Joe Camel "supplements" his portfolio
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company's Avoca division and Next Pharmaceuticals have partnered to develop proprietary dietary supplement ingredients, the firms announce March 8. Flagship Nextracts include the COX-2 anti-inflammatory Nexprofen and Relora, a phenolic complex for anxiety and stress. Others are Standardized Echinacea Purpurea Nextract with 4% phenolic compounds and four Standardized Saw Palmetto Nextracts containing 10%, 25%, 30% and 40% total fatty acids, respectively. The January agreement follows 18 months of R&D; the agricultural and extraction facilities are located at Avoca's 2,400-acre North Carolina facility. Next is courting large pharmaceutical and supplement companies as part of the ingredients' "roll-out" phase