GroPep公司介绍

公司：www.gropep.com

GroPep由澳大利亚联邦科学与工业研究组织和Adelaide 大学联合创立于1988年.公司主要研发促进细胞生长的新产品,并工业化生产向世界各地销售.公司的制药厂主要经营:细胞培养,药品研发,生物试剂和合作生产.

细胞培养:GroPep的生长因子产品适合药厂使用大量细胞培养生产各种治疗药物,疫苗和抗体时所需.产品包括:

LongRIGF-I
LongEGF and LongTGF-α

Long是其商标之一.
生物试剂-包括生长因子,抗体和相关蛋白:

Accessory Products
Aquaculture
EGF / Betacellulin / TGF-α Family
Growth Hormones
IGF Binding Proteins （IGFBP）
IGF Family
NGF Family
Receptors
TGF-beta Family

 GroPep was founded in 1988 by CSIRO （the Australian Government's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation） and the University of Adelaide.
 

2006
In December 2006 GroPep was acquired by the Danish company Novozymes A/S and became Novozymes GroPep Limited. 

2005
Continued strong financial performance with record growth in net profit before tax to $3.1 million, more than triple that reported in 2004. One-off tax benefits lifted profit, after tax to $6.4 million. Marketing arrangements for Cell Culture Products were transferred from CSL Limited to Sigma-Aldrich Corporation （USA） by CSL's sale of its JRH Biosciences subsidiary.

2004
Achieved a significant turnaround in financial performance to record a profit of $1.0 million and operating cash flow of $3.8 million. Commenced a $3 million facility upgrade to support our rapidly growing cell culture business.

2003
Biotech Australia assets disposed of and on-going business consolidated to Adelaide.

2002
GroPep acquired assets and on-going business of Sydney-based Biotech Australia Pty. Ltd.

2001
GroPep launched a new clinical trial at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute in Melbourne for a chemotherapy side-effect treatment.

Pre-clinical development of a treatment for recurrent miscarriage and other unexplained infertility conditions in humans was begun.

GroPep is a founding shareholder of TGR BioSciences Pty Ltd, which was incorporated in June 2001.

2000
GroPep relocated staff and operations to a manufacturing, R&D and administration building at Thebarton in suburban Adelaide.

GroPep successfully launches its business on the Australian Stock Exchange （Code: GRO）.

1999
GroPep became a founding shareholder in Primegro® Ltd, a company established to commercialise agricultural and veterinary uses of growth factor technology.

1998
GroPep established its Pharmaceutical Drug Development business to develop pharmaceutical products through Phase I and II clinical trials.

1997
The Australian Government renewed The Cooperative Research Centre （CRC） grant for a further seven years.

GroPep and Flinders University joined the original partners of the CRC, and GroPep gained exclusive rights to commercialise inlectual property developed by staff in the CRC.

1993
GroPep commenced the production of its new recombinant variant of IGF-I （LONG®R³IGF-I）. This product is marketed as a replacement for insulin in cell culture media, and is the basis of the Company's Cell Culture business.

1992
GroPep commenced the manufacture of IGFs and related reagents and marketed them worldwide for research purposes. This is the basis of the Company's Biotechnology Reagents business.

1991
GroPep becomes the commercial arm of the Australian Government funded 'Cooperative Research Centre （CRC） for Tissue Growth and Repair'. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation （CSIRO）, University of Adelaide, Child Health Research Institute （CHRI） and Dairy Research and Development Corporation （DRDC） held equity in both the CRC and GroPep.

1988
GroPep was founded to commercialise inlectual property relating to a novel insulin-like growth factor （IGF） developed through a scientific collaboration between the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation （CSIRO） and the University of Adelaide.