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STOCK-FINANCIAL HISTORY: Government agency
SUBSIDIARIES/DIVISIONS: NuRx Services
BUSINESS STRATEGY: Provide contract R&D, scale-up and manufacturing services for companies
using bacterial, yeast (including pichia), algal, fungal, insect cell and rDNA
fermentation processes
AGREEMENTS: Name Products Content of Agreement Date
Biowest Inc. animal vaccine five-year
manufacturing
agreement
12/97
MicroBio
Rhizobium manufacturing 1/95
RhizoGen Corp.
agreement
Nuvotech
collaboration 12/93
Ventures
International
agreement
Veterinary
memorandum of 3/98
Infectious
understanding to
Diseases
develop animal
Organization
vaccines
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT: Contract R&D using bacterial, yeast (including Pichia), algal, fungal and
rDNA processes
Carbohydrate chemistry, process engineering, fermentation optimization and
scale-up manufacturing, including biopharmaceuticals, and enzymes
Alderon Biosciences Inc.
2810 Meridian Parkway, Suite 152
Durham NC 27713, US
Phone: (919) 544-8220; Fax: (919) 544-9808
Web: www.alderonbiosciences.com
E-mail: info@alderonbiosciences.com
KEY PERSONNEL: Robert Henkens, Ph.D.; President and CEO
John O'Daly; VP and COO
Marek Wojciechowski; Director, R&D
EMPLOYEES: 12 employees
HISTORY: Founded in August 2001, building on technology of AndCare (now a division
of Alderon Biosciences)
STOCK-FINANCIAL HISTORY: Privately held
SUBSIDIARIES/DIVISIONS: Beaufort, N.C. location:
Alderon Biosciences Inc.
120 Turner Street
Beaufort, NC 28516
Phone: (252) 728-2964
Fax: (252) 728-2109
BUSINESS STRATEGY: Provide alternative, low-cost, simple to use diagnostic systems for medical,
environmental, and laboratory research and testing needs
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT: Technologies include unique electrode surfaces modified with colloidal gold
or biomaterials (such as gene probes, enzymes, antibodies, other proteins,
etc.) and proprietary electroanalytical techniques
PRODUCTS ON MARKET: Portable electrochemical instruments
Disposable electrochemical sensors
Test kits
Assay reagents and accessories
Instrument accessories
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