NanoImaging Services, Inc., a service provider exclusively focused on providing transmission electron microscopy services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, has received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institutes of Health through the National Center for Research Resources.The grant, which provides approximately $200,000 in research and development funds for a Phase I study, will allow the company to develop new methods for quantitative characterization of nanoparticle morphology and aggregation state using transmission electron microscopy.
Characterization of nanoparticles and biologics is a critical step in the development of important new pharmaceutical therapeutics.
The company is backed by Merck Capital Ventures, LLC.
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19/04/2010