Emtech Companies

M E M B E R C O M P A N I E S

Member companies:

Effigene Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
GeoVax, Inc.
NeurOp, Inc
Orthonics, Inc.
Renovo Research LLC
Vivonetics, Inc.
Zetra Biologicals, LLC

Graduate Companies:

Aderans Research Institute (ARI)
FOB Synthesis, Inc.

For more information contact Connie Snipes
at 404-727-2514 or ott-web@emory.edu

Effigene Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Effigene Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a preclinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing small interference RNA (siRNA)-based therapeutics to treat various human diseases.

Primary Contact: Mark Ledden, Ph.D.
Phone Number: 404.906.4781
Email Address: mark_ledden@effigene.com
Website: www.effigene.com
Mailing address:
3432 Hardee Avenue
Atlanta, GA 30341

GeoVax, Inc.
GeoVax is developing HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) vaccines for prevention of AIDS in the worldwide human population.

Primary Contact: Robert McNally, President / CEO
Phone Number: 404.727.0971
Email Address: rmcnally@geovax.com
Web site: www.geovax.com
Mailing address:
1256 Briarcliff Road NE
Emtech Bio Suite 500
Atlanta, GA 30306

NeurOP, Inc
is a preclinical stage pharmaceutical company developing proprietary small molecules for the treatment of CNS disease. NeurOp's most advanced compounds demonstrate in vivo efficacy in animal models of ischemia and neuropathic pain with no apparent toxicity at therapeutic doses. The compounds are expected to show similar safety and efficacy in models of Parkinson's disease.

Primary Contact: Vince La Terza
Phone Number: 404.727.4190
Email Address: laterza@neuropinc.com
Web site: www.neuropinc.com
Mailing address:
1256 Briarcliff Road NE,
Emtech Bio Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30306.

Orthonics, Inc.
Orthonicsis a start-up company created through Georgia Tech's Venturlab program. Orthonics is developing advanced biomaterials for orthopaedic tissue engineering applications. The company's core technology relates to biomaterials that permit in-growth and adhesion of bone and cartilage tissues. Initial applications will be spinal disc replacement and as aspinal disc annulus patch.

Primary Contact: Dr. Stephen Kennedy, President & CEO
Phone Number: 404.385.4065
Email Address: steve.kennedy@orthonics.com
Mailing address:
ATDC Biosciences Center
311 Ferst Street,
Atlanta, GA 30332

Renovo Research LLC
Renovo Research is a contract research lab that specializes in crystal form discovery for the pharmaceutical industry.

Primary Contact: Scott Childs
Phone Number: 404.377.7876
Email Address: scott@rre.net
Mailing address:
1256 Briarcliff Road NE
Emtech Bio Suite 200
Atlanta, GA 30306

Vivonetics, Inc.
Vivonetics a Start-up company created through Georgia Tech's VentureLab program. The company is developing applications for molecular beacon technology in life science research and drug discovery. Its initial focus is on probes to detect RNA in living cells.

Primary Contact: Gang Bao
Phone Number: 404.385.0373
Email Address: gang.bao@bme.gatech.edu
Web Site: www.vivonetics.com
Mailing Address: ATDC Biosciences Center
311 Ferst Street
Atlanta, GA 30332

Zetra Biologicals, LLC
Zetra Biologicals LLC is a preclinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative vaccines against pandemic influenza and other infectious diseases.

Primary Contact: Jadranka Bozja
Phone Number: 404.727.1693
Email Address: jbozja@gmail.com
Mailing Address:
1256 Briarcliff Road NE,
Emtech Bio Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30306

Graduate Companies:

Aderans Research Institute (ARI), formerly BioAmide Inc.
ARI is dedicated to developing state-of-the-art biotechnology solutions to the pervasive problem of hair loss. This cell therapy and tissue engineering research focuses on developing hair follicle progenator tissue for cosmetic hair replacement surgery. Safe and effective tissue engineered products will be developed based upon the molecular and cellular mechanisms of hair growth and multiplicati. ARI was created by Aderans Co., Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan and its US Susidiary Bosley, the World's largest hair restoration practice.

Primary Contact: Vern Leibmann
Phone Number: 678.213.1913
Email Address: vliebmann@aderansresearch.com
Web Site: www.aderansresearch.com
Mailing Address:
2211 Newmarket Parkway, Suite 142
Marietta, GA 30067

FOB Synthesis, Inc.
FOB Synthesis utilizes expertise in synthetic chemistry to support clients for their synthetic needs as well as to carry out its own drug discovery programs.

Primary Contact: Woo-Baeg Choi
Phone Number: 404.712.9348
Email Address: wbchoi@fobsynthesis.com
Web Site: www.fobsynthesis.com
Mailing address:
3400 Cobb International Blvd.
Kennesaw, GA 30144