ESPEN would like to thank the following sponsors for their support
Abbott
For over 130 years, Abbott has been committed to helping people live their best possible life through the power of health. Abbott’s broad portfolio of science-based nutrition products nourish at every stage of life. Our research is focused on specific health areas, such as the prevention and management of muscle mass loss through specialized nutrition.
Anhi
The Abbott Nutrition Health Institute (ANHI) connects and empowers people through science-based nutrition resources to optimize health worldwide. ANHI presents the latest science by partnering with leading nutrition experts to provide education you can trust.
www.anhi.org
Akern
Akern® is an Italian company established in 1980, dedicated to research and development of bioimpedance medical devices and software for body composition analysis. Our products support for the evaluation of malnutrition, diagnosis of sarcopenia, obesity, hydration, follow-up of muscle mass during and following clinical nutrition in various pathological settings. Founded on high quality standards and scientific reliability, Akern® technology delivers clinically significant results to support the assessment and treatment of acute and chronic diseases related to body composition alterations.
www.akern.com
ART MEDICAL
ART MEDICAL develops innovative critical care solutions.
The smART+TM platform is an all-in-one solution that provides personalized optimal nutritional care that reduces feeding-related complications, including reflux and aspiration.
By achieving up to 100% feeding efficiency, the smART+TM platform improves the standard of care and helps ICU patients recover faster.
www.artmedical.com
Baxter
Every day, millions of patients, caregivers and providers around the world rely on Baxter’s leading portfolio of diagnostic, critical care, nutrition, kidney care, hospital and surgical products and solutions. For 90 years, we’ve been making an impact at the critical intersection where innovations that save and sustain lives meet the healthcare providers that make it happen. With products, therapies and digital health solutions available in more than 100 countries, Baxter’s employees worldwide are now building upon the company’s rich heritage of medical breakthroughs to advance the next generation of transformative healthcare innovations.
www.baxter.com
B Braun
With over 64,000 employees in 64 countries, B. Braun is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of medical devices and pharmaceutical products and services. Through constructive dialogue, B. Braun develops high quality product systems and services that are both evolving and progressive – and in turn improves people’s health around the world.
www.bbraun.com
BD
BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world and is advancing the world of health by improving medical discovery, diagnostics and the delivery of care. The company develops innovative technology, services and solutions that help advance both clinical therapy for patients and clinical process for health care providers. BD has 75,000 employees and a presence in virtually every country around the world to address some of the most challenging global health issues. BD helps customers enhance outcomes, lower costs, increase efficiencies, improve safety and expand access to health care.
www.bd.com
Bodystat
Bodystat design, manufacture and distribute innovative body composition devices and software. Bodystat is proud to announce the launch of its latest generation Bioelectrical Impedance Spectroscopy (BIS) device, the MULTISCAN 5000. The MULTISCAN 5000 overcomes the difficulty associated with BIS which is stray capacitance especially at high frequencies eliminating the need for time consuming clinician intervention. The MULTISCAN 5000 ensures accurate and reproducible results with portable convenience. MULTISCAN 5000 offers Advanced Nutritional Assessment, Bodystat Phase Angle, Prediction MarkerTM, BIVA and Hydration Status.
www.bodystat.com
Carbery
Carbery is a leading manufacturer of nutritional ingredients, flavours and award winning cheese, creating delicious and nutritious products for customers in 50 countries around the world.
Carbery’s nutrition business provides a comprehensive range of advanced whey proteins for the infant, clinical nutrition, and performance nutrition markets.
The market-leading Optipep® whey protein hydrolysate range delivers scientifically supported health and performance benefits, and is suitable is a wide variety of applications from ready-to-drink, desserts and powdered beverages.
www.carbery.com/nutrition
Cardinal Health
Cardinal Health is a distributor of pharmaceuticals, a global manufacturer and distributor of medical and laboratory products, and a provider of performance and data solutions for health care facilities. With 50 years in business, operations in more than 30 countries and approximately 44,000 employees globally, Cardinal Health is essential to care.
www.cardinalhealth.com
Cedic
Headquartered in Milan, Italy, Cedic’s capabilities range from design engineering to finished device manufacturing. We have over 50 years of experience in medical devices, along with access to the latest technology and cutting-edge automation.
We specialise in fluid delivery. Distributed in over 40 countries, our products include everything from single components to sterile OEM devices.
Our long-term vision is to become a leader in the field of enteral access medical devices to help our partners innovate and deliver better patient care.
www.cedicbio.com
Cosmed
Established in 1980, COSMED is a world-renowned supplier of Metabolic and Body Composition testing solutions.
Q-NRG, the new generation of indirect calorimetry specifically intended for the measurement of Resting Energy Expenditure (REE) in patients who are mechanically ventilated or spontaneously breathing and for healthy subjects.
