Chr. Hansen, TI Food and Nutrition Team up for GI Research

HERSHOLM, DenmarkChr. Hansen and TI Food and Nutrition are joining forces to research gastrointestinal health and the role of probiotics in gut health.

Im very pleased to announce this research alliance," says Benedicte Flambard who heads up R&D in Chr. Hansens Health & Nutrition Division. TI Food and Nutrition is a recognized research leader with internationally renowned scientific experts in its network. The partnership will not enable us to offer new, scientifically documented probiotic solutions right away. Rather, we expect this initiative to bring the fundamental, pre-competitive probiotic research to the next level, bridging it with current challenges in the food, nutrition and pharmaceutical industries."

Jan Maat, Managing Director of TI Food and Nutrition welcomes Chr. Hansen as one of five new industry partners in the research program for the next four years. We are very proud to have Chr. Hansen as a partner because of their leading business position. We are committed to a structured approach to pre-competitive applied research of strategic importance to our industry partners. Our 2011-2014 program enables our partners to select and invest in the research that offers them the greatest innovation potential in line with their business development strategies and R&D capabilities," Jan Maat comments.

As an industrial sponsor Chr. Hansen will obtain rights to any intellectual property resulting from the partnership program. Moreover, the alliance allows immediate industrial implementation of results or technologies which are developed in the collaboration.