INDUSTRY NEWS
Peptides Supplier Launches New-Look Site
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American Peptide Company, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA, USA), a supplier of peptides and peptide-related services to the pharmaceutical, life science, and other industries, has announced the launch of its redesigned corporate Web site. Located at www.americanpeptide.com, the site contains information on the company’s portfolio of peptides and customer-support services. The site is designed to meet the needs of pharmaceutical and life sciences companies looking to bring products to the market quickly. Boasting new visual elements including photography and graphics, the site also offers improved site architecture for more-user friendly navigation. In addition, the site features ‘My Peptides,’ a tool created to help customers track their recent orders and change account or order information. Company press releases, trade show schedules, and career opportunities also can be viewed on the new Web site.
Atek Medical Announces Site Redesign
Atek Medical (Grand Rapids, MI, USA), a manufacturer of Class II and Class III disposable, implantable, and electromechanical medical devices, has redesigned its Web site, which can be found at www.atekmedical.com. Representing the breadth of the company’s manufacturing capabilities, the site has been designed as a resource for medical device companies, helping companies identify and select the appropriate product lifecycle stage in which to engage the firm’s services, which include assistance with intellectual property, product development, transition engineering, pilot-product incubation, stable manufacturing, and off-shore migration.
Site Devoted to Medical Uses of PEEK Launched
An educational Web site on the medical applications of polyetheretherketone (PEEK) polymers has been launched at www.medicalpeek.org. Designed as an online reference for research on implantable PEEK, the site’s target audience includes materials- and bioengineers, medical device designers, surgeons, academics, scientists, and other medical and medical device industry professionals. The site was founded by Steven M. Kurtz, a research professor and director of the Implant Research Center at the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems at Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA, USA). Kurtz reports that the new Web site is drawing attention from the biomedical, materials, academic, and related research and development communities. With interest in implantable PEEK continuing to grow across diverse medical applications, he expects the number of visitors to the site to reflect that trend.
