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Lonza is one of the world’s leading and most-trusted suppliers to the pharmaceutical, biotech and specialty ingredients markets. As an integrated solutions provider, Lonza is boosting its value creation along and beyond the healthcare continuum with a strong focus on patient healthcare, consumer preventive healthcare and consumer's healthy environment.
Lonza harnesses science and technology to create products that support safer and healthier living and that enhance the overall quality of life. With the recent Capsugel acquisition, Lonza now offers products and services from the custom development and manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients to innovative dosage forms for the pharma and consumer health and nutrition industries.
Benefiting from its regulatory expertise, Lonza is able to transfer its know-how from pharma to hygiene and fast-moving consumer goods all the way to coatings and composites and the preservation and protection of agricultural goods and other natural resources.
Founded in 1897 in the Swiss Alps, Lonza today is a well-respected global company with more than 100 sites and offices and approximately 14,500 full-time employees worldwide. The company generated sales of CHF 5.1 billion in 2017 with a CORE EBITDA of CHF 1.3 billion. Further information can be found at www.lonza.com.
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Lonza Group Ltd has its headquarters in Basel, Switzerland, and is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. It has a secondary listing on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (“SGX-ST”). Lonza Group Ltd is not subject to the SGX-ST’s continuing listing requirements but remains subject to Rules 217 and 751 of the SGX-ST Listing Manual.
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NUTRITION & HEALTH NEWS
26 Jun 2024 --- The “nutrition support for joint health” category is thriving as the global population lives longer and new, younger customers show interest in ingredients and products... Read More
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13 Jun 2024 --- Demand for joint health products is on the rise, driven by both older consumers looking for mobility support and younger generations looking to optimize aging and maintain an active... Read More
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17 May 2024 --- At this week’s global nutraceutical trade event, Vitafoods Europe 2024, companies showcased their solutions and technologies in supplement innovations to offer manufacturers... Read More
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02 May 2024 --- The active aging segment is experiencing a revitalization of sorts as the demographic grows across all life stages. Supplement formulators pinpoint a need for products that help... Read More
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25 Apr 2024 --- Consumer demand for sustainable clean label and natural ingredients that offer multifunctional and holistic health options for areas such as stress relief and mental health, as well... Read More
04 Jun 2024 --- Lonza Capsules & Health Ingredients launched AromatiQ technology at the recent Vitafoods trade show. Giuseppe Pacileo, the company’s VP regional business unit head for EMEA, explained that the new aroma capsule coating is designed to help brands captivate consumers’ senses and enhance their well-being experience. The new technology harnesses natural essential oils like peppermint and lavender for scents and flavor coatings, such as apricot and strawberry. Pacileo highlighted that its latest technology does not compromise efficacy, capsule delivery or performance.
06 May 2024 --- Elevate supplements into multi-sensory experiences that consumers crave. With Lonza’s AromatiQ™ technology, brands can create premium supplements which captivate the senses without compromising on delivery, performance and efficacy. By matching the intended health benefits with natural essential oils and flavor coatings, AromatiQ™ technology unlocks powerful sensory associations. This Video is from Lonza.
20 Jun 2022 --- TWK10® sports probiotic is an innovative strain L. plantarum and is the first probiotic clinically proven to increase exercise endurance by up to 75% in athletes of all levels. Learn how TWK10® sports probiotic can help you break through in the competitive global sports and active nutrition categories.This Video is from Lonza.
16 May 2022 --- Amid toughening regulations surrounding titanium dioxide (TiO2) as a whitening ingredient, Lonza is expanding its Capsugel offering to meet TiO2-free requirements for food supplements in the EU. The company’s global product manager Julien Lamps details the opportunities and challenges surrounding the opacifying technology.
15 Mar 2022 --- In light of the EU’s ban on titanium dioxide, Anne Holderbach explores Lonza’s alternatives for capsules, which use iron oxide for an opaque effect and moderate UV protection. In terms of more vivid semi-opaque options, the company has also developed food-colored capsules.
05 Dec 2022 --- For supplement and nutraceutical brands, there’s no better time to seize the booming joint health market opportunity. Download Lonza’s NEW eBook to discover what consumers want, and how to capture market share and consumer attention in the dynamic joint health category with UC-II® undenatured type II collagen.This Technical Paper is from Lonza.
