BioPharma Mexico - Top 9 Innovators | Terrapinn Blogs

One of the most important things to look for when establishing a new pharmaceutical or biotech company is scientific talent in the region.

Terapinn has compiled a list of the top innovations that will be presented at BioPharma Mexico 2013. Each of these projects were selected because of their originality and relevance to the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. But most importantly, these projects show that there is scientific talent in Mexico, which makes it ideal to conduct clinical development of any type.

This ranking was built based on the novelty of each project and its relevance to the pharmaceutical and health industries. The selection criteria are based on the following:

• Originality of research
• Relevance to industry
• Technology
• Clinical stage of project
• Projected impact

 The innovators are listed in alphabetical order by project and are not ranked within the 9.

## Production of Vaccines Fused to Genetically Encoded Nanocrystals

Innovator Scientist: Luis Vaca, CaramelTech

Innovation:

Baculovirus expression system for insect cells (BEVS) is a novel procedure used to make stable proteins that can be used in vaccines. It takes advantage of the polyhedrin production system in insect cultures to manufacture effective recombinant proteins. This process requires the fusion of a recombinant sequence with a polyhedrin sequence which is then inserted into a BEVS factor, resulting in production of high amounts of encapsulated proteins that are resistant to heat and dehydration.

## MedicalHub: Health maps of Mexico

Innovator Scientist: Ivan Pech, CaramelTech

Innovation:

Medical Hub is a big data project that makes health statistics available to the private sector in Mexico and Latin America. One of its components is Medical Metrics, which creates health maps with health graphics and indicators for each city, state, and country. Medical Manik complements it by allowing doctors to control their patients records on the go. Medical Hub will benefit pharma by facilitating the application of big data to the developing and monitoring of novel therapies and the generation of new health initiatives.