2007 News

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...

May 4, 2007 New York, NY – ThioFizz™ samples with Setria® Glutathione, an antioxidant and detoxification effervescent fizz was one of the featured products using a Kyowa branded ingredient at the Kyowa Hakko SupplySide East booth May 1-2, at the Meadowlands Expo Center in Secaucus, NJ.

May 4, 2007 New York, NY – New York City-based Kyowa Hakko USA and Liquid Health Labs (LHL) of Deerfield, NH, the North American technology license holder for PowerCap®, presented an innovative functional beverage line featuring this new technology and targeting the health and wellness market at SupplySide East at the Meadowlands Expo Center in Secaucus, NJ, May 1-2. PowerCap® technology is a two part cap possessing an internal cavity that holds ~2g of dry powder and ~1.7cc of liquid. At the point of consumption, the consumer activates the beverage by twisting PowerCap® and creating their...

March 29, 2007 New York, NY – Kyowa Hakko U.S.A., Inc., manufacturer of the dietary supplement, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical industries’ most extensive line of Amino Acids and related compounds, including D-Amino Acids and Branch-Chain Amino Acids, announced that it has applied a 10 percent price increase to its specific line of L-Amino Acids, effective April 1, 2007. 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. “The high level of demand and...

March 26, 2007 Carlsbad, CA – Select Supplements, Inc. (SSI) has announced it has signed a contract to sell its business operations and assets to Advanced NutriSolutions (ANS) of Vista, CA, a leading supplier of premium natural ingredients worldwide to the nutraceutical industry.

January 16, 2007 New York, NY – Kyowa Hakko announced free Kyowa CoQ10™ 30mg soft gel samples are now available by accessing the Kyowa Hakko USA web site. Sample bottle supplies are limited and available on a first come, first served basis through February 28, 2007.

January 16, 2007 New York, NY – Kyowa Hakko, the first global company to successfully produce and commercialize amino acids using proprietary fermentation methods, has announced development of a white paper kit to initially include six ingredient white papers. The white paper kit and first product paper focusing on Citicoline is now available, with other ingredient white papers distributed throughout 2007. Kyowa Hakko, the amino acid manufacturing leader who has introduced a wide range of fermentation-based amino acids, developed the white paper kit in conjunction with Kyowa’s newly formed...