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Charlottetown, PE & San Diego, CA - June 2013 - BioVectra announced today a new agreement naming BioVectra as a non-exclusive agent of Reagent Proteins in North America and Europe. BioVectra will provide its customers access to Reagent Proteins’ unique range of over 5,000 catalog protein products; as well as actively promoting Reagent Proteins’ capabilities through its agency network and directly to its key customers, including the potential for custom projects.
“We are pleased to establish this distribution relationship with BioVectra.” stated Patrick K. Lucy, Vice President, Business Development and Marketing at Pfenex Inc., “Leveraging BioVectra’s experienced business development and sales team, as well as an extensive supply chain network, provides the North American and European markets with additional access to our catalog of proteins and services.”
“BioVectra is proud to add the Reagent Proteins catalog to our portfolio of products and services including: cGMP custom manufacturing and key cGMP reagents and both biologic and synthetic API’s, from fermentation, synthesis, and natural product extraction,” Heather Delage, Director of Worldwide Sales & Marketing at BioVectra said, “This cGMP experience makes BioVectra a unique agent, able to leverage its operations and quality assurance understanding to meet the exact individual needs of biologic drug manufacturers.”
About Reagent Proteins
Located in San Diego, California, Reagent Proteins is a leading manufacturer and supplier of reagent, pre-clinical and cGMP grade recombinant proteins to the biopharmaceutical and vaccine development community. Reagent Proteins is a division of Pfenex Inc. Headquartered in San Diego, California, Pfenex is a biotechnology company leveraging the proprietary Pfenex Expression Technology™ platform for the development of biosimilars and innovative vaccines to address unmet and growing global healthcare needs.
About BioVectra
Based in Prince Edward Island, Canada, BioVectra Inc. is an innovative cGMP drug development partner, custom manufacturer of API’s and bioprocess reagent supplier with over 40 years of experience serving the pharmaceutical, diagnostic and biotechnology industries. BioVectra is the world’s leading manufacturer of dithiothreitol (DTT). The company holds 8 DMF and 2 VMF filings, and has experience in technology-partnering and development of API’s for both NCE and generic development pathways.
Reagent Proteins Contact:
Cassidy Brady
Sr. Manager, Business Development & Marketing
858-344-7207
cbrady@pfenex.com
info@reagentproteins.com
BioVectra contact:
Lee DesRosiers
Product Manager, Bioprocess Reagents
(514) 246-5266
ldesrosiers@biovectra.com
T: (866) 883-2872 / (902) 566-9116
info@biovectra.com
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