Botechnology company Verenium Corporation and Novus International Inc., announced a strategic collaboration to jointly develop and commercialize a suite of new enzyme products from Verenium's late-stage product pipeline in the animal nutrition and health area globally.

"We are extremely enthusiastic about our partnership with Novus, the potential opportunity it represents for the continued development of our pipeline and for Verenium to become a more active participant in the animal health and nutrition marketplace with our suite of high-performance enzyme products," said James Levine, President and Chief Executive Officer at Verenium. "Novus brings world-class leadership and experience launching products in this market, and with our combined skills, we look forward to working closely as partners to commercialize a series of market-leading products over the coming years."

Thad Simons, President and Chief Executive Officer of Novus International adds, "We are very excited about our partnership with Verenium, as it will propel Novus toward new solutions to performance challenges and help us as we work to add further value to our customers' businesses. Verenium's approach to product development is very innovative and based on the highest standards of science. This partnership is a natural alignment and we expect to deliver great results for our industry working together."