Start-Up Previews (03/2010)

A preview of the emerging health care companies profiled in the current issue of Start-Up. This month's profile group, Transdermal Drug Delivery: More Than Skin Deep, features profiles of AllTranz, Ocelus, Quinnova and Syntropharma. Plus these Start-Ups Across Health Care: Apnex Medical, Cellular Dynamics, Helix Therapeutics, Presym and Vatrix Medical.

Zynerba Pharmaceuticals Inc. Also see "AllTranz Inc." - Scrip, 1 March, 2010. has technology suitable for making pro-drugs out of opioids and cannabinoids, and it thinks these can be developed as treatments for a wide range of indications, from neuropathic pain to addiction, pancreatitis, and more. The company is leading, however, with a gel formulation that combines cannabidiol and penetration enhancers to treat the pain of osteoarthritis as well as strains and sprains.

[Ocelus Ltd.] Also see "Ocelus Ltd." - Scrip, 1 March, 2010. hopes to extend transdermal delivery to macromolecules. Its...

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