Nanologix Company Updates
2012
- February 13, 2012: UTHSC Group B Strep Exhibited in Poster Presentation
Group B Strep research from University of Texas Health Science Center presented at the poster session of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s 32rd Annual Meeting in Dallas, TX (February 6-11, 2012). View the poster here>>
- February 13, 2012: NanoLogix to Exhibit at ASM BioDefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting
This month, NanoLogix will exhibit at the ASM BioDefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting in Washington D.C., February 26-29, 2012. NanoLogix technology, including BNP and BNF will be on display at booth # 27.
- February 9, 2012
Over the past year, major developments at NanoLogix have drawn the attention of food processors, medical and veterinary facilities, universities, major diagnostic kit producers, government agencies, large and small clinics and hospitals, and various labs. Interest in our products continues to grow among both domestic and international entities.
The comprehensive operations summary of 2011, which covers technology advances, partnership collaborations, preparations for FDA approvals, media coverage, financial information and the company’s new R&D laboratory.
Read the full operations summary here>>
- January 12, 2012: NanoLogix Joins WHO StopTB Partnership NanoLogix is pleased to announce it has been accepted as a member to the World Health Organization’s Stop TB Partnership. The organization consists of nearly 1000 partner members who are a collective force that is transforming the fight against TB in more than 100 countries. They include international and technical organizations, government programs, research and funding agencies, foundations, NGOs, civil society and community groups and the private sector. More information on NanoLogix membership in the StopTB Partnership can be found at http://www.stoptb.org/partners/partner_profile2.asp?PID=69342.
2011
- June 7, 2011: NanoLogix technology to be used for detection of E. coli strain found in Germany’s outbreak
The company has added the E. coli 0104:H4 to the battery of bacteria being tested with NanoLogix technology by a major U.S. Biodefense contractor. E. coli 0104:H4 has been added in the interest of world health and the company plans to share its results with the appropriate U.S. and international bodies fighting foodborne illnesses.
Since May 2, 2011, E. coli 0104:H4 has killed 23 people and sickened over 2300. So far, officials estimate that the agriculture industry in Spain is losing €200m a week and German famers are losing about €1m a day as a result.
- May 31, 2011: The company had a very successful exhibit at the American Society for Microbiology General Meeting in New Orleans last week. Interest was renewed with a Japanese firm and new interest was generated from various parties including the US Navy, US Army, USDA, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Atlanta).
Based on the success of the ASM and other business building activities, the company will be shipping BNP and BNF kits to the USDA next week for testing and to a major food processing company in a few weeks.
Also this week, the first phase of the University of Texas Health Science Center clinical trial was accepted for publication by a major peer-reviewed journal. The name of the journal will be announced upon publication of the UTHSC paper. - May 23, 2011: The company is exhibiting this week at the 2011 General Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology in New Orleans. The conference runs through May 24th. View the booth display>>
- April 15, 2011: NanoLogix is honored to have been chosen as one of three finalists for Outstanding Biotech Innovation, in the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber and CincyTech 2011 Innovation Awards. NanoLogix congratulates Bexion Pharmaceuticals on winning the award for their research on drug development for identification of early indicators of tumor growth.
- April 1, 2011: NanoLogix featured in April issue of Medical Laboratory Observer magazine.
- February 18, 2011: NanoLogix featured in Lab Manager Magazine "Bacterial culturing for faster detection"
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February 3, 2011: NanoLogix Nominationed for Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber and CincyTech Innovation Award
NanoLogix has been nominated for a Cincinnati USA Innovation Award in the category of: Outstanding Biotech Innovation – Small Business – a company with fewer than 50 employees that has achieved a significant milestone in the life sciences, including but not limited to drug therapeutics, medical devices, medical imaging and pharmacogenomics.
The goal of the program, which is organized by the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, the Business Courier, and CincyTech, is to recognize innovative products and services at all levels of the business community that are aimed at spurring the development of new ideas as an economic engine. NanoLogix was nominated for the award by Carol Frankenstein, President of BIOStart in Cincinnati.
