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Company Profile for BioTime, Inc.


BioTime, headquartered in Alameda, California Alameda is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. It is located on a small island of the same name next to Oakland, California in the San Francisco Bay. An additional part of the city is Bay Farm Island, which is adjacent to the Oakland International Airport. , develops blood plasma blood plasma
n.
The yellow or gray-yellow, protein-containing fluid portion of blood in which the blood cells and platelets are normally suspended.
 volume expanders, blood replacement solutions for hypothermic hy·po·ther·mi·a  
n.
Abnormally low body temperature.



[hypo- + Greek therm
 (low temperature) surgery, organ preservation solutions, and technology for use in surgery, emergency trauma treatment and other applications. BioTime's lead product Hextend is manufactured and distributed in the U.S. by Hospira, Inc. and in South Korea by CJ CheilJedang Corp. under exclusive licensing agreements.

BioTime operates in the field of regenerative re·gen·er·a·tive  
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or marked by regeneration.

2. Tending to regenerate.



re·gen
 medicine through its wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary

A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock.

Notes:
In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners.
 Embryome Sciences, Inc. where it is developing new medical and research products using embryonic stem cell Embryonic stem cells (ES cells) are stem cells derived from the inner cell mass of an early stage embryo known as a blastocyst. Human embryos reach the blastocyst stage 4-5 days post fertilization, at which time they consist of 50-150 cells.

ES cells are pluripotent.
 technology. Additional information about Embryome Sciences can be found on the web at www.embryome.com. Hextend[R], PentaLyte[R], HetaCool[R], Embryomics(TM), ESpy(TM), and ESpan(TM), are trademarks of BioTime, Inc.
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BioTime, Inc.
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Headquarters Address:  <
1301 Harbor Bay Parkway
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Alameda, CA 94502
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510-521-3390
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www.biotimeinc.com
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Ticker:                <
BTIM(OTCBB)
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Public
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Industry:              <
Biotechnology
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Key Executives:        <
CEO: Michael West
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Vice President         <

Contact:               <
Judith Segall
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510-521-3390, ext 301
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jsegall@biotimemail.com
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