NZ Pharmaceuticals turns defence into offence for alternative bile supply

NZ Pharmaceuticals turns defence into offence for alternative bile supply
Fiona Rotherham
By Fiona Rotherham Sept. 28 (BusinessDesk) -  New Zealand Pharmaceuticals, the specialty biopharmaceuticals manufacturer, is researching ways to use alternative raw materials in the manufacture of new products due to a potential shortage of bile supply from cows. The 45-year-old company was originally set up by a consortium of New Zealand meat companies to extract and purify biochemicals from meat processing by-products. Its first products were pharmaceutical intermediaries for the global healthcare market, extracted from cow and sheep bi...