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September 13, 2006 New York, NY - Kyowa Hakko, the international health ingredients manufacturer and world leader in the development, manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and food products is sponsoring the Strawberry Afternoon Social and two VendorWorks seminars at SupplySide West. On Thursday, October 19, from 1:30 - 3:30 p.m., Kyowa will host the Strawberry Afternoon Social at booth #6013. Show attendees are invited to indulge in hand dipped chocolate covered strawberries as Kyowa celebrates the return of Kyowa CoQ10™. Kyowa, supplying CoQ10 globally, became t...

September 13, 2006 New York, NY - Get warmed up before hitting the show floor at Expo East. Join co-sponsors Kyowa Hakko and NSF International, as well as your friends and colleagues at Run For the Health of It, a run/walk around Baltimore's beautiful Inner Harbor on Friday, October 6 from 8-9 a.m. The event starts outside the Pratt Street lobby of the Baltimore Convention Center. Each participant receives a t-shirt and goodie bag, and is eligible to win an iPod Sport Kit. Pre-register by sending your name, company, phone, fax and email address to inquiry@kyowa-usa.com. Kyowa Hakko, the i...

August 16, 2006 New York, NY – Kyowa Hakko has announced it has formed the HealthCare Product Development Center in Tsukuba, Japan, to focus on basic and application research, formulation and development, information services and marketing. The center will be under the direction of Kazuhiro Yamamoto for Kyowa Hakko in Tokyo, Japan. The center, situated in the heart of the well-known research and science-based town often referred to as Tsukuba Science City, will be home to 40 Kyowa researchers dedicated to supporting new Kyowa product development. “This is yet another way Kyowa is taking...

April 25, 2006 New York, N.Y. – Continuing its trend toward introducing branded ingredients, Kyowa Hakko USA has introduced Hydrafend™ a low Sodium Hyaluronate Acid that is a natural, animal-free fermentation-based ingredient. In the human body, Hyaluronate Acid is found in high concentrations in the skin, connective tissues, joints and eye fluids. Hydrafend™ functions as a lubricant and highly effective moisturizer. With age, the levels of Hyaluronate Acid in the body decrease, causing considerable reduction in the moisture binding capacity resulting in dry skin and joints. One of the ...

April 10, 2006 New York, NY – Kyowa Hakko USA, the makers of Cognizin™ brand citicoline has announced the launch its newest branded ingredient Lumistor™ L-Hydroxyproline, a natural, animal-free fermentation-based amino acid. The benefits of Lumistor™ include moisture retention of skin and proliferation of newborn human epidermal keratinocytes. Lumistor™ is a pure, odorless, white crystalline powder that is water soluble and stable across a broad pH range enabling its application within a wide array of cosmetics and toiletries. Lumistor™ has a proven safety record for topical and oral use....

March 18, 2006 Tacoma, WA – The Textbook of Natural Medicine, Third Edition, 2006 published by Churchill Livingstone, a division of Elsevier Science, the world’s largest technical and medical publisher, has released a two-volume, 2,200 page book featuring a chapter on citicoline by Alexander Schauss, Ph.D., director of Natural and Medicinal Products Research for AIBMR Life Sciences, Inc. Citicoline (cytidine 5′-diphoscholine) is an important organic molecule that functions as an intermediate in the biosynthesis of cell membrane phospholipids. “There are over 550 published studies on citicol...

June 3, 2005 Former Bio-Chemicals Company global manager to lead US sales and marketing New York, N.Y. – Chikakuni Kotani, formerly global manager of the sales and marketing department, Bio-Chemicals Company, a unit of Kyowa Hakko Kogyo co., Ltd. in Tokyo, Japan, has been named vice president of sales and marketing for Kyowa Hakko U.S.A., according to Mike Inoue, Kyowa Hakko U.S.A. president. Kotani will be based at the corporate offices in New York City. Kotani, who has been in charge of the company's global Fine Chemicals business, has been with Kyowa Hakko for more than 20 years. In ...

June 2, 2005 New York, N.Y. – Karen E. Todd has been named senior marketing manager for Kyowa Hakko U.S.A., according to Mike Inoue, Kyowa Hakko U.S.A. president. She will be based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Todd has more than 15 years of nutraceutical industry experience. In her new position Todd will oversee Kyowa's product development, marketing programs, and vender relations in the U.S. nutraceutical marketplace. Todd is a registered dietician and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Texas A&M University in scientific nutrition and food science technology and a Masters of Business ...

April 26, 2005 Posters focus on citicoline studies by Perry Renshaw, M.D., Ph.D., Director at the Brain Imaging Center, McLean Hospital and Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School. New York, N.Y. – Two citicoline studies under the direction of Perry Renshaw, M.D., Ph.D., director, Brain Imaging Center, McLean Hospital and Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Belmont, MA, and leading scientific researcher on the health benefits of citicoline, will be the featured in the Camden Lobby of the Baltimore Convention Center from May 4-6 during SupplySide East as part of the scie...

March 25, 2005 Kyowa Hakko, Well-Known Amino Acids Supplier, Recognized as Industry Leader New York, N.Y. – Kyowa Hakko has received the Excellent Supplier Award from PPG Industries for superior accomplishments in 2004. Luke Scrivanich, PPG general manager, fine chemicals, and Walter Sakowicz, business manager, presented Kyowa Hakko representatives the Excellent Supplier Award trophy at a ceremony in New York City. Kyowa Hakko, which supplies amino acids to PPG's fine chemicals business in the United States, was one of nine companies honored by the Pittsburgh, PA-based global manufacturer...