Nutricia
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1919 |
| Seat | Erlangen, Germany
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| sales | 105.46 million euros ( 2013 ) |
| Branch | Medical technology |
| Website | www.nutricia.de |
The Nutricia GmbH is a company for medical enteral nutrition resident (artificial feeding via the digestive tract), and since 1919 in Erlangen. In the German-speaking area (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) there are more than 400 employees. Products are dietetic foods for special medical purposes (drinking and tube feedings ) for children and adults and special foods for nutritional therapy in rare hereditary metabolic disorders as well as medical products (application systems, feeding tubes and feeding pumps ). Internationally, Nutricia is part of Danone's Medical Nutrition division and Europe's largest provider of medical nutrition.
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Ulrich Zihla has been Managing Director of Nutricia GmbH in Germany, Austria and Switzerland since January 2016. Most recently, he was General Manager Medical at Nutricia Benelux, succeeding Markus Sandmayr, who headed the company from 2012 to 2016. Former managing directors were Bruno Meurisse (2009–2012), Gian Carlo Sciuchetti (2006–2009) and Manfred Köhler (2000–2006).
history
In 1919 Jacques Pfrimmer founded the company Pfrimmer Pharmazeutische Werke & Co. KG and in 1925 developed the first industrially manufactured infusion solution (Tutofusin) in collaboration with scientists from the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg. Under the direction of the company's scientific and technical director, Dr. Werner Fekl , the first amino acid infusion solution (aminofusin) was produced. In 1969 the product Vivasorb , developed as the so-called “ astronaut food”, was launched on the market as the first product for use in enteral nutrition. The introduction of the first balanced diet in enteral nutrition (Biosorbin MCT) followed in 1974 1980: Foundation of Pfrimmer-Viggo as a manufacturer of parenteral and enteral technology, probes and pumps and introduction of the first liquid, ready-to-use tube nutrition brand Biosorb. 1986: Foundation of the Pfrimmer (etp) nutrition team for homecare care. 1991: Pfrimmer is taken over by the Dutch Nutricia Group (later Numico ) and operates as Pfrimmer Nutricia GmbH & Co. KG from February 14th. 2007: With the takeover by Numico on November 1, 2007, Pfrimmer Nutricia becomes part of Danone's Medical Nutrition division. 2010: Merger of Pfrimmer Nutricia and the SHS Society for Clinical Nutrition mbH to form Nutricia GmbH.
Brands
Nutrison (tube feed), Fortimel (sip feed), Flocare (application technology), Nutrini (sip and tube feed for children), Nutilis, Neocate, Souvenaid, FortiFit, Nutricia Metabolics
Others
Nutricia award for medical nutritional research
Since 2002, Nutricia GmbH has been awarding the 5,000 euro sponsorship prize for young scientists in the field of clinical nutrition every year. The award is given in honor of the scientific work of Dr. Werner Fekl and awarded in cooperation with the German Society for Nutritional Medicine (DGEM) and the Society for Clinical Nutrition in Switzerland (GESKES).
Nutricia Research Center Utrecht
At the end of September 2013, the Danone Innovation Center, Nutricia Research, opened in the Utrecht Science Park . At this center, 450 employees research opportunities for innovations in the areas of baby food and medical nutrition.
Souvenaid
2012 brought Nutricia for patients with Alzheimer's disease at an early stage, the ONS Souvenaid to the market. Souvenaid is a dietetic food for special medical purposes (balanced diet) for the dietary treatment of Alzheimer's disease in the early stages. With a patented combination of nutrients, it addresses the typical Alzheimer's loss of nerve cell contacts ( synapses ) in the brain, which are important for memory performance. In two of a total of three randomized double-blind studies, the same research group led by Philip Scheltens showed a small significant effect on the progression of Alzheimer's disease. All three studies were funded by Nutricia. In the dementia guideline, the recommendation to use souvenaid has been deleted.
Quality management
Nutricia is certified according to DIN EN ISO 9001 .
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Remarks
- ↑ Nutrison contains 1.5 kcal / ml
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Website of Danone . Retrieved January 19, 2015.
- ↑ Entry at statista.com
- ↑ An introduction to the medical foods industry ( Memento of the original from September 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. by Rebecca Pullon. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
- ↑ Joachim M. Schmitt, Manfred Beeres: History and trends of medical technology . Ed .: Bundesverband Medizintechnologie eV, 2004, accessed on January 19, 2015
- ↑ Dr. Kurt Hesse, Nuremberg Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Middle Franconia: Nuremberg Metropolitan Region . In Monographs of German Economic Areas, fourth edition , Oldenburg, 2006
- ↑ Sustainable breeding ground for Danone Innovation Center ( Memento of the original from January 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. by Bolidt Synthetic Products & Systems, 2013. Retrieved January 19, 2015
- ↑ Nutricia GmbH: Medical nutrition as a promising therapy concept, press release from May 22, 2013, accessed on January 19, 2015
- ↑ Guideline Dementia of the Working Group of the Scientific Medical Associations eV (AWMF) eV (Status: January 24, 2016)