- February 3, 2011: UT Houston Clinical Trial Update
Jonathan Faro, MD, Ph.D, UTHSC-Houston Ob/Gyn Chief Resident and head of the study stated: "Regarding active studies with GBS utililizing NanoLogix technology, we at UT Houston have been very pleased with our initial results. We recently submitted an abstract of the first phase results to the American Society For Microbiology (ASM) and anticipate presenting our data at the annual ASM conference in New Orleans this May. If accepted, this presentation will highlight the first phase of the project which focuses on development of the assay and will form the foundation for the 300-patient clinical trial which is underway."
- January 27, 2011: NanoLogix featured in hiVelocity Media
2010
- November 24, 2010: Internal Update, Engaged Services of major defense organization
NanoLogix has engaged the services of a major biodefense and biomedical research corporation to evaluate the NanoLogix BNF technology for detection and identification of six types of bacteria. This series of tests will include Vibrio cholerae (Cholera). The study is being funded by NanoLogix. - August 25, 2010: New Patent Granted
The company has been issued U.S. patent #7,781,159 for its invention of a method and device for the rapid detection, enumeration and identification of microorganisms. This is one of two foundational patents granted this year for our BioNano technologies. - August, 20, 2010: NanoLogix featured in this month’s issue of Medical Design Technology magazine, Speeding Up Petri Dish Diagnostics. “Petri dish technology is used around the world and the sandwiched-membrane BioNanoPore (BNP) test kits hold the potential to change diagnostics across the board."
- August, 20, 2010: BNF technology highlighted in ADVANCE
NanoLogix BNF technology highlighted in ADVANCE for Administrators of the Laboratory, NanoLogix and UT Medical Center Shorten Wait Times for Group-B Streptococcus Tests. “ NanoLogix Inc. offers its BNF technology in controlled testing at the University of Texas-Texas Medical Center in Houston for the bacteria Group B Streptococcus (GBS) in pregnant women. - August 9, 2010: This week, CEO Bret Barnhizer travels to Europe for meetings. Later this month, he and Dr. Sergey Gazenko will travel to Japan.
- June 30, 2010: NanoLogix has filed and received medical device registration approval from the U.S. FDA for their BNP™ BNF™ and BNC™ test kits. Registration number: 3005553828.
- June 24, 2010: The Company has received the remaining 10 machines ordered from New Brunswick Scientific. 'NBS' personnel will be in-house June 29 to complete setup and inspection of the equipment.
Copyright 2011 Nano - June 22, 2010: Collaboration With University of Texas Medical Center
Our collaboration with the Texas Medical Center has produced preliminary culture-based results for the rapid detection of Group-B Streptococcus of between 4-6 hours. The initial results are 12-18 times faster than the 72 hour wait time experienced with traditional petri technology. The Texas Medical Center is continuing to finalize these Group-B Strep results and NanoLogix is furnishing additional test kits for that purpose.
In addition, the physicians at the Medical Center will begin testing Nanologix BNF/BNP™ technologies with the drug-resistant ‘superbug’ MRSA (methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus). MRSA is a type of staph infection that is the top cause of infections in hospitals. It traditionally takes 1-3 days to detect MRSA. Physicians at the Texas Medical Center anticipate that the NanoLogix technologies will dramatically reduce wait times for the detection of MRSA similar to the results evidenced by their recent test times for Group-B Strep. - May 20, 2010: Negotiations to purchase corporate headquarters
- May 12, 2010: NanoLogix has received and installed the first two machines of the twelve ordered from New Brunswick Scientific. We anticipate the balance of the equipment ordered to arrive in May or June. This brings the total machines installed in the production clean room to six, equaling three complete workstations.
- April 23, 2010: This week the company ordered new equipment from New Brunswick Scientific. This order is for six MP-1000 Automated Plate Pourers and six MM9 MediaMatic Sterilizers. This equipment will add six workstations to the existing Hubbard, Ohio cleanroom production facility.
- April 13, 2010: On 12 April it came to the attention of NanoLogix management that there has been a statement released by an organization called The Street Alert (TSA), purportedly paid for by an organization named D3 Communications LLC, advising readers to take notice of our stock. Neither management, known affiliates, nor employees of NanoLogix have had any dealings whatsoever with either of these two entities.
