Forbes Medi-Tech
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Phytrol developer, University of British Columbia awarded approximately $181,000 grant by Canadian Institutes of Health Research to study mechanism of action of phytosterols on cholesterol absorption, Vancouver-based firm announces Aug. 13. Forbes will provide additional funding to bring total, three-year project amount of approximately $648,000. Research will focus on Forbes' FM-VP4 phytosterol analogue and will be run by Kishor Wasan, PhD, and Haydn Pritchard, PhD, UBC. Twinlab, Altus recently launched supplement, food products with Novartis' Phytrol-containing Reducol (1"The Tan Sheet" July 30, p. 13)
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