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Breathtec Biomedical Inks Agreement With ZeptoMetrix Corporation


March 17, 2017 - News Release (Re: Pharmaceutical Agreement):

With this news, we would also like to announce a new research agreement with ZeptoMetrix Corporation (ZMC), based out of Buffalo, NY. ZMC is an industry leader and innovator in infectious disease diagnostic development. Furthermore, ZMC offers a variety of custom diagnostic product development including Virology, Bacteriology, Molecular, and Immunology services.

breathtecbiomedical.com/2017/03/17/breathtec-biomedical-cto-delivers-presentation-international-science-community/

ZeptoMetrix Info:

Understood worldwide for our Diagnostic Kit Development and Manufacturing, including ELISA Kits and HIV p24 Ag, Western Blots, Oxidative Stress Kits, Marketing & Proficiency Panels, Rapid Test Controls, CLIA Validations, QC Controls, numerous Reagents and Biorepository Services, our Team prides themselves on their significant, trusted and daily contributions provided to a global marketplace

ZeptoMetrix operates from three highly efficient, state of the art facilities. Our Corporate Headquarters is situated in Buffalo, New York on the Buffalo-Niagara Medical Campus. Responsible for Research & Development and its new Analytical Testing Services, Buffalo is home to 2 – Bio Safety Level 3 Laboratories and has been granted a Select Agent License. Franklin, Massachusetts is home to our FDA Registered Facility-Molecular Diagnostics Division, Biorepository Services, Manufacturing and Distribution Fulfillment Services

Our ZeptoMetrix Team represents a cross section of the best and brightest in our Industry. From our highly skilled and ground-breaking Scientific Team to the collaborative, detailed and experience of our Manufacturing and Distribution Groups, ZeptoMetrix is focused on delivering unparalleled quality, consistency, innovation and trust in our Company, Products and Services provided to our Global Partners and Industry. Together we look forward toward leading, building and establishing new standards for the Global good.

www.zeptometrix.com/about/

ZeptoMetrix - Known to have one of the world’s largest commercial archives of clinical specimens, ZeptoMetrix possesses a significant scope of stocked, highly characterized Seroconversion Panels from HIV, HBV and HCV infected Individuals.

Question: What is a Seroconversion Panel?

Answser: Its a testing panel designed to test the testing device in question.

So, for example, you and I devise a new HIV testing kit which we think is great.

We can buy commercial testing panels containing HIV antibodies or antigens or both where the effectiveness or accuracy of other HIV tests which we are going to be selling against, is already known. That way we can test our new test against the best available tests already available and see how good ours is in terms of corretly identifying HIV.

ZeptoMetrix Info:

The company last July took over 11,000 square feet at 847 Main, supplementing its corporate/administrative offices and laboratory facility, housed in adjacent buildings across the street at 878 Main and 872 Main, respectively. Total employment at the three sites is about 60, with another 50 employees working from Franklin, Mass., where ZeptoMetrix runs its molecular diagnostics division as well as distribution and fulfillment...

ZeptoMetrix, a private life sciences firm, is focused primarily on diagnostic tools and testing for virus specimens, providing inactive specimens and cultures for such deadly diseases such as SARS, HIV and tuberculosis as well as Zika...

The company was founded in Buffalo in 1999 by scientist James Hengst and U.S. Rep. Chris Collins. Still, with a division in the tech and biotech-heavy Boston area, why expand here? Hershfield pointed to the workforce in Western New York, proximity to the medical campus and a community that’s been extremely supportive.

www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2016/08/01/zeptometrix-eyes-expansion-in-buffalo.html

U.S. Representative Chris Collins:

Chris Collins named to Trump transition executive committee

Rep. Chris Collins, R-Clarence, was one of 23 people named Friday by President-elect Donald Trump to serve on his presidential transition team’s executive committee.

Collins’ selection serves as a sign of his growing role with the Trump presidential inner circle. Collins, the former Erie County Executive, was the first member of Congress to support Trump and remained a steadfast supporter of the incoming president through-out the campaign season. He was re-elected to a third term in the U.S. House of Representatives this past week, representing New York state's 27th district.

www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2016/11/11/chris-collins-named-to-trump-transition-executive.html

James Hengst, Ph.D., Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer

Jim is Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of ZeptoMetrix Corporation. Prior to ZeptoMetrix, he held various management positions at Allied Signal Corporation, Boehringer Mannheim Corporation and Cellular Products, Inc. He has served an adjunct professor for various academic institutions including the University at Buffalo School of Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Purdue University and Indiana University. He has also served as an advisor and board member for a number of corporate, academic and governmental organizations. He holds his Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Eureka College, his Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Illinois Medical Center and did his post-doctoral work at the University of Southern California School of Medicine. He has authored over 40 publications including manuscripts, abstracts and patents.

www.zeptometrix.com/about/board/jhengst/

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