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Company Information:

Name: CYTEX THERAPEUTICS INC.
Address: 2608 ERWIN ROAD
DURHAM, NC 27715-1317
Located in HUBZone: No
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
URL: N/A
Phone: N/A

Award Totals:

Program/Phase Award Amount ($) Number of Awards
SBIR Phase I $497,952.00 2
STTR Phase I $498,628.00 2
STTR Phase II $1,139,179.00 1

Award List:

Hip Joint Resurfacing with Functional Human Cartilage

Award Year / Program / Phase: 2007 / STTR / Phase I
Agency: HHS
Research Institution: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TEC
Principal Investigator: Lisa E. Freed
Award Amount: $236,632.00
RI Contact: N/A
Abstract:
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Degenerative joint disease accounts for substantial human suffering at tremendous social and economic cost. While prosthetic joint replacement is a well-established procedure, a finite life span makes this treatment una cceptable for younger or active individuals… More

Hybrid Composite Scaffolds for Cartilage Tissue Engineering

Award Year / Program / Phase: 2009 / SBIR / Phase I
Agency: HHS
Principal Investigator: Geoffrey R. Erickson
Award Amount: $198,625.00
Abstract:
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Damage and subsequent degeneration of articular cartilage in the form of osteoarthritis represents a major health issue globally, and current estimates report that by the year 2020, over 59 million Americans will be dia gnosed with arthritis. As treatment options… More

Functional Tissue Engineering for Cartilage Repair

Award Year / Program / Phase: 2009 / STTR / Phase I
Agency: HHS
Research Institution: DUKE UNIVERSITY
Principal Investigator: Farshid Guilak
Award Amount: $261,996.00
RI Contact: N/A
Abstract:
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Degenerative joint diseases such as osteoarthritis remain the source of significant pain and disability, affecting 20 million adults with an economic burden of over 40 billion per year to the United States. While join t replacement is a well-established… More

Hip-Joint Resurfacing with Functional Human Cartilage

Award Year / Program / Phase: 2010 / STTR / Phase II
Agency: HHS
Research Institution: Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
Principal Investigator: Lisa E. Freed – 617-452-2603
Award Amount: $1,139,179.00
RI Contact:
Abstract:
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Degenerative joint disease accounts for substantial human suffering at tremendous social and economic cost. While prosthetic joint replacement is a well-established procedure, a finite life span makes this treatment unacceptable for younger or active individuals… More

A crosslinked cartilage-derived matrix for cartilage tissue engineering

Award Year / Program / Phase: 2012 / SBIR / Phase I
Agency: HHS
Principal Investigator: Bradley T. Estes – 919-912-9839
Award Amount: $299,327.00
Abstract:
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The treatment of injuries or diseases affecting articular or elastic cartilage poses important unmet challenges to the medical community. The goal of this Phase I SBIR is to further the development of a method for themanufacture of a biologically-derived… More