China-Biotics, Inc. a Chinese firm specializing in the manufacture, research, development, marketing and distribution of probiotics products, has announced that it has signed a one-year contract with Jiangxi Lijia Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. to supply probiotics for Lijia' s probiotics-based dietary supplements in both powder and tablet forms.
The agreement runs through May 2009.
Lijia will use a combination of two Shining Probiotics, Bifidobacterium adolescentis and Bifidobacterium infantis, as additives in its newly developed dietary supplement powders and tablets. These probiotics are intended to reduce the symptoms of lactose intolerance, to improve gastrointestinal tract health and to boost immune system health.
"We are delighted to begin providing our Shining Probiotics products to Lijia, a well-known, GMP-certified pharmaceutical company with many different products," said Jinan Song, China-Biotics' chairman and CEO. "This is our first bulk additives customer specializing in the manufacturing of pharmaceuticals and supplements, an important part of our bulk additives growth strategy. We look forward to adding more bulk customers in new industries, which will further diversify our revenue stream. We are also excited to add new delivery forms of probiotics, which will further advance the public' s health."
Headquartered in Shanghai, China-Biotics, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is one of China' s largest suppliers of probiotics. Probiotics are beneficial live bacteria used as dietary supplements and food additives with the aim of improving intestinal health and digestion.