Mayor of Investorville Administrator
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posted 04-17-2000 10:47 AM
Deltagen, a development-stage biotech company, hopes its technology can generate, analyze, and study genetic information more quickly than existing systems. Drug companies subscribe to its DeltaBase database of mammalian gene functions and use its DeltaSelect target-validation program to select and validate drug-discovery targets. Using DeltaBase, Deltagen delivers knockout mice (in which the targeted gene function has been "knocked out") for drug-candidate testing. The firm has also developed Delta-GT that identifies the function of secreted proteins in mammals. Deltagen's customers include Pfizer (64% of sales), Roche Biosciences, Merck, Schering-Plough, and Tularik. The company plans to raise $100 million but an IPO date hasn't been set yet. (source: SEC filing)
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