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Article: GENZYME SAYS IT HAS A POTENTIAL HOT SELLER
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- January 6, 1987
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CopyrightCopyright 1987 The Boston Globe. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Roosters everywhere might crow for joy if they knew of the
recent achievements of a small Boston biotechnology company.
Genzyme Corp. has found an efficient way to brew in the lab an
expensive natural lubricant used by eye surgeons. Up to now, the
clear, sticky fluid had to be extracted from rooster combs.
Laboratory-brewed hyaluronic acid, with its broad potential
applications in ophthalmic and orthopedic surgery, could be a hot
seller for Genzyme. The company just struck a marketing agreement
with Alcon Laboratories, an eye-care subsidiary of Nestle S.A., and
tests are under way on a half-dozen other uses.
But hyaluronic acid is just one of several promising new
products for the ...