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Establishing Global Partnerships to Expand Distribution Channels

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Establishing Global Partnerships to Expand Distribution Channels

 Herborium®Group, Inc., a Botanical Therapeutics® Company and provider of unique, all botanical medicines (Botanical Therapeutics®), will deploy new partnerships to develop a product line extension and tap into new profitable markets for its unique, all herbal acne treatment, AcnEase®.

The new topical, all natural product is to be introduced in 2015 and is a highly desirable addition to AcnEase Skin Management System® In addition to meeting customers demand this new, complementary acne product will support a further exponential growth of the brand and add to the company’s bottom line as it benefits from AcnEase® brand recognition, customer base and existing sales infrastructure.

AcnEase ®, claims a clinically validated efficacy and unprecedented safety profile, with up to 96% success rate in treating acne. The product  targets over 750 million acne sufferers in the United States and Canada, over 80 million people with acne  in Europe, and now 200 million acne sufferers in Asia.

Average age of acne sufferers in the US has increased from 21.5 to 26.5 in the last decade.

AcnEase® is an all-natural and highly effective and safe treatment for adult and teen acne that is gaining enthusiastic reviews from users.  The total global market for acne treatment is over $4 billion, with the spending on skin conditions growing at a rate of over 11 percent per year.  Due to environmental conditions and social demand, more and more individuals seek specialty treatment of acne and related skin conditions.

“We are very excited about the prospect of our product line extension and, new global and domestic partners joining us in building the AcnEase® brand throughout the world.  This is a large step forwards  to continue the exponential growth of Herborium as a global company, to provide valuable Botanical Therapeutics®to an increasing number of consumers and distributors, and to increase shareholders value” commented Dr. Agnes P. Olszewski, CEO and Chairwoman of Herborium.

 

 

HealthSource

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Leaders in the Community – providing results for patients

In this Clinic Profile, IHP is pleased to present the HealthSource Integrative Medical Centre. HealthSource is run by Dr. Michael Reid, ND and Dr. Som Thammasouk, ND. This husband and wife couple met in Naturopathic College. They started practicing together in a rehabilitation clinic, but their practices outgrew the space. They eventually purchased and moved their practices into a custom-built house that was designed and originally built specifically to be a medical office. They formed HealthSource Integrative Medical Centre at the end of 2011. Dr. Reid also works part-time with Dr. Anello, MD, who is also featured in this issue of IHP. HealthSource now runs the second largest IV practice (Dr. Anello having the largest) in the Waterloo region and service approximately 100 patient visits a week. This clinic positions itself in the market as an integrative medical centre, where they bridge the gap between conventional and naturopathic medicine. The end result is that the community recognizes them as a location where both integrative care and naturopathic care can be obtained. They receive many referrals from other practitioners in the Kitchener- Waterloo area, including complex and difficult cases.

Screen Shot 2014-06-28 at 4.59.55 PMThe full clinic team consists of the two Naturopathic Doctors, a Registered Practical Nurse, a Registered Massage Therapist, a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, and an Office Manager. The 2000 square foot clinic consists of six treatment rooms, one IV room, a preparatory IV/ lab room. The clinic provides on-site parking for patients. As a highly advanced centre, HealthSource utilizes numerous assessment tools. They do all blood draws directly in the clinic and local labs pick-up the samples. They developed their own panel of bloodwork with a laboratory and were able to offer it at a reduced rate that consists of nutrients, hormones, inflammatory markers and chemistry. Other common tests run at the centre include tumour markers, food intolerances, candida yeast testing, plasma amino acids, saliva hormones, and heavy metal testing. They utilize GDL, Doctor’s Data, Great Plains Lab, Rocky Mountain Analytical, Spectracell, Igenex, and Lifelabs. Their more advanced in-office testing includes arterial stiffness assessment to gage the risk of heart disease, live blood cell analysis/dark field microscopy, and bio-impedence analysis to assess body composition. Dr. Reid believes many patients see great results because of the clinical application of the functional markers. Their patients don’t simply focus on a reference range. For this reason, almost every patient will get some degree of lab work immediately at the start of their care.

