Selected Start-Ups Founded in 2000 (1/00)
Executive Summary
{In Vivo} summarizes the technologies of several medical companies founded within the last year. [Camitro Corp.] is developing computational models to predict ADME/PK properties of drug candidates. Researchers will be able to search for and purchase chemical compounds through [ChemNavigator.com]. Launched in September 1999, [Imetrx Inc.] is a cardiovascular interventional device company focused on locating and characterizing unstable coronary plaques that are responsible for atherosclerosis and acute cardiovascular events. Denmark's [NsGene A/S] is a joint venture of NeuroSearch A/S and the University of Lund. [Protein Pathways Inc.] aims to improve the speed and focus of drug development by determining functions for all genome-encoded proteins. [Trek Diagnostics Systems Inc.], a microbiology diagnostics testing company, was founded in January 1999 with the acquisition of the AccuMed International Inc.'s microbiology division.
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