Selected Start-Ups (12/00)
Executive Summary
In Vivo summarizes the technologies of several recently founded companies: Roche has funneled its IP in antibiotics, antifungals and dermatology into spin-off Basilea Pharmaceutica. Building on technology invented by NASA to detect life on Mars, BioLuminate Inc. will develop a diagnostic probe to measure breast cancer indicators after initial screening has revealed a region of concern. Integrative Proteomics Inc. aims to be a dominant player in proteomics with its platform for high-throughput protein expression and purification, protein-protein interaction and 3-dimensional structure determination. invivodata inc. is offering a money-back guarantee to users of its invivosystem, a handheld method for recording, managing and analyzing real-time patient experience data during pharmaceutical clinical trials. Metazoa Systems Inc. has launched a web portal offering research management tools for life science researchers. Aventis CropScience spin-off Scynexis Chemistry & Automation Inc. will provide drug discovery chemistry services for pharmaceutical and other life sciences clients.
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