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PRODUCTS ON MARKET: Gonogen II (N. gonorrhoeae) diagnostic test reagents using Mab
Bioluminescence test for human, food, environmental, biowarfare
Trust--Syphilis detection test
Smart II--diagnostic kit for E. coli and Salmonella
STD tests: GonoGen II and TRUST
Cholera test kits
Environmental testing
Profile-1 bioluminescence test for detection of food, water, environment and
human-borne pathogens
Biowarfare detection kits
New Zealand Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
P. O. Box 1869, 68 Weld Street
Palmerston North 4440, New Zealand
Phone: +64 6-952-3800; Fax: +64 6-952-3801
Web: www.nzp.co.nz
E-mail: market@nzp.co.nz
KEY PERSONNEL: Dr. Richard Garland; Managing Director
Andrew Lewis; General Manager
Barry Old; Marketing and Technical Director
Selwyn Yorke; Market Development Manager
Michael Callagher; Commercial Manager
EMPLOYEES: 98 employees
HISTORY: Founded and began biotech R&D in 1971
FACILITIES: Two pilot plants with a total area of 188 sq. m., one of which has explosion
protected operations. Three factory and one more under construtcion.
STOCK-FINANCIAL HISTORY: Privately held
INVESTMENTS: Just the Berries Ltd.--joint venture between NZP Holdings Ltd. and Just the
Berries Holdings Ltd. (2/03)
BUSINESS STRATEGY: Manufacture plant and animal extracts for biotechnology, pharmaceutical
and health food and cosmetics industries. Chemical synthesis of specialty
carbohydrates and related compounds.
PRODUCTS ON MARKET: Peptones, cholic acid, deoxycholic acid, dehydrocholic acid, taurocholate,
glycocholate taurodeoxycholate, methyl cholate, bile salts, heparin, chiroinositol,
chondroitin sulphate, ferritin, pinitol, galactasomine, and
acetylmannosamine, mannosamine, sialic acid, actinidin, evening primrose
polyphenolic antioxidants, actinidin, cartilage products.
PRODUCTS IN DEVELOPMENT: Name Status
Carbohydrates in pilot plant
Blackcurrant extracts in pilot plant
Nigu Bioselect
Beuthener Strasse 2
Waldkraiburg D-84478, Germany
Phone: +49 86 38-962-0; Fax: +49 86 38-962-287
Web: www.nigu.de
E-mail: info@nigu.de
KEY PERSONNEL: Dr. Klaus Engel; Chairman, Degussa
Joachim Semel, Ph.D.; Managing Director, Nigu Chemie
EMPLOYEES: 55 employees
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