Selected Start-Ups Founded in 1999 (4/99)
Executive Summary
This section summarizes the technologies of several medical companies founded within the last year. Advanced Drug Delivery Technoloiges, founded with Novartis Venture Fund financing, is developing liquid and solid dosage formulations for NCE's and generic compounds. Altea Development Corp. has a patch to enable delivery of drugs through the skin. Institute for Diagnostic Research provides customized assay development for the pharmaceutical industry. Brain cells may be able to regenerate, believes NeuroNova of Sweden. Vasca has spun-out NxStage medical to improve dialysis treatment technologies.