Venture Life (LON:VLG) announced increased distribution in the UK with Boots for its UltraDEX range, sending shares up over 8 percent.

The company announced Boots would be upping their stock of Venture Life’s existing products, as well as launching both of the newly developed products UltraDEX One GO and UltraDEX Fresh Breath Essential Kit.

The company reported its listings of UltraDEX products with Boots in the UK will increase by 46 percent from July onwards, its highest recorded level in Boots.

Venture Life also announced that its UltraDEX Sensitive range was granted a patent in Canada, adding to the existing patents granted in eight other countries including US, UK, Japan and Australia.

CEO Jerry Randall said: “These additional listings in Boots are a tremendous testament to the strength of the UltraDEX range in the UK and its increasingly prominent position in one of the largest pharmacy chains countrywide.”

Shares in Venture Life are currently trading up 8.86 percent at 43.00 (1526GMT).