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Halcyon Bioconsulting

Halcyon Bioconsulting is a consulting company that assists both start up and established biotechnology companies. For these companies Halcyon Bioconsulting assists in a number of ways including leading the research and development strategy, developing products and product development processes, management of intellectual property portfolios, and in advising on strategic business decisions. Halcyon Bioconsulting has hands on experience in plant, animal, industrial and biomedical biotechnology companies.

Halcyon Bioconsulting is based in Auckland, New Zealand, and has an extensive network of contacts and clients in the Australasian Biotechnology Industry. The company provides services around New Zealand and Australia, and has a global network of contacts in the biotechnology industry.

Services

Business strategy development

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Review and assess a companies science and technical capabilities

Scientific advice and planning

Company change management

Intellectual property management

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Due diligence

Project management

Strategic management

Management of company operations

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Project and organisation reviewing

Industry Expertise

Areas of particular expertise include:

Plant biotechnology: In particular the forage plant and forestry biotechnology industries. Halcyon Bioconsulting staff have key industry knowledge and are inventors on numerous patent applications in these indutries.

Animal biotechnology: In particular ruminant livestock production, lactation and reproduction. Staff have extensive experience in ruminant farm systems.

Industrial biotechnolgy: In particular recombinant enzyme production and commercialisation, and large scale protein purification.

Biomedical research: In particular cytokine hormone signalling, transcription regulation, and cell signalling.

Scientific and Technical Expertise

  • Molecular Biology and Recombinant DNA technology
  • Bioinformatics
  • Recombinant protein expression
  • Protein purification
  • Biochemistry

Background

The Managing Director of Halcyon Bioconsulting Ltd, Dr Jerome Demmer, has over 16 years of experience in the biotechnology industry. Dr Demmer has held roles as a scientist, project leader and senior executive in private and publicly-listed biotechnology companies, as well as in both start ups and larger biotechnology companies.

Dr Demmer has a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Otago and an agricultural science (B.Ag.Sci.(hons)) degree from Lincoln College, University of Canterbury.

Dr Demmer has worked with New Zealand, Australian, US and European based biotechnology companies, and has a vast network of contacts in academia and the biotechnology industry throughout Australasia. He has published over 20 scientific papers and is an inventor on more than 20 patent applications.

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