|
BioLabs, Inc.
Overview
Research on over 1,000 human blood & breast tissue samples has consistently
shown that mammastatin is the protein responsi-ble for controlling
abnormal cell growth in breast tissue. This protein is present in
the blood of healthy women & is absent or in reduced amounts in over
90% of breast cancer patients, regardless of whether these women have
a family history of breast cancer. In addition to its diagnostic value,
mammastatin has been shown to have tremen-dous value as a treatment
therapy for breast cancer patients & a preventive therapy for women
at high risk. Research on 29 late stage breast cancer patients has
shown that injecting mammastatin into the blood as a replacement therapy
has been 70% effective in preventing the growth of breast cancer in
all the cases tested to date. BILB currently owns 6% of Biotherapies,
Inc., which holds the exclusive rights over the proposed therapeutic
product.
History
BioLabs, Inc., incorporated in NY, recently formed a 50% joint
venture with Biotherapies, Inc. of Ann Arbor, MI to manufacture
& distribute the MSA blood test which diagnoses & predicts breast
cancer risk by measuring the mammastatin levels in women's blood.
Worldwide, mammastatin research is being conducted by only three
entities, all working in cooperation together & located in Ann Arbor,
MI: University of Michigan Cancer Center; Biotherapies, Inc.; &
Mammast-atin Research Institute, a non-profit affiliate of Biotherapies,
Inc. More than 10 years of research has consistently shown that
the mammastatin protein is responsible for controlling abnormal
cell growth in breast tissue. This protein has been found to be
present in 83% of healthy women. All the women from high risk families
lacked mammastatin, representing half of the 17% with no mammastatin.
The protein was absent in the blood of approximately 90% of breast
cancer patients, including those with a family history of breast
cancer.
The mammastatin diagnosis has distinct advantages of current &
emerging technologies such as mammograms, manual examinations, genetic
screening, tumor markers, or sensor enhancements. Some of these
tests cannot predict the risk of breast cancer, can detect only
large tumors, or cannot determine malignancy. The absence or presence
of mammastatin, on the other hand, has been shown to be an accurate
predictor of the disease. Some of the new emerging technologies
tend to be less accurate & do not take family history into account.
As a therapeutic, mammastatin is injected into the bloodstream
of breast cancer patients on a regular basis -- similar to insulin
injections for diabetics. This therapy proved highly successful
in animal & human studies during 1996 & 1997. In pre-clinical tests
on 29 women in the very late stages of breast cancer (less than
2-month life expectancy), the injection therapy was at least 70%
effective in preventing the growth of breast cancer in all of the
breast cancer cases tested.
|
Business/Products
The MSA blood test kit will be sold to commercial diagnostic & therapeutic
laboratories. The mammastatin diagnostic product line will likely
consist of the following elements: (1) The MSA test kit for the measurement
of mammastatin levels in blood. The instrument contains the apparatus
& antibody reagent to perform the biochemi-cal analysis, the scanner
to record the results, & the software to read the data & quantify
the levels of mammastatin present. .... & (2) Antibody reagent refills
for the test kit.
Each test kit will come with an initial supply of reagent sufficient
to analyze 100 blood samples. Subsequent reagent supplies are purchased
as needed. The predicted cost of these kits is $3,500 and the reagent
pack is $10 per individual test. Net operating profit per kit is
about $600. Annual sales are expected by management to be $28 million
by 2000.
The joint venture is seeking FDA "sanctions" for MSA in use to
identify mammastatin levels, determine breast cancer risk, & monitor
progress of mammastatin replacement therapy. FDA approval is not
required, since the product is not a drug. Sanc-tions, however,
lend credibility, so the joint venture intends to wait for that
to occur before commencing sales.
Market
Breast cancer diagnostics & therapeutics represent a $10 billion
industry worldwide. The market for the kit is comprised of two layers:
1) the actual purchasers -- the 2,000 labs in the U.S. which perform
the assays; & 2) the drivers -- tens of thousands of doctors who
draw the blood & send the samples to the labs for analysis. An estimated
one in eight women are expected to contract breast cancer. The U.S.
alone currently has 3 million breast cancer patients & survivors.
The target consumer market consists of the following population
segments:
Women over 30, as part of routine annual physical & gynecologi-cal
examinations. Population: 50 million U.S., 420 million worldwide.
Breast cancer survivors, as part of routine, semi-annual mainte-nance
check-ups. Population: 2.3 million U.S., 16 million worldwide.
Breast cancer patients, to monitor mammastatin levels monthly in
conjunction with replacement therapy. Population: 700,000 U.S.,
4 million worldwide.
Aggressive publicity will focus on the following: High level of
MSA accuracy (approximately 90%); Ability to detect regardless of
lump size; Quick & easy administration; It is further along than
competitors for FDA approval; & It's value in conjunction with mammastatin
therapy. Articles will be published in medical journals, presentations
will be made within the medical communi-ty, & media interviews will
be given.
...continued on next page, click here
|