- April 9, 2010:The company announces that it is adding two microbiologists and an additional lab tech to their Research and Development facility in Cincinnati at Bio/Start. NanoLogix is also moving their current R&D to larger labs within the Bio/Start facility in order to accommodate up to eight research personnel for the foreseeable future.
- April 8, 2010:After meetings in Houston, Texas, NanoLogix would like to announce that it is expanding its involvement with physicians at the Texas Medical Center significantly beyond that which has been ongoing since September of 2009. This work has been focused on providing early detection of infectious disease. Further details will be released in the near future.
- March 26, 2010: The company would like to announce that it has completed construction of its cleanroom production facility. Completion was delayed from the original date by the decision to add an additional cleanroom thereby increasing the potential work stations from thirty-four to fifty-six. Over the next two weeks the company will be performing extensive cleaning of the facility, test runs on the two existing work stations, system tests, and preparing for the installation of additional New Brunswick Scientific equipment currently under order.
- January 31, 2010: Items of Interest
CEO Bret Barnhizer and Director John Chatterton have just returned from a week-long trip to the Middle Eastern countries of Kuwait and the UAE. In Kuwait they were hosted as guests of Dr. Eyad Al Saleh, CEO of the Advanced Medical German Company (AMGKWT), an operator of medical laboratories in the country. While in Kuwait, Barnhizer and Chatterton met with various officials. During their visit they toured the Royale Hayat Hospital and five laboratories owned and operated by AMGKWT.
Following their Kuwait visit they traveled to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where they attended Arab Health 2010 at the Dubai International Exhibition Center, again at the invitation of AMGKWT. The overall purpose of the trip was to assess the market potential for BNP and other NanoLogix products in the Middle East region, with the initial distribution focus to be on the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states.
2009 Updates
- November 25, 2009: Calendar of Events
NanoLogix wishes to extend an invitation to interested parties to visit with company science staff and management at the 8th Annual ASM BioDefense Meeting to be held at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland from Sunday, February 21 to Wednesday, February 24, 2010. NanoLogix personnel can be visited at booth number 29. NanoLogix BNP/BNF™ and BNC technology will be on display. Information about the meeting can be accessed here and the floor plan of the exhibition can be viewed here.
The Company also wishes to extend an invitation to interested parties to visit us at booth number 1313 at the ASM 110th Annual General Meeting to be held in San Diego, California from Sunday, May 23 to Thursday, May 27, 2010. Details of the General Meeting can be accessed here. - October 12, 2009: See our latest article: "NanoLogix Looks to Change How Lab Tests Are Done" in the Youngstown Vindicator's Business Section.
- October 6, 2009: Operations Update
NanoLogix is in the process of redirecting the Company’s primary focus from research and development to manufacturing. We have begun preparations for construction of a manufacturing facility to produce our BNP Rapid Detection Kits. Production operations will take place at the company's headquarters in Hubbard, Ohio, where we are negotiating the construction and build-out of existing leased footage in addition to possible expansion of our lease area. We are awaiting quotes from providers of modular clean-rooms for finalization of the production area design. The Company has chosen New Brunswick Scientific’s MP-1000 PourMatic® and associated equipment for use in the BNP kit production process. Production with the selected equipment is scalable to 48,000 kits per week, a capability that should enable us to meet the initial needs of a select group of customers and achieve our short term revenue goals.
Ongoing testing conducted by both NanoLogix and their clients has confirmed that the BNP Rapid Test Kit technology has determined the viability of all micro-organisms tested to date in time spans that are 100 to 400 per cent faster than any competing technologies. - September 22, 2009: NanoLogix Inc. Confirms Date of Shareholder Meeting, Provides Operations Update
NanoLogix announces the date of September 25, 2009 for the Annual Shareholder Meeting. The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn - Youngstown South, 7410 South Avenue at US 224, Boardman, OH 44512 from the hours of 1pm to 4pm EST.
