Nestle buys U.S. medical dishes organisation Pamlab



ZURICH |
Tue Feb 26, 2013 1:51am EST

ZURICH (Reuters) – Nestle has concluded to buy U.S. medical dishes association Pamlab, a latest in a fibre of new acquisitions as a world’s biggest food organisation expands in health and nutrition.

Nestle Health Science, that was set adult in 2011 as a Swiss-based organisation seeks to distinction from flourishing direct for medical dishes from an ageing population, pronounced it was not disclosing terms of a deal, that is theme to regulatory approval.

Pamlab, that was founded in 1987 and employs over 300 staff, creates medical dishes for patients with conditions including diabetic marginal neuropathy, dementia, basin and high-risk pregnancy.

“Pamlab will quite strengthen a mind health height and yield us an additional foothold in metabolic health in a U.S.,” Luis Cantarell, conduct of Nestle Health Science, pronounced in a statement.

Last year, Nestle bought a interest in U.S. organisation Accera, that creates a medical food code for Alzheimer’s patients.

It has also acquired U.S. organisation Prometheus Laboratories, that creates tests and drugs for inflammatory bowel diseases, and UK-based CMD Pharma Ltd, that creates a nipping resin for kidney patients.

(Reporting by Emma Thomasson; Editing by David Cowell)

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