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Zoetis establishes immunotherapies
for livestock research lab at Colorado
State University in US
ZOETIS has signed an agreement with Colora- do State University, US to establish a research lab at CSU that will ex- plore the livestock im- mune system and target new immunotherapies – paving the way for new alternatives to antibiotics in food-producing ani- mals.
The new 280sq m Zoetis Incubator Research Lab will operate at the Re- search Innovation Center on CSU’s Foothills Cam- pus starting in early 2020.
In this landmark R&D collaboration, Zoetis sci- entists will be co-located with CSU’s highly skilled scientists, core laborato- ries, research programs and services to seed in- novations for livestock animal health.
While the Zoetis Incu- bator Research Lab will reside within CSU’s Re- search Innovation Cent- er, it will be part of the company’s global R&D organisation.
As a result, Zoetis may access a greater under- standing of the livestock immune system, generat- ing new candidates for further research and de- velopment.
The initial focus of the Incubator Research Lab will be biotherapeutics for cattle, which could yield broader implications for pigs and poultry.
Infectious Disease Re- search Center executive director Ray Goodrich said, “Our agreement with Zoetis represents the be- ginning of an era of col- laboration, co-operation and innovation between public and private re- search leaders, all in the interest of improving ani- mal health.”
With few alternatives today for treating life- threatening bacterial in- fections in animals, Zoetis supports the responsible use of antibiotic medi- cines in animals and in people, while ensuring veterinarians and live- stock producers have new and enhanced solutions to better predict, prevent, detect and treat disease in the animals under their care.
These include new class- es of antibiotics for veteri- nary use only and novel, non-antibiotic anti-infec- tive treatments like those being pursued through the Zoetis Incubator Research Lab.
Going where the sci- ence is
As part of the new lab, Zoetis expects to hire up to 20 livestock research scientists, immunologists and cell biologists in Fort Collins.
Zoetis Global Therapeu- tics Research senior direc- tor Chad Ray said, “Zoetis is committed to continu- ous innovation and going where the science is.”
research in a vibrant bio- tech community, making it the ideal environment for our Incubator Re- search Lab.”
For CSU, Goodrich said the strategic new lab will provide multiple benefits for the campus commu- nity and the city of Fort Collins.
It also bolsters CSU’s land-grant mission, which includes setting the stand- ard for public research universities in teaching, research, service and ex- tension for the benefit of the citizens of Colorado, the US and the world.
“The success of our ef- forts will have the poten- tial to translate into prod- ucts and services that may greatly improve the health and wellbeing of farm an-
imals and our agricultural communities,” he said. About the CSU Research InnovationCenter
The Research Innova- tion Center at CSU is a life-science company ac- celerator and is home to several startup companies with roots at the universi- ty, including SiVEC Bio- technologies LLC, which is developing antiviral applications for the rapid treatment and prevention of avian influenza.
The centre was original- ly designed to foster col- laborations between pri- vate industry and CSU’s academic community.
Learn more about the Research Innovation Center at research.colos tate.edu/idrc/research-in novation-center
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