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General Intermediates Announces Second Nucleoside Breakthrough

General Intermediates Canada announced today that they have the developed a second proprietary technique for nucleoside substitution. This technique applies to all nucleoside synthesis where unique or rare substitutions are required. The new methodology developed by GIC allows for the production of nucleosides of higher purity, stability and variety than what was previously available.

“Our technique is highly specialized and unique to us,” said Dr. Glenn Weagle, EVP of Technology at GIC. “This stems from the original work of our founder, Dr. Kleiner, and allows us to manufacture nucleosides via the fusion of sugars to purines.”

“Commonly, in nucleosides, manufacturers put the sugar on to the purine and then do the substitution” explained Dr. Weagle. “What GIC has done is developed a way to do all of the substitutions to the purine and the sugar pre-fusion. This is normally very difficult to do. We have a fusion technology that permits us to take these fully substituted groups and fuse them for the finished final product.

Our proprietary technique means we are able to protect the sugar in a way that stabilizes it, with a higher purity and a much longer shelf life. Usually, nucleosides self-destruct and degrade over a period of months. Ours can remain on the shelf for years. This means we can produce nucleosides in much larger quantities than previously thought possible because the product remains stable and can be stored. These larger production runs means we can also produce the nucleosides cheaper.”

“This is further proof that GIC is an innovator in the pharmaceutical industry. What we have been able to do here is simply unheard of and previously not thought possible. This is a proprietary technique that we will now look to license to larger pharmaceutical firms as it gives them the ability to produce a better product, cheaper than before,” said Allan Danroth, GIC spokesman.

About General Intermediates of Canada Inc:

GIC is a boutique provider of small molecules to the pharmaceutical industry. The company’s main business is the research and production of small batch quantities of unique organic bio-molecules. The intermediates synthesized by GIC are precursors for pharmaceuticals used in research for MS, asthmatics, anti-virals, and chemotherapeutics.

About Pharmaceutical Intermediates:

a pharmaceutical intermediate is a compound that is formed in a stage between the parent substance and the final pharmaceutical compound. It is a “stepping stone” in the synthesis of the final product.

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General Intermediates Announces Nucleoside Breakthrough

General Intermediates Canada announced today that they have perfected work on the production of Ultra-Pure Nucleosides for use in the pharmaceutical and high-tech sensor industries.

“This is exciting stuff for us,” said Dr. Glenn Weagle, EVP of Technology for GIC. “We have confirmed our ability to produce nucleosides at greater than 99% purity. Our ultra-pure nucleosides have passed all bacterial and endotoxin standards for tissue culture.”

Nucleosides are commonly used as anti-viral and anti-cancer agents.

“The technology we use to produce these nucleosides is something we are looking to license to others in industry,” said GIC spokesman Allan Danroth. “We see this as a game-changer for both the tech and pharma industries and something that is unique to us. This is part of the work that GIC’s founder, Dr. Kleiner, did over the years that is just now getting out to the broader business community.”

About General Intermediates of Canada Inc:

GIC is a boutique provider of small molecules to the pharmaceutical industry. The company’s main business is the research and production of unique organic bio-molecules. The intermediates synthesized by GIC are precursors for pharmaceuticals used in research for MS, asthmatics, anti-virals, and chemotherapeutics.

About Pharmaceutical Intermediates:

A pharmaceutical intermediate is a compound that is formed in a stage between the parent substance and the final pharmaceutical compound. It is a “stepping stone” in the synthesis of the final product.

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After 34 years in biotech there’s new life for General Intermediates

There is a certain image we tend to have for a biotech company. Usually the picture includes the latest high tech, hustling sales people, a large scientific team, and a big marketing plan.

Alan Danroth and Glenn Weagle of General Intermediates Canada based in Edmonton don’t quite fit into that picture.

They’re part of the new team leading the 34 year old biotech company and they are breathing new life into it as they dig through handwritten notes and continue to coax life into an aging Novell server. Once they blow the dust off some of the ideas and technology hidden away on the shelves, they are finding some innovative, lucrative, and perhaps ground breaking biotech waiting to hit the marketplace.
They are both here at BIO for the first time and come with fresh ideas to rejuvenate their company. They have also maintained a sense of humour as they navigate BIO’s networking events and deal with that old server back in the office as it starts to make strange noises.

We had a good conversation yesterday about an Alberta company with 3 decades of biotech R & D under its belt.

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*NEW PRODUCT* WATERWHITE™

General Intermediates is please to announce the addition of WATERWHITE™ to its product offering.  WATERWHITE™ is GIC’s answer to oil field water chemistry, featuring a proprietary line-up of more than 30 chemicals capable of treating the most complex of oil field water chemistry.

This exciting product line-up will soon be complimented by the addition of our thermal treating

line-up. In today’s age of declining prices and tightening margins, GIC’s ability to deliver custom chemistry and unparalleled service to our clients is a clear market differentiator, ensuring higher production and greater yields at lower cost.

For further information email info@gicbio.com today.

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