Health & Nutritional Stocks in the News - Company Expands Product Diversity Based on Growing Consumer Demand

CORAL SPRINGS, Florida, February 25, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

Consumer goods & bio/pharma companies draw attention from investors with increased production and news developments: RiceBran Technologies (NASDAQ: RIBT), Mondelez International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDLZ), Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM), Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: INO) and VIVUS Inc. (NASDAQ: VVUS)

RiceBran Technologies (NASDAQ: RIBT) ("RBT"), a global leader in the production and marketing of value added products derived from rice bran, today announced that RBT is exhibiting at Booth #8623 at the upcoming Natural Products Expo West trade show from March 7 to March 9, 2014 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. RBT will exhibit its range of minimally processed, hypo-allergenic, gluten free, non-GMO stabilized rice bran ingredients and patented rice bran derivatives at Natural Products Expo West, the leading trade show in the natural, organic and healthy products industry. Natural Products Expo West is expected to attract over 60,000 industry professionals and 3,000 exhibitors to the Anaheim Convention Center.  

Dr. Robert Smith, SVP of Sales and Business Development for RBT commented, "Based on growing consumer demand for highly nutritious, gluten-free, vegan and minimally processed products, Natural Products Expo West is the ideal venue for exhibiting our proprietary and patented rice bran and derivative products. We will be highlighting the health and nutritional benefits that can be achieved by incorporating our ingredients into a diverse range of healthy foods from beverages, nutrition bars, cereals, and pastas to high-end companion pet nutrition products."

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W. John Short, CEO & President of RBT commented "Natural Products Expo West provides an excellent opportunity to highlight the enhanced capabilities resulting from our recent acquisition of H&N Distribution. In addition to delivering our individual functional ingredients, we are now in a position to provide turnkey, packaged finished product offerings to a variety of retail, direct-to-consumer and direct marketing customers based on our proprietary and patented ingredients blended with other sources of proteins and phytonutrients to produce healthy and natural products that compete effectively in the health and wellness markets."

Mondelez International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDLZ) recently highlighted the company's competitive advantages, long-term growth targets and margin-improvement initiatives at the Consumer Analyst Group of New York (CAGNY) conference. The company also provided detailed insights into the performance and outlook of its North American business. "With an unrivaled portfolio of iconic brands, leading share positions in all of our key categories and an advantaged geographic footprint, we have the best set of assets in our industry," said Irene Rosenfeld, Chairman and CEO. "The plans we're executing now will enable us over the long term to deliver strong top-line growth, significantly expand margins, grow Adjusted EPS double digits and continue to generate solid cash flow. We believe these efforts will drive top-tier shareholder returns."  

Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) has committed more than $5 million to fight poverty in the U.S. through its partner, Grameen America, a nonprofit microfinance organization that offers microloans, training and support to help women who live in poverty build small businesses to create better lives for their families. The money will help Grameen America launch a new microlending branch in Austin, and will support existing programs in six metro areas: New York; the Bay Area; Los Angeles; Charlotte, N.C.; Omaha, Neb.; and Indianapolis. To date, Whole Planet Foundation has committed more than $48 million for microcredit projects throughout 59 countries across Asia, Africa and the Americas.  

Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: INO) recently announced it has expanded its senior management team with two appointments to help advance the company's growing pipeline of preclinical and clinical DNA vaccines. Inovio has appointed Dr. Laurent Humeau as Vice President of R&D and Dr. Jan Marie-Albert Van Tornout as Vice President of Clinical Development. Prior to Inovio, Dr. Humeau was Senior Director of Translational Research, Human Therapeutics Division for Intrexon and previously Chief Scientific Officer at VIRxSYS Corporation. At Inovio, Dr. Humeau will provide the technical and strategic leadership for its R&D group including: preclinical development of immunotherapy and vaccine candidates, immunology and immune monitoring approaches, method development, product characterization, and analytical development.

VIVUS Inc. (NASDAQ: VVUS) a biopharmaceutical company commercializing Qsymia® (phentermine and topiramate extended-release) capsules CIV for the treatment of obesity, recently provided a business update and reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2013. On November 13, 2013, we announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office had issued U.S. Patent Nos. 8,580,298, covering compositions of Qsymia, and 8,580,299, covering methods for effecting weight loss using Qsymia. The newly issued patents are assigned to VIVUS and are expected to extend patent exclusivity for Qsymia in the U.S. to 2029.

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