Company Profile

Hepregen Corporation (AKA: Ascendance Biotechnology~)
Profile last edited on: 4/9/19      CAGE: 4X2Z2      UEI:

Business Identifier: Advanced toxicity screening and drug discovery
Year Founded
2007
First Award
2008
Latest Award
2010
Program Status
Inactive (Acquired)
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Location Information

200 Boston Avenue Suite 1500
Medford, MA 02155
   (781) 391-0205
   info@hepregen.com
   www.hepregen.com
Location: Single
Congr. District: 05
County: Middlesex

Public Profile

In November 2015, Hepregen Corporation and the ESI BIO products division of BioTime Inc. merged to form a multinational cell-based assay company. doing business as Ascendance. In March 2018, BioIVT, a provider of biospecimens and related services, acquired Ascendance Biotechnology, Inc. Hepregen Corporation had originally been developing bioengineered solutions for drug development, including a platform for advanced toxicity screening and drug discovery. With its high fidelity model of the human liver, Hepregen's bioengineered solution was designed to improve predictivity of how drugs will affect the liver once in humans. This company ihadbeen spinout of the 2006 project desinated Human liver models for faster, safer drug development which was supported by the MIT Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation. HepatoPac, a bio-engineered micro-liver platform for use in a range of applications, including metabolite identification, toxicity screening, clearance, drug-drug interactions, transporter involvement, in silico models, toxicogenomics, and disease modeling applications in humans. The firm's capabilities are also used in cosmetic and environmental testing industries.

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Synopsis: Awardee Business Condition

Employee Range
15-19
Revenue Range
1.5M-2M
VC funded?
Yes
Public/Private
Privately Held
Stock Info
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IP Holdings
1-4

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Key People / Management

  Bernadette (Bonnie) C Fendrock -- Co-Founder and President

  Vincent Zurawski -- Chief Executive Officer

  Michael Holsapple -- Vice President of Toxicology Product Development

  Salman Khetani -- Director, Research

  John (Jack) McGeehan -- Vice President, Operations

  Mann Shoffner -- Director, Marketing and Sales