Corporate Profile for Integrated Biosystems Inc., dated Oct. 11, 2002.Business Editors --(BUSINESS WIRE) The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and online services, including all of the leading Internet-based services.
Published Date: Oct. 11, 2002
Company Name: Integrated Biosystems, Inc.
Address: 445 Devlin Road
Napa, CA 94558
Main Telephone
Number: 707/226-9300
Internet Home
Page Address
(URL) www.integratedbio.com
Chief Executive
Officer: John H. Brown
Chief Financial
Officer: Jack J. McGovern
Public Relations
Contact: Kathryn M. Bowsher
Business number: 707/226-9300
E-mail address: kbowsher@integratedbio.com
Industry: Biopharmaceutical
Company description: Integrated Biosystems Inc. is the world's leading supplier of controlled Freeze-Thaw technology for biopharmaceutical intermediates and final bulk drug substances. The company was founded in 1996 and is venture funded. Integrated Biosystems' technology provides the biopharma industry a controlled, validated val·i·date tr.v. val·i·dat·ed, val·i·dat·ing, val·i·dates 1. To declare or make legally valid. 2. To mark with an indication of official sanction. 3. way to freeze See abend. freeze - To lock an evolving software distribution or document against changes so it can be released with some hope of stability. Carries the strong implication that the item in question will "unfreeze" at some future date. and then thaw biopharmaceutical products in a consistent, reproducible re·pro·duce v. re·pro·duced, re·pro·duc·ing, re·pro·duc·es v.tr. 1. To produce a counterpart, image, or copy of. 2. Biology To generate (offspring) by sexual or asexual means. manner. Freezing freezing, change of a substance from the liquid to the solid state. The temperature at which freezing occurs for a pure crystalline solid is called the freezing point and is a characteristic of the particular substance. provides a stable hold step that de-couples the manufacturing steps from each other. Since biopharmaceutical manufacturing capacity is a big issue, the ability to un-couple one step from the next allows the process to be optimized at each step and also allows inventory to be held at a level that's most economical. The technology was developed at Genentech Genentech Inc. (NYSE: DNA), a composite of Genetic Engineering Technology, Inc., is a leading biotechnology corporation, which was founded in 1976 by venture capitalist Robert A. Swanson and biochemist Dr. Herbert W. Boyer. in the late 1980s. Integrated BioSystems' Freeze-Thaw technology has been used for over 10 years at leading biotech bi·o·tech n. Informal Biotechnology. biotech Noun short for biotechnology Noun 1. and biopharma manufacturers. To date, over $5 billion worth of commercial product has been processed with this technology. |
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