New Additions to FredCoBio Community

At the Ft Detrick Alliance tour last week, I was tipped off by Helen from FredCo-md.net (County Gov’t) that there were a number of new Biotech companies in the FredCoBio community.  Here’s the list:

Andromedex Corp. www.andromedex.com Andromedex specializes in helping independent pharmacies save money on their everyday items. From prescription pharmaceuticals to diabetic testing strips to health and beauty aids, Andromedex has savings to offer everyone.

BioProducts Maryland, Inc.  www.bioproductsmd.com BioProductsMD, LLC is a privately-held company located in historic, downtown Middletown, MD. Our company specializes in the development of new and exciting products that will have a major impact in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. BioProductsMD is a new venture by Jeff Schubert, of Cell Trends fame. They list a number of ELISA assays and Integrase enzyme on their web site

Microbiology International www.800ezmicro.com Microbiology International specializes in autoclaves, peristaltic pumps, air samplers, anaerobic chambers, plate pourers, media preparators and stomachers as well as other automation equipment used in microbiological laboratories. We also provide laboratories with the most innovative automation equipment as well as the highest quality rapid detection kits and consumable products for pathogen detection available worldwide.

Bluepoint Bioscience www.bluepointbioscience.com distributes infectious disease diagnostic products to the clinical market. Our products include immunoassay based kits. Additional assays are developed per each client’s request, and include assays that use enzyme and fluorescence based detection platforms.  Looks like they’re sharing space with Marligen in Ijamsville.

Fisher BioServices www.fisherbioservices.com (no information currently available on their web site)

Sustainable Bioresources, LLC www.sustainablebioresources.com We are an early stage company in Frederick, Maryland conducting research and development of new cultivars for sustainable production of threatened plant species that are of economic interest.

And one I will add to the list is Kempbio www.kempbioinc.com a new company with a solid foundation in the bioservices industry. Our scientists have been serving the biopharmaceutical research community for over 15 years with quality cell culture and protein expression services. As we begin Kempbio, Inc. we are focused on technologies that we have mastered and we offer high-quality services to meet your research needs.  Kempbio is here in the incubator with me at FITCI@Hood.  Kempbio is a new venture by Chris Kemp, who is well know in FredCoBio for the former Kemp Biologicals, PGC Scientific and Gene Choice.

On a related note, looks like there is going to be a Job Fair of sorts at FCC’s Advanced Workforce Training Center, 200 Monroe Avenue, Frederick on April 22.  They’re calling it a ” Green Career Fair and Expo”.  I’m not sure if that because they’re environmentally conscious, that there are Big Bucks involved or that so many of us in FredCoBio have been recyled through the mulcher like compost throughout our careers?