BioGaia has today signed an exclusive agreement with Silanes for the rights to
sell BioGaia’s oral health lozenges in Mexico. The launch is planned to take
place during 2015.
Silanes is one of the leading pharmaceutical companies in Mexico with more than
70 years of experience and worldwide presence. The company is focused on medical
prescription products for chronic diseases such as diabetes and metabolic
syndrome. Silanes is part of Grupo Silanes with operations centered around two
core strategies - innovation and globalization.
Diabetics have frequent and serious oral health problems and they are therefore
a very important target group for BioGaia’s oral health lozenges. Silanes will
market them under its diabetes care brand ProBucal-D. The product contains the
patented and well-documented probiotic strain Lactobacillus reuteri Prodentis.
Today the lozenges are sold in more than 20 countries.
It is estimated that more than 6.4 million Mexicans, or almost a sixth of the
adult population, suffer from diabetes, according to the 2012 Mexican National
Health and Nutrition Survey (ENSANUT), carried out by the Mexican Ministry of
Health.
”Silanes is committed to bringing new knowledge to diabetes doctors in Mexico.
BioGaia’s oral health products are backed by an impressive amount of clinical
data and will support Silanes’ portfolio of products for the treatment and
prevention of diabetes and associated conditions", says Javier Luna, Director,
Silanes Nutrition Health.
”Mexico is the country with the sixth highest number of diabetics in the world
and diabetes is often associated with oral diseases. With a strong local partner
we hope for a successful launch of BioGaia’s oral health products in Mexico”,
says Peter Rothschild, President, BioGaia.
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BioGaia has published this information in accordance with the Swedish Securities
Market Act. The information was issued for publication on 23 March 2015, 01:00
pm CET.
For additional information please contact
Peter Rothschild, Chief Executive Officer, BioGaia: 46 8 555 293 00
BioGaia is a healthcare company that develops, markets and sells probiotic
products with documented health benefits. The products are primarily based on
the lactic acid bacterium Lactobacillus reuteri, which has probiotic, health
-enhancing effects. The class B share of the Parent Company BioGaia AB is quoted
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