Kerala-based healthcare company Heal Wellness will launch the nutrigenomics-based functional medicines of US-based Metagenics in the country, delivering truly nutrigenomic medical foods and nutraceuticals that offer a higher degree of safety, effectiveness, and reliability in natural approaches. Metagenics will be launched during the 8th Nutra India Summit, which will be held in Mumbai from March 13-16, 2013.
The three-pronged strategy of Heal Wellness is to establish a network of functional medicine centres /clinics offering chronic disease care through functional medicine, facilitate a network of functional medicine practitioners in India through imparting functional medicine education, and finally, establishing a distribution network of hypoallergenic professional nutritional supplements.
Mohammed Saheer Siraj, Chairman, Heal Wellness Solutions (I) said, “We welcome Metagenics to our global line up of nutritional supplement partners including Thorne Research, Pure Encapsulations, Metabolic Maintenance, and Wellness Pharmacy. The nutraceuticals of these trusted international brands will be made available in India through our Nutrimart pharmacy chain. We have also established tie-ups with Metametrix/ Genova Diagnostics Labs for functional medicine testing in India. Heal Wellness aims to operate 25 functional medicine clinics in India by the year 2014.”
EP News Bureau – Mumbai