Oystershell NV

Oystershell NV

Oystershell NV is a Belgian commercial research institute that investigates and develops new medicinal products for over the counter use[1][2].

History

Oystershell was founded in 1979 in Flanders, Belgium. It was originally an importer of oyster calcium carbonate for laying hens from which it derives its name. In the 1980s it gradually evolved from this agricultural background to veterinary applications. Since a management buy-out in 2002 it is owned by the current management and the biotech investor Rudi Mariën. Since that change, Oystershell has successfully focused on the research and development on healthcare products for third party licensers and distributors. It has no retail sales or any sales activities in OTC markets. Oystershell derives its income from long term contracts with pharmaceutical companies such as Schering Plough, Boehringer Ingelheim, Nycomed Altana and Omega Pharma.

Products and Patents

The product innovation focus of the company lies with health products that do not require a drug statute and are sold in pharmacies: medical devices, biocides, cosmetics and food supplements.

Oystershell is the owner of several technologies:

  • RF2, a patented extract from vegetal origin that has dental anti-biofilm activity at subinhibitory concentration (sub-MIC)[3]. This novel component is presently evaluated by several drug companies and incorporated in new generation oral care products. [4]
  • Foam for treatment of head lice (Mineral oil/dimethicone formulations)[5]
  • Several physically acting, polymer based solutions for wound care, burns, aphthae

Footnotes

  1. ^ Belgian Federation for the Chemical and Life Sciences Industries, Official website
  2. ^ Belgian Federation for food supplements, diatary and organic products, Official website
  3. ^ Composition for inhibiting or preventing the formation of a biofilm PCT/EP2005/010011 and USPT 11/663,119
  4. ^ Use of the modified robbins device and fluorescent staining to screen plant extracts for the inhibition of S. mutans biofilm formation.K. Honraet and H.J. Nelis. Journal of Microbiological Methods, Volume 64, Issue 2, February 2006, Pages 217-224
  5. ^ PCT/EP2008/050417 Foamable composition for killing arthropods and uses thereof

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