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Phytolab

Via Ugo Shiff, 6 - 50019 - Sesto Fiorentino

The Interdepartmental Laboratory of Technology and Analysis of Plant Preparations of Pharmaceutical, Food and Cosmetic Interest (PhytoLab) involves the departments of Chemistry, NEUROFARBA and Statistics, Informatics, Applications (DISIA) of the University of Florence, and carries out research and services related to the extraction, purification and characterization of natural substances for the biomedical, food, cosmetic and agro-industrial sectors. Studies are also carried out on the optimization and preparation of extracts and their formulations for marketing, quality and safety control, LCA, product registration and patenting support, and studies on the recovery and exploitation (energy and commercial) of secondary and waste products in the agro-industrial sector.

Pontlab

Via Lazio, 4 - Z.I. Gello - 56025 - Pontedera-PI

Pontlab is a point of reference for testing, consulting and analysis of materials, operating as a certified laboratory equipped with modern and sophisticated instrumentation and techniques that allow the complete characterization of materials, products and components, simulate the conditions of use, predict the resistance and behavior. Pontlab has a flexible and multi-service structure and expertise, suitable to support companies of different sizes and from different sectors: mechanical and automotive, chemical and pharmaceutical, oil & gas, fashion, food, manufacturing, construction and others. It collaborates with design, research and development centres, universities and offers its support for research and development on new materials, validation of design choices, benchmarking on materials/products, new products/processes, problem solving, supplier qualification, product/system certification, validation of production processes, application of voluntary and mandatory technical standards.

PQE - Pharma Quality Europe Group

Località Prulli, 103/C - 50066 - Reggello-FI

PQE is a ISO 9001 certified technology solutions and compliance consulting services company with global capabilities deliverable throughout the entire product quality life cycle, allowing PQE to provide services (i.e. data integrity, qualification & engineering, GxP compliance, regulatory affairs, third party audits) at a very competitive price. As a Contract QualityOrganisation, PQE provides a full range of quality solution for GCP, GLP, GMP & GDP areas, being active in Europe and North and South America, the Middle East, India and Chinas with hundreds of compliance solutions consultants on staff, enabling rapid global deployment of flexible, well-organized project teams anywhere the clients require. PQE has a large experience in working on regional/global projects and rollouts for large corporations, as well as a long history of supporting local leaders and small/medium companies in reaching, FDA / EMA / ANVISA / WHO / GILS and other international, regional and local regulatory compliance authorities.

SeMPliCe Lab

Via Santa Marta, 3 - 50139 - Firenze

The SeMPliCe Lab (Laboratory of Structural Chemistry and Molecular Properties) is responsible for designing and characterizing, from a structural, morphological, chemical and thermodynamic point of view, different classes of compounds and materials and their properties. The experimental techniques used range from X-ray diffraction, single crystal and micro-crystalline powders to microtomography, fluorescence analysis and elemental chemical analysis, flanked by computational studies using various molecular modeling techniques (empirical, semi-empirical and quantum-mechanical calculations). The laboratory has access to the instrumentation at the Crystallography Centre of the University of Florence (CRIST, www.crist.unifi.it), one of the most important centres in Italy in terms of instrumental equipment. The lab also deals with molecular modelling, aimed both at the design of new compounds (and/or material precursors) with desired properties, and at the identification of information / parameters of a geometric and/or electronic nature to be used to rationalize the chemical/physical properties and reactivity of the chemical species studied.

SETLANCE

Via Fiorentina, 1 - 53100 - Siena-SI

SetLance is a biotech company, founded in 2009, focusing its activity on the development of novel branched peptide-based drug candidates for the treatment of severe human diseases – with a special focus on bacterial infections and cancer, which are optimized, characterized in vitro, and developed in the preclinical, and early clinical phases. SetLance activity is currently based on the characterization and development of two proprietary lead peptides for bacterial infections and cancer. Antimicrobial peptide SET-M33 showed considerable activity against various multi-resistant Gram-negative bacteria and also against Staphylococcus aureus (D-stereoisomer). SetLance-patented tetrabranched peptide containing human neurotensin sequence (NT4) efficiently discriminates between tumor and healthy tissue in human surgical samples of colon, pancreas adenocarcinoma and bladder cancer and is currently in the lead optimization phase and expected to enter preclinical-pharmacological stage in the next future.

Techniconsult Srl

Via Carlo del Greco, 25/A - 50141 - Firenze-FI

TECHNICONSULT offers engineering services to companies and multinational corporations in all types of sectors worldwide, and is particularly specialised in the pharmaceutical sector. Born in 1993, TECHNICONSULT always stood out with its capacity to combine the high quality standards that companies in the phar-maceutical sector demand when carrying out integrated engineering projects, and provide a new planning and control method with original solutions, such as BIM, CFD and 3D PRINTING, re-searched and developed for producing 3D graphs with dynamic simulation of spaces, environments, flows and processes in the installations. The experience in the pharmaceutical sector gives TECHNICONSULT substantial added value: maintaining strict and high safety standards for developing the plant’s layout, individualising materials and staff flow, verifying compliance with European cGMP and FDA requirements.