A University of Maryland neuropsychiatrist is launching a Baltimore beverage company called Kole Life Foods that makes drinks that are designed to improve energy and wellness.

The company, headquartered at the bwtech@UMBC Research and Technology Park at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, was started by Dr. Bankole Johnson, a University of Maryland School of Medicine professor and expert in psychopharmacology. The company expects to hire 75 people in Baltimore in the next year, including sales assistants and logistics personnel.

To create the line of energy and wellness drinks, Johnson researched the way amino acids, nootropics, trace elements and vitamins promote health in the brain.

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