How Lee Biosolutions Is Helping Fight Heart Disease
Maryland Heights, MO, August 25, 2015 (Newswire.com) - Lee Biosolutions is a global healthcare biotech company investing in the development and manufacture of highly purified cardiac markers for the IVD industry used in early detection of heart disease. The company’s scientific team's extensive expertise with protein chemistry has led to the development and commercialization of important cardiac biomarkers used in the industry such as CKMB, Troponin, Myeloperoxidase, Myoglobin, CRP, HDL and LDL.
According the World Health Organization , Cardiovascular Disease (CVDs) is the number one cause of death in the world with over 17 million people dying in 2012 alone. In the United States , 1 in every 4 people will die each year from heart disease. Healthcare statistics indicate that heart disease kills more people than all the cancer victims.
We are excited about the future of biomarkers that will save lives
Burton Lee, CEO
Burton Lee, CEO explained, " Early detection will help save lives which is why diagnostic companies around the world seek us out because we have the scientific expertise in isolating the specific marker that they need to help in the detection of heart disease. As a cardiovascular patient, when you go in for a blood test, its very likely the enzyme you see on your report is part of a cardiac panel in which we supplied the enzyme components. Its extremely gratifying for our employees to know that the products we produce will be used in a blood test that helps save a patient’s life.”
Lee Biosolutions stands out in the clinical diagnostic industry because of its historical manufacturing experience in mammalian tissues and serum protein extraction, purification and isolation. The company can tailor the purification, development, process chromatography and protein characterization to ensure its clients obtain the right product for their final application.
About Lee Biosolutions, Inc.:
We are headquartered in a 41,000 square feet state of the art cGMP-compliant facility in Maryland Heights, MO. Lee Biosolutions is a certified, licensed ISO, FDA, EPA and USDA leader in process development and bulk manufacturing of high quality purified enzymes and related proteins for research and clinical diagnostic tests. Lee Biosolutions products are used for such pathologies as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, urine analysis, coagulation, obesity, inflammatory, neurological, autoimmune diseases and immunological disorders.
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