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BLIS K12 Gains Australian Regulatory Approval

Regulatory21 November 2017BLTConsumer Staples

10 Birch Street
PO Box 5804

Dunedin 9058

New Zealand


Telephone: 03 474 1338

Fax: 03 474 9050

Email: info@blis.co.nz

Website: www.blis.co.nz



21 November 2017



BLIS K12

TM

Gains Australian Regulatory Approval


Blis Technologies has received notification from the Australian Therapeutic

Goods Administration, that its probiotic strain Streptococcus salivarius BLIS

K12

TM

has been approved as an active ingredient for Listed Complementary

Medicines.


CEO Brian Watson said, “This approval will allow us to enter the Australian

market with our finished product portfolio based on BLIS K12

TM

. The

Australian probiotic supplement market is the 6

th

largest globally and it is

growing at 46% annually so represents a priority growth market for

Blis. Within the NZ market, Blis branded BLIS K12

TM

Throat Lozenges are

now ranked as the 2nd largest brand in ‘NZ Pharmacy Throat Lozenge’

category and the fastest growing of the top 5 brands. This gives us a lot of

confidence in the market potential of the larger Australian market and we are

accelerating our plans to launch in 2018 based on this important milestone.”





Brian Watson

Chief Executive

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