VaxyGen Assay Svcs starts lab ops

CHARLESTON, US: SCRA announced its newest tenant company, VaxyGen Assay Services. The company will lease space in the SCRA Medical University of South Carolina Innovation Center located in Charleston, SC for both laboratory and business operations.

VaxyGen Assay Services provides contract custom testing services to the biopharmaceutical and vaccine industry as well as research/development organizations to characterize the active components and their effects in developing therapeutics and vaccines. The company’s client base includes multinational biopharmaceutical and vaccine companies.

“The successful development of life-enhancing vaccines and biopharmaceutical therapies is highly dependent on the ability to biologically characterize the active components of each potential product. This requires highly intricate assays, custom developed for each specific project,” said Dodd. “VaxyGen Assay Services has the expertise and experience to ensure that such potential products are appropriately characterized in order for their development programs to successfully proceed."