Our collaboration with world-class institutes in the field of clinical nutrition helped in developing an accurate metabolic system, easy to use and at the same time resolving all typical pitfalls of indirect calorimetry technology (no warm-up time, no gas calibrations, etc.).
Danumed
danumed Medizintechnik GmbH develops, manufactures and distributes a comprehensive portfolio of innovative, premium enteral feeding devices and accessories – from Gastrostomy Buttons to ENFit® Syringes.
Patient safety and comfort have top priority at danumed and are ensured with optimised product design. All products are equipped with ENFit® connectors, mainly also with the innovative rotating ring ENSwivel® and are made of superior materials.
Being an innovative German Medical Technology company, danumed convinces with high-quality standards, many years of experience in enteral nutrition and a strong customer orientation.
www.danumed.com
Deka
DEKAsvitamins.com develops and commercializes DEKAs. DEKAs fat-soluble vitamins are based on a clinically tested delivery technology that enhances their absorption. DEKAs Essential and DEKAs Aqua-E are for patients with Cholestatic Liver Disease. DEKAs Bariatric is given after Bariatric Surgery. DEKAs Plus are all-in-one multivitamin and mineral supplements for patients with Cystic Fibrosis. DEKAs is made in the USA by Callion Pharma (www.callionpharma.com). DEKAs is widely available in the Americas and Europe. DEKAs is an FSMP, taken under medical supervision.
www.dekasvitamins.com
Dutsch
We at Dutch Medical Food believe that every human being has the right to obtain high-quality healthcare. Nutrition plays an important role in this. Our vision of “Caring for All” is to make high-quality nutritional products accessible to all segments of the market, helping patients who are in need of medical nutrition. Dutch Medical Food is a Global Medical Nutrition company that is specialized in Research, Development, Manufacturing and Distribution of Conventional and Innovative Nutritional Products and Personalized and Sustainable Solutions.
www.dutchmedicalfood.com
DSM
Royal DSM is a global, purpose-led company in Health, Nutrition & Bioscience, applying science to improve the health of people, animals and the planet. DSM’s purpose is to create brighter lives for all. DSM’s products and solutions address some of the world’s biggest challenges while simultaneously creating economic, environmental and societal value for all its stakeholders – customers, employees, shareholders, and society at large. The company was founded in 1902 and is listed on Euronext Amsterdam.
www.dsm-medicalnutrition.com
En Clean
EnClean Brushes are designed to fit between the threads and clean all the way to the bottom of the EnFit Connector. It removes formula and thoroughly cleans the internal threads of the EnFit Connector. All bristles are germ-resistant. It is designed to last for a minimum of 30 days, if cleaned according to IFU.
NICU Innovations on the way.
www.encleantube.com
Enteral
GBUK Enteral specialises in the supply of enteral feeding tubes, syringes, gastrostomy devices and enteral ancillaries.
Our comprehensive range of products enables healthcare professionals to safely deliver nutrition to their patients being cared for both in hospital and their own homes.
GBUK Enteral is proud to be playing a central role in the ISO ENFit programme, introducing the new International Patient Safety Standard Connector.
We take pride in our commitment to quality, clinical innovation and providing exceptional value.
Fresenius Kabi
Fresenius Kabi is a global healthcare company that specializes in lifesaving medicines and technologies for infusion, transfusion and clinical nutrition. The company’s products and services are used to help care for critically and chronically ill patients. Fresenius Kabi’s product portfolio comprises a comprehensive range of I.V. generic drugs, infusion therapies and clinical nutrition products as well as the devices for administering these products. In the field of biosimilars, Fresenius Kabi focuses on autoimmune diseases and oncology.
www.fresenius-kabi.com
Geistlich Pharma
The Swiss family-owned company Geistlich Pharma develops and produces pharmaceutical and medical devices since 1851. A worldwide distribution network provides valuable assistance in solving medical issues. Products such as the antimicrobial catheter lock solution Geistlich TauroSept® for the prevention and treatment of CRBSIs originate from the company’s own research facilities in Central Switzerland.
Hanmi Pharm
Hanmi Pharmaceutical is a Korea-based global pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of new pharmaceutical products. The company is fully integrated from R&D through manufacturing, marketing and sales with an established presence in Korea, as well as China.
www.hanmipharm.com
In Body
InBody is a body composition analyzer (BCA) manufacturing company based in Seoul, Korea and it has been in the industry for over 25 years. During the past 25 years, InBody has developed a solid foundation to create a reputation as the leaders of the industry with the company’s core value “Education, Motivation, Application, and Innovation”.
InBody is dedicated to inspiring and leading people to live a healthier life, so that one day health will not only be measured by knowing your weight but by having an accurate insight in your body composition.
uk.inbody.com
Maltron
Maltron will showcase its latest BioScan touch i8. The most advanced Bioelectrical Impedance Body composition Monitor in its field. The advancement within the i8 allows you to assess parameters not found in other BIA devices. The uniqueness of the BioScan provides you with the ability to perform comprehensive screening of different parameters. Monitoring overhydration and dehydration of elderly and children is vital. The measured Intravascular and Extravascular volume provides you with a better understanding of fluid compartments. Early screening of Malnutrition and the loss of muscle mass with BioScan can reduce the risk of mortality.
www.maltronint.com
Med Captain
Founded in 2011, Medcaptain Medical Technology Co., Ltd. is dedicated to pursuing innovation in the fields covering Medication Delivery, In-Vitro Diagnostics, Anaesthesia & Respiratory, and Minimally Invasive Interventions . Medcaptain shares a global vision and aims to be captain in the medical device industry.
We have established 5 R&D centers and 5 manufacturing centers around the world, as well as branch offices in the Netherlands, Colombia, Turkey, India, and Thailand. At present, Medcaptain’s products are being used in over 140 countries and regions.
www.medcaptain.com/en/
Micrel
Micrel Medical Devices SA is a dynamic medical technology company designing, manufacturing and marketing drug delivery systems. The company offers a full range of ambulatory infusion pumps and related disposables for a broad array of hospital and home-based patient treatments.
Micrel is active in the areas of Pain Management and Analgesia, Parenteral Nutrition, Immunoglobulin Therapy, Parkinson’s disease, Thalassemia, Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH) and other infusion therapies.
www.micrelmed.com
Nestle
Nestlé Health Science, a leader in the science of nutrition, is a globally managed business unit of Nestlé. We are committed to redefining the management of health, offering an extensive portfolio of science-based consumer health, medical nutrition, pharmaceutical therapies, and vitamin and supplement brands. Our extensive research network provides the foundation for products that empower healthier lives through nutrition. Headquartered in Switzerland, we have more than 12,000 employees around the world, with products available in more than 140 countries.
www.nestlehealthscience.com
9 Meters
9 Meters Biopharma is a clinical-stage company pioneering novel treatments for people with rare digestive diseases, GI conditions with unmet needs, and debilitating disorders in which the biology of the gut is a contributing factor. The Company is advancing vurolenatide, a proprietary Phase 2 long-acting GLP-1 agonist, for short bowel syndrome (SBS); larazotide, a Phase 3 tight junction regulator in non-responsive celiac disease; and several near clinical-stage assets.
www.9meters.com
Nutricia
Building on 125 years of research, innovation, and care, Nutricia pioneers medical nutrition that enables life-changing and life-saving health outcomes, so that people can live their life to its fullest.
With its nutritional solutions, Nutricia helps to address some of the world’s biggest health challenges including age-related conditions and chronic diseases, such as frailty, cancer, stroke, and early Alzheimer’s disease.
Nutricia is part of Danone, a global leader with a unique health-focused portfolio in food and beverages.
Tauro Pharm
TauroPharm GmbH is a German company specialising in medical devices with antimicrobial, antibiofilm and antiocclusive efficacy.
Our innovative products effectively prevent catheter-associated complications – ranging from blood clotting to fatal infections, thus improving patients´ quality of life.
Since there is an urgent need for our products, especially in light of the steadily increasing number of antibiotics-resistant pathogens, TauroLock is recommended in interdisciplinary national and international guidelines. All products have been investigated in independent scientific studies with excellent study results.
www.taurolock.com/en
Vectiv Bio
VectivBio is a global, clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of innovative treatments for severe rare conditions with high unmet medical need. VectivBio’s product candidate, apraglutide*, is a next-generation, long-acting glucagon-like peptide-2 (GLP-2) analog being studied in the global Phase 3 STARS trial for the treatment of short bowel syndrome with intestinal failure (SBS-IF).
*Apraglutide is an investigational agent and is not approved in any region.
Nutricia
Building on 125 years of research, innovation, and care, Nutricia pioneers medical nutrition that enables life-changing and life-saving health outcomes, so that people can live their life to its fullest.
With its nutritional solutions, Nutricia helps to address some of the world’s biggest health challenges including age-related conditions and chronic diseases, such as frailty, cancer, stroke, and early Alzheimer’s disease.
Nutricia is part of Danone, a global leader with a unique health-focused portfolio in food and beverages.
Wisepress
Wisepress.com, Europe’s leading conference bookseller, attend around 200 conferences every year. We have an extensive range of books and journals relevant to the themes of this conference available at our booth. We also have a comprehensive range of STM titles available on our online bookshop.
www.wisepress.com
Vectiv Bio
VectivBio is a global, clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of innovative treatments for severe rare conditions with high unmet medical need. VectivBio’s product candidate, apraglutide*, is a next-generation, long-acting glucagon-like peptide-2 (GLP-2) analog being studied in the global Phase 3 STARS trial for the treatment of short bowel syndrome with intestinal failure (SBS-IF).
*Apraglutide is an investigational agent and is not approved in any region.
