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Home » Ampio forms Luoxis Diagnostics to commercialize ORP tech

Ampio forms Luoxis Diagnostics to commercialize ORP tech

February 11, 2013
CenterWatch Staff

Luoxis Diagnostics, a newly incorporated subsidiary of Ampio Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company focused on prevalent inflammatory diseases, has initiated its operations that will initially be funded through a private placement, with Ampio maintaining approximately 80% ownership post financing.

“The Oxidation Reduction Potential (ORP) diagnostic device and its patent portfolio has been ‘carved out’ to become the lead asset of Luoxis Diagnostics, an in-vitro diagnostics company focused on the development and commercialization of diagnostics utilizing the company's ORP technology platform to indicate disease severity and progression across a wide range of critical and chronic illnesses,” said Michael Macaluso, chairman and CEO of Ampio. “The ORP platform is a valuable asset in which the development of the "point-of-care" reader and disposable testing strips have been completed and multiple clinical trials with stored blood samples from patients with various diseases are underway. Luoxis now needs its own management and financing to launch a comprehensive effort to assure the success of its commercial launch."

Josh Disbrow, Ampio's chief operating officer, will assume the role of chief executive officer of Luoxis.  Details about the private placement will follow in the near future.

"Ampio is a pharmaceutical company mainly focused on treatments for inflammatory diseases,” said Disbrow. “Now, by carving out the diagnostics program and arming it with dedicated management and funding we are accomplishing two main goals that will benefit Ampio shareholders: 1) Ampio's management and resources will be totally focused on advancing our lead therapeutic compounds, Ampion and Optina through pivotal clinical trials in the U.S. and securing commercialization partners world-wide for the Zertane sexual dysfunction drug portfolio. 2) A key Ampio asset, the ORP platform, will be commercialized more rapidly to become a provider of world-class diagnostic testing systems while retaining a majority ownership of Luoxis for our existing Ampio shareholders."

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