Shareholder information proxy materials will be sent to those who are shareholders of record as of August 28, 2009. The Company would also like to announce it has recently filed for a patent application for rapid detection of TB. -
August 17, 2009: Announcement of 2009 Shareholder’s Meeting
NanoLogix announces the date of September 25, 2009 for the Annual Shareholder Meeting. The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn - Youngstown South, 7410 South Avenue at US 224, Boardman, OH 44512 from the hours of 1pm to 4pm EST. Shareholder information proxy materials will be sent to those who are shareholders of record as of August 28, 2009.
The Company would also like to announce it has recently filed for a patent application for rapid detection of TB. -
July 27, 2009: Technology Breakthrough, Shipment Of Test Kits To Africa and Retainment of Patent Rights
During ongoing work performed on development of a water-quality testing kit for a US Government Agency, recent company research has indicated that NanoLogix's BNP™ and BNC™ test kits may be used for detection and identification of viruses when combined with antibody-coated magnetic particles. This is potentially a major breakthrough for the company's diagnostic technology, going beyond the established capability for bacterial, spore, and mold detection, thereby adding significantly to the battery of detection capabilities currently available with BNP and BNC technology. NanoLogix plans to contract with an Ohio-based research center with BSL-3 virology capabilities to perform further research.
This week the company will ship 500 diagnostic test kits to an international public health organization in Africa. This will be the first use of NanoLogix technology in Africa.
NanoLogix is currently proceeding with national patent filings for BNP technology in China, Japan, India, Brazil, the EU, and Russia. These filings are a progression from the initial PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) filing done in 2007.
Construction of the company's production clean room is projected to be completed in late August, with equipment installation to follow.
The company has regained full rights to 18 of its patents licensed to Nutra Pharma after Nutra Pharma's default on their 2008 royalty payment balance. NanoLogix plans to develop the technology to add to the company's diagnostic kit portfolio.
September 18th has been set as the tentative date for the 2009 NanoLogix shareholder meeting. Details will follow in the near future.
- July 06, 2009: Operations update and items of interest
During ongoing work performed on development of a water-quality testing kit for a US Government Agency, recent company research has indicated that NanoLogix's BNP™ and BNC™ test kits may be used for detection and identification of viruses when combined with antibody-coated magnetic particles. This is potentially a major breakthrough for the company's diagnostic technology, going beyond the established capability for bacterial, spore, and mold detection, thereby adding significantly to the battery of detection capabilities currently available with BNP and BNC technology. NanoLogix plans to contract with an Ohio-based research center with BSL-3 virology capabilities to perform further research.
This week the company will ship 500 diagnostic test kits to an international public health organization in Africa. This will be the first use of NanoLogix technology in Africa.
NanoLogix is currently proceeding with national patent filings for BNP technology in China, Japan, India, Brazil, the EU, and Russia. These filings are a progression from the initial PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) filing done in 2007.
Construction of the company's production clean room is projected to be completed in late August, with equipment installation to follow.
The company has regained full rights to 18 of its patents licensed to Nutra Pharma after Nutra Pharma's default on their 2008 royalty payment balance. NanoLogix plans to develop the technology to add to the company's diagnostic kit portfolio.
September 18th has been set as the tentative date for the 2009 NanoLogix shareholder meeting. Details will follow in the near future.
- June 18, 2009: ASM and Operations Update
NanoLogix attended the American Society for Microbiology 109th General Meeting from May 18 – 20, 2009 in Philadelphia, PA. There was tremendous interest in the company's BNP™ technology from corporations involved in diagnostic testing, the pharmaceutical industry, governmental agencies, medical laboratories, environmental organizations, and universities. The BNP™ kits are currently undergoing evaluation by a number of those who demonstrated interest.
Construction of a clean room production facility at our Hubbard, Ohio headquarters is ongoing. Upon completion, BNP kit production will be shifted from our Cincinnati lab to the new facility, with BNP kit production anticipated to begin this summer.
- April 20, 2009: NanoLogix Begins Construction of Production Facility for Medical Test Kits
- March 17, 2009: Operations Update - American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Meeting
NanoLogix will attend the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) annual meeting, to be held in Philadelphia, PA May 17 – 21. The company will display at booth #749 in Exhibit Hall B at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. More information is available at http://gm.asm.org/
