Irish producer of fresh herbal specific tinctures is seeking to develop a manufacturing or distribution services agreement with a manufacturer or distributor of herbal medicines or food supplements

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Summary: 
An Irish company is looking to develop long term relationships with distributors to retail outlets selling herbal products or manufacturers looking to use herbal products in their processes. The company processes an extensive range of fresh herb in its new and fully equipped production facility. They have years’ of experience in growing and processing medicinal herbs into specific tinctures (wild harvested & cultivated).
Description: 
This Irish company is looking to develop long term relationships with distributors to retail outlets selling herbal products or manufacturers who use herbal products in their processes. The promotors have qualifications in medicine and naturopathy and over 22 years experience between them in growing and tincturing herbs. Their farm and processing facility is located in the rural north west of Ireland owned and managed by two experienced and fully qualified medical herbalists. Their plants are grown and harvested following Guidelines for Good Agricultural and Wild Collection Practice guidelines and wild harvested plants are collected from clean and unused fields where no chemical have ever been used. They have a co-operative supply network of wild harvesters and organic growers who are all trained in Guidelines for Good Agricultural and Wild Collection Practice for medicinal plants. This ensures a guaranteed supply of high quality herbs and provides the capacity and capability to increase volumes with relative ease. The tinctures are processed on site in a well equipped facility and the receiving of raw plants is strictly controlled to insure there is zero extraneous matter in each batch. The company follows European pharmacopoeia guidelines in production of their tinctures and their quality system includes complying with Good Manufacturing Process and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point guidelines throughout production. Products are bottled on site and sent directly to the customer. Since they are selling an ingredient used in the production of herbal medicine it is strictly controlled by regulation and can only be sold to a qualified herbal practitioner. Their specific tinctures are produced from fresh plant material at concentrations from 1:2 to 1:4 in various alcohol strengths 30%-90% volume. Bulk tinctures are packed for shipping in High-density polyethylene drums with a minimum drum size of 30 litres. In Ireland the company only supply qualified herbalists and doctors that use herbal medicine in their practice. They would like to establish relationships with distributors or manufactures of herbal medicines that would like to blend or further process their tinctures in Europe or further afield. The business is currently working towards Good Manufacturing Practice accreditation and expects to have achieved this by autumn of 2017. The business is constantly increasing the range and volume of cultivated plants. They are focused on cultivating plants that are controlled by Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora such as Hydrastic canadensis or other threatened species which include Rhodiola rosaeus and Stachys betonica. The major `Cultivated plants` processed on site into tinctures are listed below: Achillea millefolium Agrimonia eupatoria Althaea officinalis Angelica archangelica Angelica dahurica Arctium lappa Artemisia absinthum Artemisia vulgaris Astragalus membranaceus Avena sativa Borago officinalis Calendula officinalis Cnicus benedictus Echinacea purpurea Eschscholtzia californica Grindelia camporum Gynostemma pentaphyllum Hydrastis canadensis Hypericum perforatum Hyssop officinalis Inula helenium Leonurus cardiaca Lobelia inflata Matricaria recutita Melissa officinalis Mentha piperita Nepeta cataria Origanum vulgare Quercus robur Rhodiola rosaeus Salvia officinalis Scrophularia nodosa Scutellaria laterifolia Solidage virgaurea Stachys betonica Stemmacantha carthamoides Tanacetum vulgare Taraxacum officinale leaf & root Teucrium scorodonia Thymus vulgaris Valeriana officinalis Verbascum thapsus folia Verbena officinalis Withania somnifera The list of the `Wild plants` harvested and processed into tinctures is recorded below: Plantago lanceolata Potentilla anserine Sambucus nigra fruit & flower Aesculus hippocastanum Crataegus oxyacanthoides fruit & flower Equisetum arvense Filipendula ulmaria Galium aparine
Type (e.g. company, R&D institution…), field of industry and Role of Partner Sought: 
The Irish company is seeking a manufacturing and/or a distribution agreement with a manufacturer or distributor. Manufacturer can wholesale supply partner company with their tinctures that can be further processed or packaged as herbal medicines or supplements for sale in the EU or further afield. They are also open to the option of selling their tinctures to a company who wishes to distribute their tinctures to qualified herbalists in the United Kingdom market or in the European Union if regulation allows.
Stage of Development: 
Already on the market
External code: 
BOIE20170623002