title: Business considerations in the development of probiotics.
abstract: Many opportunities exist for probiotics in the marketplace. Over the course of a 2-day workshop on probiotics, current and potential uses for probiotics were examined. This article discusses many of the elements that should be considered in the decision to market probiotics as foods, dietary supplements, or drugs.
authors.affiliation: HeteroGeneity, Washington, DC 20011, USA. fhoffman@heterogeneity-LLC.com
authors.forename: Freddie Ann
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Hoffman
mesh_terms: D004345:Drug Industry / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D019649:Food Industry / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D058870:Food, Organic / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D007880:Legislation, Drug; D007881:Legislation, Food; D019936:Probiotics / Q000145:classification / Q000191:economics* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration