Graduate Companies
Over 28 biotechnology startups have graduated from the BDI and then gone on to become self-sufficient companies or were acquired. Among others, they include: Applied Genetic Technologies Corp, BioEnergy International LLC, Celunol (merged with Diversa as Verenium then acquired by BP Biofuels), EcoArray Inc., EnCor Biotechnology Inc., EraGen Biosciences (acquired by Luminex in 2011), Integrated Plant Genetics Inc., Nanomedex Inc., Nanotherapeutics Inc., Oragenics Inc., Oxthera Inc., Sharklet Technologies Inc., SunPharm Inc. (acquired by GelTex which was acquired by Genzyme), Universal Air Technologies Inc. (acquired by Lennox Industries), and Xhale Inc. which spun out Hygreen, Inc.
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