Nestlé Health Science

Nestlé Health Science is a globally managed business within the Nestlé Group, founded in 2011. The company describes its purpose as empowering healthier lives through nutrition. Its work spans nutrition research and development, consumer health products, and medical nutrition, with offerings intended for people across life stages, from newborn babies to older adults. The company says its products and brands are available in more than 140 countries. Its portfolio has two stated areas of focus: consumer care and medical nutrition. Consumer care includes vitamins, minerals, supplements, and nutrition products for active lifestyles. Medical nutrition is developed for people with specific nutritional needs. The company’s RESOURCE brand, for example, offers oral nutritional solutions for people who do not get enough of the right nutrients from their diet. Nestlé Health Science also includes Nature’s Bounty, a vitamins and nutritional supplements brand whose products are described as being overseen by scientists, manufacturing specialists, and quality experts. Nestlé Health Science says it works with healthcare providers and invests in research and innovation. Its organizational structure gives it access to Nestlé Group resources while allowing it to pursue opportunities through partnerships, investments, and acquisitions. The company identifies its base as the Nestlé Research Center in Vers-chez-les-Blancs, Switzerland, and says it has market-level headquarters in the countries where it operates. Its homepage describes a workforce of more than 12,000 people around the world. The supplied official-site information presents the business as active and continuing to develop nutrition products, research, and partnerships.

Nestlé Health Science was founded in 2011 by people described on its official website as passionate about the power of nutrition. From its establishment, the business has presented nutrition science as a way to contribute to health and to help people meet nutritional needs across the life course. Its stated scope includes nourishment for newborn babies through to older adults, and its work draws on research and development, collaboration with healthcare providers, and product innovation. The company operates as a globally managed business within Nestlé, where it plays a role in the group’s nutrition, health, and wellness strategy. This structure gives it access to Nestlé Group resources while allowing it to pursue its own opportunities. The official account of its operating model says it forms partnerships, invests in companies with similar goals, and acquires companies that complement its global portfolio. The supplied information does not identify the individuals who founded the business or provide details of particular acquisitions, so those specifics are not stated here. Nestlé Health Science describes two main areas of focus: consumer care and medical nutrition. Consumer care encompasses vitamins, minerals, supplements, and other active-lifestyle nutrition products. Medical nutrition is aimed at people with specific nutritional needs. The RESOURCE brand illustrates the latter focus through oral nutritional solutions for people who are not getting enough of the right nutrients from their diet. The official brand description also identifies areas of expertise including cerebral palsy, dysphagia, malnutrition, and oncology. Nature’s Bounty illustrates the consumer supplement portfolio; its brand materials emphasize vitamins and nutritional supplements, scientific research, ingredient standards, and product testing. The business reports a presence across more than 140 countries and a workforce of more than 12,000 people worldwide. It is based at the Nestlé Research Center in Vers-chez-les-Blancs, Switzerland, and says market-level headquarters are located in the countries where it operates. The company’s current public description emphasizes expanding its global offering and continuing nutritional innovation. Its homepage also lists a partnership with Special Olympics and research-related news, reflecting the business’s stated interests in partnerships, research, and nutrition-led health.

• 2011

  Nestlé Health Science founded

• Expansion across more than 140 countries

• Global partnership with Special Olympics announced

Positions itself as a global leader in nutrition science, using research and nutrition products to address consumer health needs and specialized medical nutrition needs.

• RESOURCE

  A brand of oral nutritional solutions for people who do not get enough of the right nutrients from their diet. Its stated areas of expertise include cerebral palsy, dysphagia, malnutrition, and oncology.

• Nature’s Bounty

  A vitamins and nutritional supplements brand. Its official brand page describes scientific oversight, supplier quality standards, and product testing.

• 2022-02-21

  Nestlé Health Science completes acquisition of Vital Proteins[5]雀巢健康科学完成对 Vital Proteins 的收购prnewswire.com

  Reported: 2022-02-21

  Nestlé Health Science completed its final acquisition of Vital Proteins, having acquired a majority stake in the brand in 2020.

• 2021-11-20

  Nestlé Health Science and Healint initiate a virtual migraine study[6]雀巢健康科学与Healint启动偏头痛虚拟研究prnewswire.com

  Reported: 2021-11-21

  Nestlé Health Science initiated a fully virtual study in Quebec to investigate whether a ketogenic nutritional supplement can reduce migraine attacks; the study uses a module within Healint’s Migraine Buddy app.

• 2021-03-31

  Wavemaker and Nestlé Health Science jointly publish report installment[7]蔚迈与雀巢健康科学联合发布系列报告篇章prnasia.com

  Reported: 2021-03-31

  Wavemaker and Nestlé Health Science jointly published the fifth installment of the first season of their report series, “The Hidden Value of China’s Ageing Society.”

• 2021-03-16

  Nestlé introduces bio-based lids and scoops for infant nutrition packaging[8]雀巢为婴幼儿营养产品包装引入生物基盖子和量勺foodnavigator.com

  Reported: 2021-03-16

  Nestlé and its nutrition businesses are introducing bio-based lids and scoops for infant nutrition products, including packaging for brands such as SMA, LITTLE STEPS, S-26, ILLUMA, Althéra, Alfaré, Alfamino, Modulen, and Peptamen Junior. The lids and scoops are made from sugar cane.

• Unconfirmed

  Nestlé completes acquisition of Aimmune Therapeutics[9]雀巢完成对Aimmune Therapeutics的收购powderbulksolids.com

  Reported: 2020-10-15

  Nestlé announced the successful completion of its acquisition of Aimmune Therapeutics, which joined Nestlé Health Science as a stand-alone business unit.

• 2020-06-11

  Nestlé Health Science agrees to acquire a majority stake in Vital Proteins[10]雀巢健康科学同意收购Vital Proteins多数股权finance.sina.com.cn

  Reported: 2020-06-11

  Nestlé announced that Nestlé Health Science had agreed to acquire a majority stake in Vital Proteins. The transaction was pending regulatory approval; the amount was not disclosed.

• 2020-02-05

  VALBIOTIS and Nestlé Health Science sign TOTUM-63 partnership[11]VALBIOTIS与雀巢健康科学签署TOTUM-63合作协议finanznachrichten.de

  Reported: 2020-02-05

  VALBIOTIS announced that it had signed a global strategic partnership with Nestlé Health Science to develop and commercialize TOTUM-63. The agreement grants Nestlé Health Science exclusive global commercial rights in the prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes market and includes payments, royalties, and supply of TOTUM-63.

1. 1Empowering Healthier Lives Through Nutrition | Nestlé Health Sciencenestlehealthscience.com
2. 2Nestlé Health Science - Healthier lives through nutritionnestlehealthscience.com
3. 3Resource® - Comprehensive Nutrition Solutionsnestlehealthscience.com
4. 4NATURE’S BOUNTY® - | Nestlé Health Sciencenestlehealthscience.com
5. 5雀巢健康科学完成对 Vital Proteins 的收购prnewswire.com
6. 6雀巢健康科学与Healint启动偏头痛虚拟研究prnewswire.com
7. 7蔚迈与雀巢健康科学联合发布系列报告篇章prnasia.com
8. 8雀巢为婴幼儿营养产品包装引入生物基盖子和量勺foodnavigator.com
9. 9雀巢完成对Aimmune Therapeutics的收购powderbulksolids.com
10. 10雀巢健康科学同意收购Vital Proteins多数股权finance.sina.com.cn
11. 11VALBIOTIS与雀巢健康科学签署TOTUM-63合作协议finanznachrichten.de