HEALTH MOLECULES & INGREDIENTS: MIS 2008

Rennes, France, 14-15 May 2008

Zone de Texte: With a global market estimated to represent several billions euros and with a 2 digit sales growth rate, the field of dietary supplements is still gaining momentum. Even if slimming, tonic and menopause ingredients remain the 3 blockbusters of nutraceutics, some new segments such as joint health, ophtalmology, urinary health, immunity have been bringing about more and more sales for a recent time. Due to a trend associating nutrition, health and beauty, dietary supplements’ future is to associate foods with drugs and cosmetics. Active ingredients are more and more manufactured according to GMP standards and their efficacy is validated by clinical trials. R&D and marketing managers have to keep on innovating in order to develop tomorrow’s health molecules and ingredients and to answer consumers’ demand for new products, quality and clinical evidences. MIS 2008 will gather members of the field of health molecules and ingredients : university and industry scientists, experts in marketing and legislation. The aim of the symposium is to make the point on recent scientific and technical advances, to present development prospects and to trigger exchanges between participants. The symposium will be divided into sessions including conferences selected by the Scientific Committee : • Marine ingredients • Lipids • Probiotics and prebiotics • Legislation – clinical trials • Plant ingredients Coffee breaks and a cocktail will be organized in a place dedicated to the display of posters. During that time, participants will be able to exchange and to do business. The prize of the best poster will be awarded at the end of a « 10 minutes to convince » session. Looking forward to welcoming you in Rennes. Patrice Morel MIS 2008 Coordinator