Ramazanov Award Foundation Extends Nomination Deadline

RAF announced that it extended the nomination deadline for 2008 Ramazanov Award through September 30, 2008.

West Palm Beach, FL (PRWEB) April 24, 2008 -- The Ramazanov Award Foundation (RAF), a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization, is dedicated to improving credibility of the US Dietary Supplement Industry. Today RAF announced that it extended the nomination deadline for 2008 Ramazanov Award through September 30, 2008.

RAF was founded shortly after the tragic death of a prominent industry leader and visionary, Dr. Zakir Ramazanov. His achievements and contributions include advances in lycopene extraction technology, extraction and standardization of antioxidants from fruits and vegetables, cultivation of Spirulina; and also the introduction of Siberian Rhodiola rosea, pomegranate extract, and algae-derived carotenoid fucoxanthin to the North American marketplace.

Unlike other awards in the Dietary Supplement Industry, the Ramazanov Award is not presented for a particular product or innovation. Instead, the Award and the monetary prize are given to industry professionals in recognition of their exemplary demonstration of ethical behavior and unbiased scientific integrity as determined by their peers.

Lawrence Switzer, who is on the Board of Directors of the Foundation, explains the decision to extend the call for nomination period: "Board of Directors is pleased with the quality of candidates we've considered so far, but in order to get a broader spectrum of nominees we would like to include industry players that are more intimately connected with well-researched products that have shown strong efficacy and gotten a strong market response. These are the kind of stellar innovators we want to acknowledge and, hopefully, encourage! So we decided to extend the nomination period until later in the year in order to do this."

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