Innovative BioTherapies to help soldiers heal, create jobs
There isn’t much about Innovative BioTherapies that isn’t a feel-good story. It makes a product that helps save combat soldiers’ lives, hopes to transfer that technology to every day medicine while it looks to create a few jobs (and maybe even hire former Pfizer worker or two).
It’s been a quick rise to the top for Innovative BioTherapies. The
The firm specializes in bio-artificial kidneys, which have been used extensively in combat operations in
The combination of polymers, cells and biomaterials could also have applications in every day medicine with possible applications for diabetes patients. Innovative BioTherapies is looking into exploring those possibilities but company spokeswoman Deb Buffington says the diabetes angle is still years away from becoming reality.
In the meantime, the company has increased its research staff, hiring one former Pfizer employee and possibly adding another in the near future.
Source: Deb Buffington, vice president of Innovative BioTherapies
Writer: Jon Zemke
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