Curiox and other Asia Pacific companies were assessed on the basis of their current performance and potential for future growth to determine companies that shall emerge as industry leaders, in the biomedical science and biotechnology sectors, in the coming decade. BioSpectrum's editors evaluated all aspects of the organizations' performance and public profile, prior to nominating Curiox as the winner for the biomedical science segment.

Curiox's Emerging Company of the Year award comes hot on the heels of Curiox's LabAutomation2010 Innovation AveNEW award, earlier this year, as one of the industry's most innovative laboratory automation technologies. This magnitude of worldwide industry acceptance and excitement is welcomed by young Singaporean start-up Curiox, and comes at a crucial time, as Curiox begins to expand its products to overseas markets. 

"It is truly an honour to be selected with top companies in Asia who have been around much longer than Curiox. These awards demonstrate to our customers, partners and competitors that our DropArray™ technology is innovative and valuable, and is poised to change the way experiments and screenings are performed in a laboratory," comments Curiox's CEO, Dr Namyong Kim. 

Curiox's DropArray™ technology disrupts the microtiter plate market, which has seen little-to-no change in microtiter plate design for the last 60 years. Microtiter plates are the most popular disposable labware used in the life science industry to conduct research. Curiox aims to replace microtiter plates with its innovative "wall-less" Droparray™ plates. The unique Droparray™ platform offers better quality of data, 10 - 50 times savings in sample and reagent consumption, and up to 60% assay cost and time reduction. Additionally, DropArray™ platform enjoys effortless integration into existing liquid handling systems, through a simple plug-and-play approach. 

Curiox Biosystems intends to penetrate the United States, European and Japanese laboratory markets this year through strategic partnerships and distributors. 

About Curiox Biosystems Pte Ltd:

Curiox Biosystems has a vision to accelerate the progress of life sciences and drug discovery through better miniaturization. Curiox is a bioinstrumentation company enabling the miniaturization of bioassays for researchers working in life sciences, drug discovery, and diagnostics. Curiox's patent-pending miniaturization platform, DropArray™, provides up to 25 times savings in sample and reagent consumption, and up to 60 % reduction in assay time. The company is a spin-off from Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) backed primarily by Nanostart and Exploit Technologies, the commercializing arm of Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). For further information, please visit www.curiox.com.


For more information, Kindly contact:
Nicole Soo
nicole@curiox.com
180 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8
Block Q, Unit # 501
Singapore 569830 
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