Screen Shot 2014-06-28 at 5.00.11 PMThe clinic carries multiple reputable brands including NFH, Restorative Formulations, Douglas Labs, Pure Encapsulations, Thorne, MediHerb, AOR, Researched Nutritionals. The clinic also carries a tincture dispensary where the doctors perform custom-compounding for patients and a small homeopathic dispensary. Dr. Reid and Dr. Thammasouk’s practices cover a broad range of health concerns and is open to all people. They are committed to continuing education and pride themselves on being at the forefront of medicine. Dr. Reid has an oncology-focused practice and he receives referrals from other practitioners including Naturopathic Doctors, Pharmacists, Family Doctors and most recently a local Oncologist. He spends a good deal of his time focusing on difficult cases. As a result, the clinic has become known for its cancer program, but also its focus on treating auto-immune conditions, MS, ALS, cardiac conditions, chronic fatigue, and pain management. Highly advanced IV therapy is successfully used for numerous patient cases and is especially useful in helping many patients at once.When asked about his approach to treatment, Dr. Reid says “Using my knowledge-base, I always prescribe what is best for the individual patient. Patients are sometimes surprised that I will sometimes suggest the pharmaceutical approach, simply because I believe that might be the best approach.”

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Dr. Thammasouk’s practice focuses on weight loss, pediatrics, female hormonal concerns, endocrinology, and dermatology. She has extensive experience with corporate wellness for companies including Canada Post and General Mills, usually by developing 12-month programs. She also creates customized health assessments and speaks at lunch and learns. She plans on bringing her corporate experiences to the Waterloo Region with local companies. She had a baby about a year ago and has been working hard maintaining a busy practice and home life.

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Dr. Reid and Dr. Thammasouk give their time to providing education to organizations within their community, including the public libraries, and special groups for Fibromyalgia, CFS/ME, arthritis, stroke recovery, Early Years Children’s Centres, YMCA, osteoporosis, and Alzheimer’s. They are passionate about educating people about different ways to approach healthcare, in particular about sharing the message of Naturopathic Medicine. This attitude has fueled and motivated the doctors. Since they started working, they’ve worked extremely hard to achieve what they’ve built. They were initially working 80-100 hours a week and now the majority of their practice is based on referrals. They believe that hard work and perseverance pays off and they want to be shining examples for other aspiring practitioners.

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One of the largest challenges faced by HealthSource is that in the Waterloo region, since it is outside the urban centre of Toronto, there is still a lack of understanding from other professionals and the public about everything Naturopathic Doctors can actually do and offer their patients. In an effort to bridge this gap, the clinic works closely with medical doctors in a collaborative manner. This allows the clinic to expand its scope of practice because it can provide more for its patients.When they initially began practicing, the doctors were practicing out of another clinic. They found that when they took the steps to go out on their own, their practices immediately grew substantially. In particular, they found the expanded space and more tailored support staff helped. They found that being able to customize the space also allowed them to create an environment that was accurately representing Naturopathic Medicine. The doctor’s next steps are to continue growing their clinic and to add practitioners to the team that will only enhance the health experience of the patients.

When asked about the challenges of working with your spouse, Dr. Reid and Dr. Thammasouk both humourously suggest that it is especially difficult when the other partner is “strongly opinionated”. Their advice to others is to separate which role they are in, such as “spouse” versus “business” versus “doctor”. They also try to shut off work when they get home and focus on family. IHP wishes this incredible team much success in their future.

