Vipogen LLC
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
Vipogen LLC believes it has a delivery technology that will at long last deliver on the promise of liposomes. Its delivery method entails sterically stabilized liposomes, and more importantly, micelles, which offer better scalability and more consistent batch quantity.
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