ChromaDex is a

dietary supplement A dietary supplement is a manufactured product intended to supplement one's diet by taking a pill, capsule, tablet, powder, or liquid. A supplement can provide nutrients either extracted from food sources or that are synthetic in order ...

and food ingredient company based in Los Angeles, California founded in 1999 that is publicly traded on the NASDAQ. In 2011, ChromaDex licensed patents from Dartmouth College, Cornell University, and Washington University regarding nicotinamide riboside, which it markets and sells as an ingredient under the brand name Niagen and sells directly to consumers as Tru Niagen. ChromaDex licensed patents from the University of Mississippi and the USDA to commercially develop pterostilbene and sell the compound under the brand name pTeroPure. ChromaDex no longer sells pTeroPure. Elysium Health bought the ingredients in its "Basis" product from ChromaDex. The two firms had an agreement under which Elysium didn't have to acknowledge ChromaDex as the source of the ingredients, but then after Elysium recruited the VP of business development from ChromaDex and stopped paying ChromaDex, ChromaDex sued Elysium and the information became public.

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* {{Official website, http://www.chromaDex.com Biotechnology companies of the United States Pharmaceutical companies of the United States Pharmaceutical companies established in 1999 Companies based in Irvine, California Biotechnology companies established in 1999 1999 establishments in California Health care companies based in California