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North Carolina Research Campus Inks Deal with Anatomics
Kannapolis, NC - Oct. 1, 2007 - Anatomics will join the state-of-the-art North Carolina Research Campus, Vice President of Business Development Clyde Higgs announced today.
We're very happy to be in business with Anatomics," said Higgs. "We continue to reach out and find success with exciting companies like Anatomics in the medical devices, diagnostics, health and wellness and agri-bio tech fields."
Anatomics' mission is to provide custom quality surgical biomodels and patient specific craniofacial implants to surgeons and hospitals locally and internationally. Anatomics uses patient CT scans to create highly accurate, custom anatomical biomodels for presurgical procedure planning, custom implant design and pre-shaping of surgical hardware.
"We are excited to locate our U.S. Head Office and manufacturing facility on the North Carolina Research Campus and are looking forward to working personally with the regional health care community as well as the list of impressive companies here at the campus." said Larry Ward, CEO of Anatomics' U.S. business unit. Anatomics will have a permanent space on the research campus in the village.
About Anatomics
Founded in 1996, in Melbourne, Australia, Anatomics is a global pioneer in the use of patient-specific biomodels in healthcare. Anatomics currently develops, manufactures and internationally markets surgical biomodels and custom implants for the Oral & Maxillofacial, Craniofacial, Orthopedic and Neurosurgical specialties. "We're confident we can provide quality products, excellent service and improved patient outcomes for U.S. surgeons," said Ward.
For more information visit: www.anatomics.com.
About the North Carolina Research Campus
Planned as a public-private collaboration, the North Carolina Research Campus combines the research power of world-renowned universities and workforce training programs with the know- how of business. This "dream team" includes David H. Murdock, Duke University, the University of North Carolina system and the N.C. Community College System.
Features of the research campus (www.ncresearchcampus.net) include:
- A 350-acre campus that complements North Carolina's biotech corridor, including the Research Triangle Park, the Triad, Asheville and Charlotte.
- An initial 311,000-square-foot building to house the core laboratory, a state-of-the-art research facility and tenants. The David H. Murdock Core Laboratory, to be owned by a public charity created and funded by David Murdock, will feature the most advanced equipment available in the areas of Molecular Genomics, Proteomics, Metabolomics, Bioinformatics, and will include Analytical Chemistry, Animal Imaging, Histochemistry, Microscopy, and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance laboratories. Many of the pieces of equipment are the first of their kind in the world, including the Bruker Biospin 950 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectrometer, the 454 series of DNA sequencers and a multi-laser source cyclotron.
- One million square feet of office and laboratory space.
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