Consumers’ saliva, blood or stool samples provide more information but questionnaires are more comfortable, says Nate Matusheski of DSM Nutritional Products business Hologram Sciences. “If you think about the user experience, there's a kind of a big difference in invasiveness across these different categories.”

Royal DSM and Colorado’s Mile High Labs partner to provide companies in supplement, food and beverage sectors with ingredients to develop formulations with CBD and other cannabinoids. They initially are targeting the US and look to enter Canada, South America, Europe and Australia.

China's historic antitrust fine against Alibaba indicates regulatory attention to anticompetitive practices is mounting. Past cases show the pharma sector is not immune and while it remains segmented, investigators appear to be taking a generally more sophisticated approach to transgressions. 

China's historic antitrust fine against Alibaba indicates regulatory attention to anticompetitive practices is mounting. While the pharma sector remains segmented, investigators appear to be taking a generally more sophisticated approach to transgressions.