Givaudan Creates Partnership with Redpoint 

30/03/07 Givaudan has entered into research collaboration and licensing agreement with Redpoint Bio Corporation (formerly known as Linguagen). This collaboration further strengthens Givaudan’s capabilities for global TasteSolutions in the area of health and wellness, in order to discover and develop novel sweetness and savoury enhancers as well as bitter blocker compounds. The collaboration will allow Givaudan to utilize Redpoint Bio’s proprietary technologies and to acquire the exclusive worldwide rights to any licensed compounds for food and beverage products.

Redpoint Bio Corporation (www.redpointbio.com) is a privately held company located in Cranbury, N.J., and holds a variety of patents in the field of taste. The company researches, discovers, develops, and commercialises breakthrough products that improve the palatability of oral medicines and enhance the flavour and nutritional value of foods and beverages, including solutions to the problems of bitterness, excess sugar, and excess salt.