Nutrition 21 Diachrome, Zeramax Sales To Be Backed By Research Initiatives
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Nutrition 21 plans to support the broad launch of its Diachrome chromium picolinate/biotin blend with a relatively large-scale clinical study, according to President and CEO Gail Montgomery
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