BioHarvest Sciences Inc. announced that VINIA, its nutraceutical product derived from red grape cells, has received its Canadian product license from Health Canada's Natural and Non-Prescription Health Products Directorate. This Product License authorizes BioHarvest Sciences to sell VINIA in Canada. The expansion of the reach of VINIA into additional geographies (be beyond Israel and the US) is one of the important factors in the sales growth strategy of BioHarvest for the years to come.

VINIA was launched into the US in 2021, and its rapidly growing customer base is being built via a "direct-to-consumer" and "direct-to- doctor" model, as well as being available at many of the top integrative medicine centers in the US. BioHarvest Sciences expects Canadian sales to include similarly optimized e-commerce sales and direct-to- doctor sales, with the potential for a retail vertical, to capitalize on Canada's well established Health Product distribution networks. Following the Canadian launch, BioHarvest is targeting further expansion into other major global markets including the USD 40 Billion Chinese Health Supplement market, where it expects to initially build a strong presence via cross border e-commerce marketplace platforms. VINIA is the first commercially released product developed using BioHarvest's proprietary Botanical Synthesis platform, which can consistently produce patentable botanical compositions without growing the plant itself.

The platform can elicit (increase) specific active phytochemicals to achieve concentrations many times what is found in nature, making this technology efficient and economic. VINIA contains multiple polyphenols, including Piceid Resveratrol, with an amount in each daily 400mg capsule that is equivalent to 1,000 grapes, resulting in a powerful nutraceutical that has been clinically proven to significantly increase arterial dilation. In late 2023 and early 2024, BioHarvest is expecting to launch several new product verticals that include VINIA, which will include functional coffee, protein bars, and sports hydration products.