Dr. Michael Reid, ND Dr. Som Thammasouk, ND Joyce Stanic, RPN, RNCP Ruth Thompson, RNCP, RHN, MSW Michael Stock, RMT Karen Keelan, Office Manager 

HealthSource Integrative Medical Centre 

227 Dumfries Ave

Kitchener, Ontario N2H 2E6

tel: 519.954.7950

fax: 519.954.7951

email: info@HealthSourceIMC.com

web: www.HealthSourceIMC.com

Strengthening Bridges – InsideOut Health Solutions Update

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Naturopathic doctor and owner of InsideOut Health Solutions, Holly Fennell continues to ensure that her clinic provides outstanding patient care by maintaining solid relationships with other health care professionals.
By Irina Lytchak

IHP had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Fennell back when we featured InsideOut Health Solutions in our September 2012 Clinic Profile.
At the time, Dr. Fennell’s facility followed a model of sharing individually tailored treatment plans of action with both patients and their health care teams. It was the model that set InsideOut Health Solutions apart from other similar clinics and that continues to do so to this day.
“I think, very thankfully, that many of our clinic operations are the same. I maintain the same mandates I had in 2012 but I am always searching for ways to improve and provide the best possible patient care,” says Dr. Fennell. “We have always made it our job to know each member of our patients’ medical team. This makes receiving naturopathic care much easier for our patients. I think that’s what sets us apart.”

InsideOut team developments
When we first spoke with Dr. Fennell, her clinic had managed to expand from 500 to 1,600 square feet to occupy the entire fourth floor of the Toronto building InsideOut Health Solutions first opened its doors in.
“We already occupied the entire floor of the building so there hasn’t been the possibility to expand,” says Dr. Fennell. Nonetheless, the clinic still underwent some interior changes after the retirement of Douglas Aboud, RMT, and the departure of Heather Atkinson, RMT.
The extra space allowed for the clinic’s naturopathic department to expand as well as to welcome a new associate responsible for running the intravenous division.

“Hiring an associate has allowed the practice to grow and we can service more patients while providing a better standard of care,” says Dr. Fennell. “We’re able to better accommodate people’s schedules and it’s fantastic to collaborate on cases with another naturopathic doctor.”

The InsideOut Health Solutions team has largely remained the same except for Andrea Purdy, RMT, moving into a full-time role. The clinic has also gained a new office manager, Helen Nina, who had previously worked for 15 years as a registered nurse as well as operated her own business.

“We’ve been very fortunate in that my practice has continued growing,” says Dr. Fennell. “With this growth, I wanted an experienced office manager and her medical background was an additional bonus. She has really been the perfect match and just brought such a new level of organization, patient service and customer care to our clinic.”

A winning partnership
Over the past few years, Dr. Fennell says that the most exciting and noteworthy development in her practice has been her collaboration with Dr. Mansoor Mohammed, BSc (Hons Mol Gen), PhD, to introduce world class genetic testing to InsideOut Health Solutions.
“Dr. Mohammed is one of the most accomplished clinical genomicists in the industry,” she says. “He is credited with inventing and developing genomic technologies that revolutionized the diagnostic stratification of cancers.”
Working directly with Dr. Mohammed has allowed Dr. Fennell to understand how every patient’s innate genomic profile, not just their cancer genome profile, can be used to understand functionally relevant aspects of cellular functions. With that in mind, these two health professionals have been able to use this information to ensure patients’ optimal health and wellness.

“Having this relationship with Dr. Mohammed has been a huge advancement in the practice and in patient care,” says Dr. Fennell. “He’s a world-renowned geneticist and I feel very lucky that we can offer that to our patients. It’s just really allowed the oncology side of our practice to flourish and we’re able to be very specific with our patients’ programs.”

Embarking on a business venture
Back in 2012, Dr. Fennell also talked to us about her work with renowned plastic surgeon Dr. Trevor Born. Since then, the two have teamed up with Belinda Stronach to develop a pre- and post-operative surgical line of vitamins called Reborn Supplements. Dr. Born’s knowledge when it comes to the latest surgical and non-surgical breakthroughs in cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgery have helped Dr. Fennell create a product that’s organic in nature and aims to help people before, during and after surgeries and dental procedures.

“I think a lot of people are hesitant to take nutraceuticals pre-operatively because they don’t know what’s safe to take,” explains Dr. Fennell. “We’ve formed a really great medical advisory panel that allowed me to formulate this line and all of the products have been granted NHP numbers.”

