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Dairy Dialog podcast 125: Bord Bia, NZMP, Quantec Dairy Dialog podcast 125: Bord Bia, NZMP, Quantec This week, more by good luck than good management, the podcast goes live on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, and we have two guests from Ireland on the show. We chatted with Padraig Brennan, meat, food and beverages director at Bord Bia (the Irish food board), Lara Phillips, senior manager of Fonterra Sustainability Solutions; and from Quantec, CEO Raewyn McPhillips and founder and innovation director, Dr Rod Claycomb. We also head over to Dublin in Ireland for our weekly look at the global dairy markets with Charlie Hyland at StoneX. ....
Could milk ingredient help fight against Covid-19? New Zealand company Quantec said research it commissioned has found its patented New Zealand milk-derived ingredient IDP (Immune Defense Proteins) is effective at protecting cells against Covid-19. The research, completed by an independent US laboratory, showed IDP has the ability to protect cells from Covid-19, but it may also reduce the severity of Covid-19 symptoms, a key concern particularly for sufferers of ‘long Covid.’ CEO of Quantec, Raewyn McPhillips, said the results suggest IDP could play an important role in the global struggle against the evolving virus. “We already knew IDP offered effective barrier protection and support for the immune system, so with Covid-19 running rampant throughout the world we wanted to investigate how IDP may be able to contribute to addressing immune health concerns,” McPhillips said. ....
Raewyn McPhillips, Quantec s chief executive, says new research commissioned by the company and conducted by an independent US laboratory has found IDP is effective at protecting cells against COVID-19. It may also reduce the severity of symptoms from the virus, which could help sufferers of Long COVID , who face ongoing symptoms even after getting over the virus. We already knew IDP offered effective barrier protection and support for the immune system, so with COVID-19 running rampant throughout the world we wanted to investigate how IDP may be able to contribute to addressing immune health concerns, said McPhillips. She said when the company initially got the ingredient tested it focused on how well it could protect against influenza rather than against the novel coronavirus because we thought by the time we got the research done COVID-19 would be well-managed . ....
Clinical trials to test research showing NZ milk can help in Covid-19 fight 10 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 3 minutes to read Dr Rod Claycomb, founder of Hamilton s Quantec, and chief executive Raewyn McPhillips. Photo / Supplied A Hamilton biotech company is to start clinical trials after research showed its New Zealand milk-derived patented ingredient is effective in Covid-19 protection. Quantec said research, completed by an independent US laboratory, showed its ingredient IDP (Immune Defence Proteins) had the ability to protect cells from Covid-19, but may also reduce the severity of the virus symptoms, a key concern for sufferers of long Covid . Chief executive Raewyn McPhillips said the clinical trials would likely be held in New Zealand and China. ....