Selected Start-Ups Founded in 2000 (03/00)
Executive Summary
{In Vivo} summarizes the technologies of several recently founded companies: Netherlands start-up [BioMaDe BV] will use nanotechnology to design and construct molecular devices for use in a variety of commercial applications. [DirectGene Inc.] is developing a tissue specific gene promoter technology for cancer gene therapy, based on the role of tumor-stromal interactions. [Esurg.com] will sell medical, surgical and pharmaceutical supplies and information to out-of-hospital healthcare providers. Founded in June 1999, [ImmunoGenec Biotechnologie GmbH] aims to develop, produce and market protein-based therapies for the immunotherapeutic treatment of certain cancers. [Quorex Pharmaceuticals Inc.] will discover anti-infectives using its discovery of a novel signaling pathway that occurs in wide variety of pathogenic bacteria. A joint venture of Rohm & Haas Co. and Argonex Inc, [RHeoGene LLC.] is developing enabling gene tools based on its proprietary Ecdyosyne Recepter-based gene switch system.