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Launch of SlimBiome gummies in USA
Launch of SlimBiome gummies in USA.
About this update from Optibiotix Health Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n RNS Number : 4014N\n OptiBiotix Health PLC\n 20 May 2020\n \n \n \n OptiBiotix Health plc\n \n \n (\n \n \"OptiBiotix\" or the \"Company\")\n \n \n Launch of SlimBiome® containing gummies in the USA \n \n \n OptiBiotix Health plc (AIM: OPTI), a life sciences business developing compounds to tackle obesity, high\n \n \n cholesterol, diabetes and skincare, announces that the Company has entered into a non-exclusive license agreement for its SlimBiome® trademark with \n Evolution_18\n (\"Evolution_18\") and related launch of fibre gummies containing OptiBiotix's SlimBiome® proprietary weight management technology.\n \n \n \n \n Evolution_18 is a US-based company founded by Bobbi Brown who is known for turning a simple makeup line, Bobbi Brown Essentials, into a billion-dollar global brand with Estée Lauder Companies (\n https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/31/style/bobbi-brown-just-bobbi.html\n ). Turning her focus to wellness products, she became a certified health coach and launched her wellness brand, Evolution_18, which turned out to be another success story with the listing of its products at 1,500 Walmart stores as of April 2019 and an estimated 3,000 Walmart stores in September 2019 (\n https://foundr.com/money-talks-bobbi-brown\n ). \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Fred Narbel,\n \n \n \n \n \n Managing Director of OptiBiotix's prebiotics division\n \n , commented: \n \n \"We are very pleased to announce this new commercial launch in the USA. The partnership with Evolution_18 allows us to collaborate with a brand that is distributed in more than 3,000 Walmart stores in the USA and also further increase awareness of the SlimBiome\n \n ®\n \n brand. This agreement builds on the recently announced launch of SlimBiome\n \n ®\n \n containing products in the UK with Holland & Barrett (RNS: 7 January 2020), a partnership with OptiPharm, whose Optislim is Australia's best selling weight management brand (RNS: 31 March 2020), as well the signature of a non-exclusive agreement with Smart For Life (RNS: 4 May 2020) which made SlimBiome\n \n ®\n \n available to customers at Walmart in the USA and Costco in Canada in early May. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \"This agreement with Evolution_18 demonstrates our ...