Finding harmony in clinic operations

To help maintain her flourishing clinic and strengthen relationships with other industry professionals, Dr. Fennell has also developed an information package that is sent out to all new patients’ oncologists, informing them of the proposed treatment plan for each patient.

“As mainstream as naturopathic medicine is becoming, it’s still not as widely accepted by the oncologists and that can create a lot of anxiety for our patients,” she explains. “In working with oncology patients, I wanted to ease this process. The information package was designed with the intent of answering questions and sharing proposed protocols with patients.”

Dr. Fennell continues to take pride in how her team goes out of its way to develop relationships with the oncologists working at various hospitals across the city.

“Rather than waiting for them to ask, we’re offering that information in advance,” she says. “Whether we get an answer or not, it doesn’t matter. We just want to take that extra step of informing them and take that stress away from the patient.”

And it’s that extra step that continues to set Dr. Fennell and her fantastic team at InsideOut Health Solutions apart from the rest.

InsideOut Health Solutions Team:
Holly Fennell, BA (Hon), ND: Naturopathic Doctor and Clinic Owner
Erin Truscott, B.Sc (Hon), ND: Naturopathic Doctor
Lori Dennis, MA: Psychotherapist
Nelson Parker, MSW, RSW: Social Worker
Andrea Purdy, RMT: Registered Massage Therapist
Helen Nina: Office Manager

Fast Food Exceeding the Sugar Limit

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University of Toronto researchers announced results of a recent study which concluded that more than half the kids meals examined at Canada’s biggest fast food chains exceeded the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for sugar consumption.

As parents you no doubt monitor the consumption of sugary treats – but the real trick is figuring out which foods that don’t fall into the sweet treats category – but where sugars aree hidden away in more conventional fare like barbecue sauces, sandwich spreads and dipping sauces.

Altogether, the study analyzed over 3,100 kids’ meal combos from 17 Canadian chain restaurants, which found that one out of five meals went over the 10 per cent of calories limit espoused by WHO and but when the stricter recommendations were taken into account –(added sugars should equal less the 5 per cent of daily caloric intake) more than half the meals flunked the test.

Mary Scourboutakos, lead author of the study, which was just published in the journal Preventive Medicine Reports, says that many of the meals contained no added sugars at all and that she was impressed by the strides many restaurants have taken to offer healthier choices.

But there were meals that had over 100 grams (equal to 25 teaspoons of sugar). The worst offenders were sugary She urged Canadians to put more pressure on the fast food industry to increase the proportion of healthy options.

She noted how industry has been responsive and insisted, in n interview with the Toronto Star that “Industry will respond if there is demand. Allowing a fruit instead of a brownie, for example. Apple slices instead of fries. Replacing soda with milk. These are all good options.”

And anything that makes it easier for parents to tell the good from the bad will ultimately be effective.

Ottawa Integrative Cancer Centre Launches French Website

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A comprehensive online resource for patients, healthcare professionals and researchers interested in naturopathic cancer care.

In February, the Ottawa Integrative Cancer Centre (OICC) unveiled a French version of the www.oicc.ca website to serve an increasing number of Francophone patients interested in whole-person cancer care at the OICC.

The French-language website is identical to the English site. To access the French version simply visitwww.oicc.ca/fr , or select “Français” at the top of any page on the English website.

“Patients, healthcare professionals and researchers are now able to access website content in their language of choice, including news and events, programs, research updates, and downloadable patient intake forms,” said Dugald Seely, ND, Founder & Executive Director of the OICC. “To ensure the OICC is continuing to deliver the best level of care and support possible for our patients, we believe it is important to provide the benefits of an OICC website in French.”

