MANITOWOC, WI, April 24, 2003 — Bio-Technical Resources (BTR) announced today that it has signed a co-marketing agreement with Fluxome Sciences. According to the agreement, the two companies will seek to establish joint research projects in collaboration with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. The combination of company competencies will facilitate solving and improving complex metabolic engineering and industrial fermentation process problems.
"Establishing of this collaboration with Bio-Technical Resources, a well-established American biotechnology research company, will enable Fluxome Sciences to take on more projects while focusing on our core competencies," said Jens Nielsen, CEO of Fluxome Sciences. "We believe that our technologies, which afford a very detailed analysis of cellular metabolism together with Bio-Technical Resources' expertise in strain improvement and fermentation technology, will allow us to assist many companies to improve their fermentation processes. Particularly we believe that our Metabolic Enhancer™ technology will be valuable in this context."
"Insights from metabolome and fluxome analyses augment BTR's skill set, making it possible to climb higher and faster in the pursuit of enhanced performance, even for well-established processes," said Tom Jerrell, President of Bio-Technical Resources. "The scientists at Fluxome Sciences have been at the forefront of developing the technology we will be using to drive our clients' research successes. Together we look forward to exceeding our clients' expectations."
About Fluxome Sciences
Fluxome Sciences, representing leading metabolic engineering competencies and technologies, is addressing its market opportunities by developing novel cell factories for production of commodity products, fine chemicals and antibiotics. The company applies novel technologies based on the combination of state-of-the-art analytical techniques and bioinformatics.
Fluxome Sciences is currently pursuing strategic alliances with major pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. For more information visit their website at www.fluxome.com.
About Bio-Technical Resources
Bio-Technical Resources (BTR), a division of Arkion Life Sciences LLC, is a research and development organization based in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA providing innovative solutions for the development of products and processes based on fermentation and biocatalysis. Since 1962, BTR has been performing contract services worldwide in strain development, metabolic engineering, bioprocess development and scale-up, pilot-scale manufacturing and technical assessments. For more information visit our website at www.biotechresources.com or contact: Julie Maurina-Brunker, Director, Business Development, 920-684-5518.
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