Mirexus Inc. Signs Strategic Partnership with Cargill Beauty
Guelph, Ontario – April 12th, 2018 – Mirexus Inc., a Canadian biotechnology company, and Cargill Beauty, the personal care platform within Cargill, have agreed to enter into a long term strategic partnership, allowing Cargill Beauty to deliver Mirexus’ innovative, natural bio-active – PhytoSpherix™ – to targeted Cargill customers in the Global Personal Care market. “This is a wonderful opportunity for Mirexus”, said Boris Segalowitch, President of Mirexus Inc. “We needed to accelerate our growth and with Cargill Beauty as our partner in just one step we have moved into the big...
read moreBoris Segalowich appointed as President of Mirexus Inc.
Mirexus Biotechnologies Inc. (MBI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Boris Segalowich as President of Mirexus Inc. Mirexus Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary company of MBI, and is focused on applications of it’s unique, plant-based active ingredient PhytoSpherix® in the personal care industry. “Boris joined as VP Personal Care in June this year and has quickly demonstrated the skills and knowledge needed to lead this business”, says Phil Whiting, CEO of MBI. “Our personal care business offers great growth potential for us, and needed his leadership and experience.” PhytoSpherix®...
read moreMirexus Biotechnologies celebrated ground-breaking for new manufacturing facility
On Thursday, September 28th Mirexus Biotechnologies hosted a ground-breaking ceremony to celebrate the commencement of construction of its new manufacturing and research facility in Guelph. The building will include expanded lab space and offices, and most importantly a first-generation factory, designed to produce 16T / year of PhytoSpherix™ – Mirexus’ safe & natural nanomaterial. The proprietary process uses only water and energy to extract this natural product from Ontario sweet corn. The ground-breaking ceremony was celebrated in the presence of Mayor Cam Guthrie,...
read moreRicky Ghoshal joins Glysantis as Sr. Business Development Associate
Mirexus is pleased to announce that Ricky Ghoshal has joined Glysantis as Sr. Business Development Associate. Ricky recently completed an 8-month internship with Glysantis as part of McMaster University’s Master of Biomedical Discovery and Commercialization program. “Over the past 8-months Ricky has made considerable contributions to Glysantis. We are thrilled to have him join us full-time now that his program at McMaster is complete”, says Alison Crumblehulme, VP of Business Development. Ricky will support Glysantis’ commercialization efforts by conducting market research, identifying new...
read moreAlison Crumblehulme Promoted to Vice President Business Development
The Board of Directors of Mirexus are pleased to announce the promotion of Alison Crumblehulme to Vice President Business Development. Alison started her career in R&D and then moved into business development while doing an MBA at Queen’s – before joining Mirexus ~2 years ago to lead our Business Development efforts. “Alison has quickly become a key member of the business leadership team at Mirexus, and we felt this change in title better reflects the importance of her role and contribution to the company”, says Dr. Phil Whiting, President & CEO of Mirexus. “We are all...
read moreMirexus’ Founder Dr. John Dutcher Receives University of Guelph Innovations of the Year Award.
Mirexus’ founder and physics professor Dr. John Dutcher received the University of Guelph Innovations of the Year Award for his work with nanoparticles. Mirexus’ platform material PhytoSpherix™, ,which is a natural biopolymer extracted in the form of completely uniform-sized nanoparticles was discovered by Dutcher’s team at the University of Guelph. Read more (press release from UoG).
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