Nestle-backed Amazentis says clinical studies show its Timeline Cellular Nutrition delivers “significant” improvement in muscle strength after four months and delivers six times more urolithin A than pomegranate juice. Direct-to-consumer sales currently are available only in the US.

Dr. Pepper Snapple and PepsiCo purchase functional beverage brands Bai Brands and KeVita, respectively, to position for growth in the booming healthy drink segment, which is outpacing soda sales growth.

Just three years after its founding, Chinese cell therapy developer IASO Bio already has two assets in clinical development and the Nanjing firm has recently attracted $60m in financing. In an exclusive interview, its R&D head told Scrip that speed and partnerships are propelling Chinese developers on a trajectory to quickly catch up with the west in the emerging cell-therapy arena.