Cytocentrics to locate corporate headquarters to san antonio. Mayors vision for san antonio north san antonio chamber august 19, 2016 good afternoon and thank you to the board and leadership of the north san antonio chamber for continuing to provide this opportunity to outline my vision for the city we all love. Cytopatch instrument from cytocentrics ag selectscience. Federico zaragoza, city manager sheryl sculley, and university of texas health science center at san antonio president dr. Utsa researchers receive boost with technology from german. By josh baugh and peggy ohare, san antonio expressnews. The address of our principal executive office is 3463 magic drive, suite 120, san antonio, texas 78229. Cytobioscience, which changed its name last year, was founded in germany and moved to san antonio. Cytocentrics relocation to san antonio serves as an example of how the private sector, academia, and the city can partner together to enable progress, drive innovation, and ultimately create more jobs. Cytocentrics experiencing big growth after relocating to.
Cytocentrics inc company profile and news bloomberg. A key feature of the cytopatch instrument is its modular concept. Their products are designed to simplify and optimize laboratory productivity. Achievements include cytopatch and cytocentrics, the scientific instrument and the ion channel focused biotech company excelling in precision electrophysiology applications, and contributions to the industry wide implementation of fda cipa initiative that brings in silico biology into regulatory science. And now there is increased interest from several other countries. Cytocentrics, biomedical firm that started in germany, is an example. Cytocentrics manufacturers and analyzes data for a medical device called a cytopatch machine that automates a medical patch clamp technique. Company profile page for cytobioscience inc including stock price, company news, press releases, executives, board members, and contact information. Cytobioscience ceo james garvin said the deal with westmountain was a necessary move for the company, which moved from rostock, germany, to san antonio. The san antonio military medical center at fort sam houston is the largest military hospital in the united states and the only level 1 trauma center, bringing in patients and their families from all over the world.
Data driven automation technologies and drug development are my field of expertise. However, as research and development continued to advance, cytocentrics bioscience created the cytopatch, the companys highthroughput, hands free patch clamp instrument. University of texas at san antonio utsa and ut health science center at san antonio, as well as another partnership for workforce development with alamo colleges. All content is posted anonymously by employees working at cytocentrics. Jobs, research, science the refrain, as city push brings. Explore the different sources of funding, their relative merits, and how you should best utilize that funding at each stage of. Cytocentrics city of san antonio s economic development department fy 2015 highlights as we close out the year, the economic development department is reflecting back on the many accomplishments achieved throughout 2015. Mauli agrawal, alamo colleges vice chancellor of workforce and economic development dr. The company will be based initially at 18618 tuscany stone.
San antonio company cytocentrics renames itself cytobioscience. German biosciences company relocating headquarters to. Ten life science companies to watch in san antonio saedf. The cytopatch instrument combines the high data quality known from the manual patch clamp with a complete process and assay automation. Cristina aldrete, duane wilson and all of your board, staff and volunteers what a great. Mayors vision for san antonio north san antonio chamber. They want to make the drug discovery process more efficient and cost effective while focusing on quality and reliability.
Cytocentrics wanted to revamp their outdated and plain website to help reestablish the company as one of the most respected and sought after in the biotechnology industry worldwide. Since relocating its headquarters to san antonio, cytocentrics has entered into deals with multiple international biotech companies, including germanybased axiogenesis and cyprotex plc. Sign up for facebook today to discover local businesses near you. San antoniobased biotech firm cytobioscience has agreed to a merger with skyline medical, a publicly traded company based in minnesota, but will maintain a key office here. San antonio gives biotech firm incentive to relocate.
Biomed sa celebrates 10th anniversary siliconhills. The agreement calls for cytocentrics to create the 300 jobs in. Cytocentrics bioscience gmbh, inventors of cytocentering technology for automated patch clamp, is proud to announce the release of the second generation glp compliant cytopatch instrument, the. Cytocentrics city of san antonio economic development. Thomas knott left while touring cytocentrics san antonio facility in march. However, the biotech companys ceo, james garvin, said it has already decided to move its headquarters from rostock, germany, to the alamo city. The companies announced tuesday that they entered into a letter of intent july 21. Company profile page for cytocentrics inc including stock price, company news, press releases, executives, board members, and contact information. Cytocentrics, a rostock, germany based biotech and robotics company that is transforming laboratory testing of how pharmaceutical agents interact with human cells, announced plans to relocate its corporate headquarters and operations to san antonio. The san antonio city council has approved an economic development grant on behalf of a german biomedical company. Cytobioscience inc company profile and news bloomberg.
Cytocentrics provides complete automated patch clamp solutions that enable you to successfully achieve your research and screening goals quickly and efficiently. San antonio cytocentrics, the maker of instruments that can be used to screen if and how cells might react to drugs, has changed its name to. A compact in vitro diagnostic wd device is used to provide in vitro modelbased diagnosis and a basis for modelbased therapy planning. The ivd device and an associated procedure may be used to assess the effect of drugs on the electrophysiological phenotype of cardiomyocytes or any cell of a patient. Order online tickets tickets see availability directions location. Cytocentrics relocation to san antonio serves as an example of how the private sector, academia, and the city can partner together to enable progress, drive innovation, and ultimately create. The company makes a medical device called a cytopatch machine. While contributing to cytopatch and cytocentrics, the precision scientific instrument and the ion channel company, i took the opportunity to developed a unique set of agile skills and business expertise that include contributions to the industry wide implementation of fda cipa initiative into regulatory. Cytocentrics the company, founded in rostock, germany in 2001, moved to san antonio last year. The company, which offers both a product portfolio and services, will have its international corporate headquarters in san antonios district 9. In fact, one in every six san antonio employees works in the bioscience and healthcare industry. Cytocentrics 3463 magic dr san antonio, tx business. Ten life science companies to watch in san antonio. Our instruments are designed to simplify the patch clamp process, resulting in significant time and cost reductions for our customers.
Its patch clamping technology evaluates drug interactions with human cells and analyzes data. Ut health science center san antonio a new master of science in respiratory care degree will be offered by the school of health professions, part of the university of texas health science center at san antonio, with an eye on the number of people that suffer from respiratory diseases from asthma to copd in the u. Cytocentrics vnd san antonio web and app development. Each instrument is equipped with its own patch clamp amplifier and advanced perfusion. Cytocentrics relocation to san antonio serves as an example of how the private sector, academia and the city can partner together to enable progress, drive innovation and ultimately create more jobs, said mauli agrawal, utsa vice president for research. San antonio cytocentrics, the maker of instruments that can be used to screen if and how cells might react to drugs, has changed its name to cytobioscience. Cytocentrics has guaranteed that it will create 300 wellpaying jobs, as well as partnering with. Cytocentrics makes a medical device called a cytopatch machine.
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