About the Ottawa Integrative Cancer Centre
The Ottawa Integrative Cancer Centre (OICC) is the first integrative cancer care and research centre in Central and Eastern Canada. As a not-for-profit, regional centre of the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine, the OICC welcomes patients at any cancer stage as well as those wishing to prevent cancer or its recurrence. The Centre works with patients and physicians, to provide therapeutic programs that decrease side effects and promote health and improve quality of life during and after conventional treatment. Through clinical practice, research and education, the OICC strives to assess and reduce possible causes of cancer while exploring innovative integrative treatment approaches. For more information, please visit www.oicc.ca

Save the Bees

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The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) and the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) have extended their campaign to ban “neonic” pesticides – toxic chemicals Health Canada has linked to the death of bees in Quebec and Ontario.

It is Canada’s longest-running anti-neonic campaign organized by doctors and nurses. The David Suzuki Foundation and Ontario Nature are also key participants.

Central to the initiative are subway ads, which began in November and have now been extended to the end of April – nearly six months. The ads show an anxious child beneath the caption, ‘Doctors and Nurses say neonic pesticides hurt our bees and us.’

“Physicians believe neonics are a major threat to both nature and people,” says CAPE Executive Director Gideon Forman. “These poisons are fatal to bees and that means the chemicals are a threat to human nutrition – because bees pollinate about a third of our food.”

“This is a unique campaign because health professionals have teamed up with environmental groups to urge a ban on these toxic pesticides,” says Doris Grinspun, Chief Executive Officer of RNAO. “And it makes perfect sense because as nurses we know that if you kill bees – and endanger our food supply – you undermine human health.”

The campaign strategy includes holding meetings with key decision-makers in government and publishing pro-ban opinion articles in newspapers across Ontario. Recent polling suggests nearly four out of five Ontarians support the government’s proposal to reduce neonic use.

Homeopathy Still a Hard Sell in Academia

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Heather Boon is a pharmacist with open eyes and an open mind who is not prepared to pretend that alternative medicines and treatments do not exist simply because many medical doctors and scientists write them off as pseudo-science.

In a recent Globe and Mail article, Boon said, “What Canadian patients and their health care teams need is someone to take a broad, fully integrated and — above all — scientific approach to studying these treatments. We need to apply the rigour of scientific inquiry to these complementary and alternative medicines so that we can better help our patients, avoid nasty complications and weed out — once and for all — the snake-oil treatments that do nothing to benefit the patient.”

But despite her measured skepticism, Prof. Boon, who is the dean of University of Toronto’s Department of Pharmacy, is taking lots of heat these days for a homeopathy study her faculty is conducting on ADHD children.

The protest from the scientific mainstream is passionate and prolific – with over 90 scientists (including some Nobel Laureates) from around the world having signed an open letter that was originated by Joe Schwarcz, director of McGill University’s Office for Science and Society.
“Why,” asks the letter, “given the need to investigate natural therapies that may actually have a potential for benefit, and saddled with a scarcity in funding,” is the Department of Pharmacy “interested in investigating a subject that has been … found wanting both in evidence and plausibility.”

This protest comes on the heels of a recent uproar centering around U of T Scarborough instructor (who is also a homeopathic practitioner) Beth Landau-Halpern, for teaching anti-vaccination theories in her curriculum. Despite the instructor’s explanation that this material – which included an interview with Andrew Wakefield, (one of the originators of the oft-debunked and derided study linking autism with vaccinations) – was presented to help her students develop critical thinking skills and that the opinions were not reflections of her own views – all anti-vaccination material was removed from the curriculum.

Boon told the Toronto Star that the ADHD study is examining the “complex intervention” of homeopathic practice – which is consistent with her philosophy about weeding the “scientifically dubious” aspects from the components that work. She pointed out that the study followed years of consultations, as well as a pilot project which concluded that their results were statistically significant.

Over 60 per cent of the patients improved, said Boon, who also offered assurances that subjects participating in the study were not required to stop taking more conventional medications.

A statement from the U of T said health-care providers must be knowledgeable about complementary and alternative medicines because of the number of Canadians using them. But, while that philosophy seems to be gaining traction within academia at large, opinions regarding complementary and alternative medicines seem to be becoming more polarized – a typical response in the face of fundamental change in any field.

