NU/1246 - 8 (2) AELIUS BIOTECH Commercialisation of university research through provision of management skills to assist in successful spin-out company creation

Professor Jeff Pearson and Dr Peter Chater, of Newcastle University, have developed an innovative in vitro model gut system which is currently offered as a research service through the university. The system is the first of its kind capable of integrating a cell culture system with a physiologically accurate mucus layer and whole digestive secretions including bile and digestive enzymes, and has been described as the 'holy grail' of research into oral pharmaceuticals. This system has been used in numerous academic...