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June 2010 |
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Bio Business Briefs
NOWA Technology of Prairie Village highlighted its innovation with a product launch event at the Kansas Bioscience Park in Olathe, complete with a semi-trailer demonstration truck that allowed people to watch 100 pounds of wastewater sludge turn into 100 percent reusable products such as fuel oil, cellulose, and minerals — leaving no waste remaining. (Click here to watch a recent TV news story about NOWA.) The Shawnee bioanalytical laboratory formerly owned by AAIPharma and known as Kansas City Analytical Services, has completed its rebranding, establishing itself as an independent, locally owned company called KCAS. The company specializes in research and analytical services for pharmaceutical, biotech, animal health and medical device companies and has the capacity to analyze over 250,000 samples per year with its best-in-class bioanalytical services. InVitria, a division of Ventria Bioscience, has launched ITSE Animal-Free, a recombinant and defined cell culture media supplement for high performance cell culture. The new product is intended to maximize performance in a consistent and animal-free system. The Hesston branch of AGCO Corp., which employs 1,400 people, won a $5 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy to design new agricultural equipment for the collection and transportation of feedstock to be used at biofuel refineries. The KBA provided a partial match as part of its bioenergy sector focus. The KBA’s Heartland BioVentures initiative partnered with Sonnenschein to provide Kansas bioscience companies with a special briefing on a new $1 billion federal tax credit for small- and mid-sized life science companies working on promising medical breakthroughs. The tax credit is competitive and highly time sensitive, with proposals accepted through July 21 and awards announced by October 29.
