Nestlé S.A.: New partnership gives Nestlé Health Science access to one of the world's leading Traditional Chinese Medicine libraries

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(http://www.nestle.com/Media/NewsAndFeatures/NHS-Nutrition-Science?WT.mc_id=NHS_Partnership_alert_nf_28112012) Nestlé Health Science, a fully owned subsidiary of Nestlé, and the pharmaceutical and healthcare group Chi-Med, have agreed to form a 50/50 joint venture to be named Nutrition Science Partners Limited (NSP).

NSP will research, develop, manufacture and market innovative nutritional and medicinal products derived from botanical plants.

Read the full story: www.nestle.com/Media/NewsAndFeatures/NHS-Nutrition-Science (http://www.nestle.com/Media/NewsAndFeatures/NHS-Nutrition-Science?WT.mc_id=NHS_Partnership_alert_nf_28112012)        

Watch the video (00:01:11): www.nestle.com/AboutUs/MediaVideos/Nutrition-Science-Partners-joint-venture (http://www.nestle.com/AboutUs/MediaVideos/Nutrition-Science-Partners-joint-venture)

More Nestlé news: www.nestle.com (http://www.nestle.com/?WT.mc_id=NHS_Partnership_Alert_homepage_28112012) 

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