods, magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).

September 20, 2007 New York, NY – Leo R. Cullen, long-time nutraceutical industry veteran with over 20 years in the ingredient business, has joined Kyowa Hakko USA as vice president of sales and marketing of the Bio-Chemicals Group. The announcement was made by Charlie Kotani, president of Kyowa Hakko USA, Inc. Based in New York, Cullen's activities will focus on expansion of Kyowa Hakko USA business, including organizing sales and marketing activities and focusing on specialty business areas in the dietary supplement, food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical marketplaces. Kyowa Hakko is an inte...