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Tepha,
Inc.
Tepha is
engaged in the development of a new range of bioabsorbable medical devices
for therapeutic applications. The Company has licensed and is applying
a patented core technology which allows it to produce bioabsorbable
polymers suitable for use in a wide range of implantable products to
treat humans with defective tissues and organs.
BEPS:
The nonprofit BioEnvironmental Polymer Society
Holds annual
scientific meetings, publishes journals and newsletters, and facilitates
contact among interested polymer researchers in academia, industry,
and government.
Biodegradable
Polymer Research Center at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell
This center,
supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation, engages in a variety
of research related to biodegradable polymer synthesis and processing.
Biodegradable
Polymers and Plastics in Japan
Report
of a U.S. factfinding team on various Japanese institutions involved
in the production and use of biodegradable polymers.
Department
of Energy Office of Biomass Programs
Metabolix
has a grant with the Department of Energy’s Office of Biomass
Programs to develop a Mirels production in a Biomass Biorefinery.
Biomass
Research and Development Initiative
The 2002
Farm Bill provided funding for Biomass Research and Development Initiatives,
as well as statutory authority for USDA to designate biobased products
for preferred purchasing by Government Agencies. Metabolix has a Biomass
R&D grant with the Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resource
Conservation Service (NRCS) to produce Mirels in switchgrass.
National
Institute of Standards Advanced Technology Program
The NIST
ATP program supports high risk, high payoff research that make feasible
a broad range of new commercial opportunities with a high payoff for
the nation as a whole. Metabolix received a NIST ATP grant to develop
a highly efficient strain for producing Mirels.
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