ptibiotix Health, based in York, has launched its product in the US market.

The company has joined forces with Agropur Inc, granting an exclusive license to manufacture, supply and distribute its OptiBiotix’s SlimBiome® weight management technology in the USA, Mexico and Canada.

Agropur Cooperative, the parent company of Agropur,is a US dairy industry leader founded in 1938.
With sales of US$5.5bn in 2019 and employing 8,800 people, Agropur has 38 plants across North America and processes more than 14nb lbs of milk per year.

Mike Homewood, vice president of Agropur Custom Solutions, said: “We are proud of our agreement and partnership with OptiBiotix and the exclusive opportunity to bring SlimBiome® to the North American food and nutrition industries.

“This ingredient solution for weight management fits into Agropur’s goal to provide innovative, forward-thinking products to our customers.”

Optibiotix develops compounds to tackle issues such as obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol and skin care.

Dr Fred Narbel, managing director of OptiBiotix’s prebiotics division, said: “We are very pleased with the progress Agropur has made since the announcement of our partnership at the end of June 2019.

“Over a rather short period of time, Agropur has qualified its manufacturing process and is now able to produce SlimBiome® in the USA and supply the ingredient to North American B2B customers.

“This is a key strategic step In OptiBiotix’s commercial development as it grants the company access to the US weight management market which was estimated to be worth US$72 billion in 2019.”