Naturally Splendid Launches 100 Per Cent Owned Pet Care Line

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Pet treats market exceeded $5 billion in 2014

Naturally Splendid Enterprises announced the launch of a 100 per cent owned hemp-based pet care line trademarked Pawsitive Fx and the launch of their new corporate website  at www.naturallysplendid.com.

The initial Pawsitive Fx product line consists of three formulations for topical applications as well as 3 formulated shampoo products.

Company Director and VP of Operations Bryan Carson reports, “The pet industry in Canada, the United States and many other countries is booming. Americans, for example, own more pets than ever before and according to the American Pet Product Association (APPA), spent approximately $47.7 billion on pet products and services in 2010. Growth in the sector can be attributed to increasing pet ownership and increased spending per pet. Pet pampering is becoming the norm, as pet owner spending has moved far beyond simple food and grooming expenses to include innovative and specialized premium products. This trend has driven Naturally Splendid to develop a line of natural pet care products, custom formulated and manufactured in Vancouver BC, based on the ever amazing benefits derived from hemp-oil based formulations”.

Company CEO Craig Goodwin adds, “As reported in a Jan. 28, 2015news release, Naturally Splendid Enterprises announced the signing of a Service Agreement with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development’s Food Science and Technology Center (FSTC) in Brooks, Alberta. The FSTC is one unit of the Food and Bio Processing Division of Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development and has scientists that specialize in pet food products. The purpose of that project is directed to pet food products. We wanted to offer a range of pet products in addition to pet food and have thus developed a topical pet care products line.”

Consumer demand for pet food, health and wellness products, grooming and pet related accessories is growing at a rate of 4% annually according to Packaged Facts. The overall market in Canada for pet related items reached $6.6 billion in 2012 and is expected to grow to $8.3 billion by 2018.

$1.2-billion Loblaw Investment Expected to Create over 20 Thousand Jobs

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$1.2-billion Loblaw Investment Expected to Create over 20 Thousand Jobs

Loblaw Companies Limited, Canada’s food and pharmacy retail leader, will invest more than $1.2 billion into its Canadian business in 2015. In addition to expanding and renovating dozens of new and existing stores, Loblaws investment will also go into e-commerce expansion, as well as supply chain and IT infrastructure.

As Canada’s largest network of corporate and independently owned retail stores each employing currently employs between 20 and 300 people, this newly announced investment is expected to create more than 20,000 jobs. Admittedly most of those will be in construction.

“While we continue to invest in the IT and infrastructure engines of our business, we’re increasingly making investments that Canadians will see with their own eyes – improving our offer, adding stores, and creating jobs locally,” said Galen G. Weston, Executive Chairman and President, Loblaw Companies Limited. “True to our strategy, our investment will create better access to fresh food, wellness solutions closer to home, e-commerce convenience, and a family of stores that elevate grocery, pharmacy, apparel and banking experiences.”

Whole Foods to Open Store in South Edmonton

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Whole Foods unveils new distribution center

With 10 stores already open in B.C. and Ontario, Whole Foods Market, America’s biggest natural and organic food chain, is set to make deeper inroads into Western Canada – with its first stores in Alberta.

Whole Foods just announced their plans to open a new location in Edmonton’s South Park Centre next year – which will be followed by a new store in Calgary. The chain also announced plans to open its sixth store in B.C. – in the Victoria community of Saanich.

The 42,000-square-foot Edmonton store, set to open in fall 2016, currently houses a Canadian Tire, but the building will be extensively remodeled – including the façade.

Susan Livingston, Whole Foods Market’s executive co-ordinator for marketing in the Pacific Northwest region told the Edmonton Journal that the location was chosen for its accessibility and high visibility.

She said that Whole Foods intends to build relationships with businesses and groups in the community over the next while – eventually holding a hiring fair to find new employees. They also plan to work with local growers and suppliers – and to source as many products locally as they can – at least partly by holding a “vendor fair” for local residents with products they’d like the store to carry.

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