Optivia Biotechnology

Parents

*Architects: Biotechnology (Laboratory Equipment, Testing, Tools, Reagents & Test Kit Companies)
*Architects: Drug Delivery
*Industry: California (Biomedical)
Industry: Silicon Valley, California
SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Program: NIH Awardess

Menlo Park, California
Money is going toward a big project, conducted with help from UCSF, to study mysterious drug interactions in the liver and kidneys—which often cause safety problems that trip up many drugs years after they reach the market
Optivia Biotech Finds its Way to Profits, With a Little Help from Friends at the FDA (2011)
Optivia gets $1.85M federal grant (2011)
Optivia has grown up based on a proprietary lab test that looks at transporter proteins that shuttle drugs, nutrients, and other substances in and out of cells.