Neovia announced its new partnership with TargEDys.
TargEDys is a French start-up specialising in probiotics; its research could open the way to a new approach to weight control. It aims to explore an innovative technology that regulates the appetite and develop products better adapted to a canine population with a tendency towards weight problems or obesity.
The R&D partnership between Neovia and TargEDys should allow the two companies to combine their expertise to develop innovative and differentiating canine nutritional solutions. Designed by the French start-up, the ProbioSatys® technology, which naturally moderates the appetite, is at the core of this cooperation. The probiotic derived from ProbioSatys® stimulates the synthesis of a protein that has molecular mimicry with one of the hormones responsible for the feeling of satiety. Therefore, it could be used to supplement nutritional strategies for preventing or reducing weight problems or obesity.
Under this partnership, Neovia will have exclusive access to pet food research and demonstrating the technology’s benefits in pet food. TargEDys will be able to build on Neovia's strong positioning on the global pet food market, to develop applications in dog or cat food and supplements and consider rapid global commercialisation. Thanks to the start-up's probiotic breakthroughs, Neovia can affirm its commitment to combatting canine obesity. In the longer term, the two companies also aim to extend their research to cats, which are also prone to obesity.