19 Apr 2022 --- TWK10® sports probiotic is an innovative strain L. plantarum and is the first probiotic clinically proven to increase exercise endurance by up to 75% in athletes of all levels.Learn how TWK10® sports probiotic can help you break through in the competitive global sports and active nutrition categories.This Technical Paper is from Lonza.
Consumers are increasingly looking for plant-based offerings and supplements are no exception. Plant-based or vegan claims on supplements grew by 34 percent between 2015 and 2019 and show no... Read More
While differing generations have unique nutritional priorities, they share a desire to live healthy and less stressed lives. This has led many to turn to supplements as an easy way to... Read More
Clean label remains king in the supplement space, as consumers who are wary of ingredient traceability and safety are drawn to shorter label lists. Concerns from consumers and lobby groups... Read More
The aging consumer has growing expectations of bone and joint health solutions, thanks to the mainstreaming of sports nutrition and a growing focus on active aging. According to Innova... Read More
Products featuring bone & joint health claims are on the rise, with Innova Market Insights data showing a compound annual growth rate of 13 percent between 2013 and... Read More
16 Aug 2023 --- In this episode, we speak with Emily Navarro, Lonza’s global product marketing manager for nutrition products and services, and Amy Sunderman, the company’s director of R&D for ingredients regarding the potential for Lonza’s UC-II ingredient in the functional food and beverage sector in light of a new benchtop study, which demonstrated its retention under different processing and manufacturing conditions.
21 Feb 2022 --- Today’s NewsBite Podcast details Lonza’s sports probiotic launching in the EU. DSM announced two of its probiotic strains received New Dietary Ingredient status from the FDA, while Calocurb is developing its hop extract Amarasate into a functional food additive that can help suppress appetite.
07 Jun 2021 --- This NewsBite podcast delves into Chr. Hansen and Lonza’s joint venture, Bacthera, receiving manufacturing licenses to start supplying live biotherapeutic products. Meanwhile, Probi partnered on probiotic research for vaginal health NPD targeting the “underserved” market. Also, a Safefood report revealed that online conversations about healthy diets are missing input from health experts.
15 Feb 2021 --- During the last week, Evolve BioSystems landed US$55 million for the commercialization of its “next generation of probiotic.” Other top stories include Lonza’s US$4.7 billion sale of its Speciality Ingredients business and Kappa Bioscience’s US expansion of its vitamin K2 production.
25 Jan 2021 --- This week’s NutritionInsight NewsBite podcast looks into e-gaming’s emerging market potential. Recent business news highlights include Lonza’s exit from the softgel arena in the pharma market and other moves in the infant formula sector.
12 Sep 2023 --- Pre, Pro and Postbiotics have gained popularity in the EMEA region for their potential to improve digestive health, boost immunity, and enhance overall well-being. However, formulating and delivering them effectively to ensure their maximum efficacy remains a significant challenge. Brands have to innovate to create new and efficient supplements for microbiome health that stand out from competition. In this webinar Nick Morgan will present the current market trends in the microbiome field and the hottest segments. Zoltan Szepesi will highlight the different innovative solutions the Capsugel® dosage forms can offer to optimize the Pre, Pro and Postbiotic delivery and solve your technical challenges. Discover Lonza Capsule & Health Ingredients’ ready-to-go product concepts to launch your next innovation quickly.
25 Apr 2023 --- Discover the science behind UC-II® undenatured type II collagen and why not all collagens are created equal. Our experts will introduce our product concepts and show the flexibility of dosage forms from powder filled capsule to liquid-filled capsules & gummies. Sirio & Lonza developed two concepts with UC-II® in gummies and Sirio experts will show the innovative properties of these new products.
17 Aug 2022 --- Esports is one of the fastest-growing segments in the nutrition market. With nearly three billion active gamers globally, the time is now for brands to deliver innovative new products to professional esports gamers and fans alike.
05 Nov 2020 --- For today’s health-conscious and responsible consumers, Lonza’s Capsugel Plantcaps capsules provide the premier balance of product performance and convenience. This webinar dives into the latest market trends, as well as the science and regulatory landscape surrounding Plantcaps.
24 Jun 2020 --- Supplement users increasingly aspire to more sustainable, health-focused ideals and are on the hunt for high-quality, responsibly sourced products that help them to stay mobile and live better. In this webinar, Lonza experts delve into how these preferences extend across a range of emerging, on-demand consumer trends, from joint and cognitive health to probiotics and beauty-from-within.
