Overview
Biological Mimetics, Inc. (“BMI”)
was formed to commercialize innovative pharmaceutical products
that
will improve the quality of life and overall state of public
health by combating resistant and emerging diseases in
human and veterinary medicine.
Our mission philosophy is to remain a creative and innovative
biotechnology firm dedicated to improving the quality of
life and overall state of public health through the application
of novel technologies for the development and commercialization
of human and veterinary biologics to address a long list
of hitherto intractable disease targets involving viruses,
bacteria, parasites, and cancer.
Based on the Company’s elucidation of a common vaccine
evading mechanism of antigenic variation known as “Deceptive
Imprinting” used by microbial pathogens
and cancer cells, the company has developed a proprietary
core technology
termed “Immune Dampening and Refocusing”,
which uses immune dampening and refocusing to circumvent
such
evasion mechanisms to: (1) generate vaccines against pathogens
for which no effective vaccine exists and (2) improve on
the strain or serotype restricted protection of previously
tried and currently licensed and used human and veterinary
vaccines. In addition, the technology is able to alter
the natural antigenicity and immunogenicity of targeted
protein antigens to induce and select for unique monoclonal
antibodies that can be used for therapeutic, diagnostic,
and research purposes. Therapeutic proteins and biologics
can also be immune dampened to improve on their biological
half-life and safety profiles.
BMI was founded in 1996
by scientists from the National Cancer Institute and initiated
operations in 1997. The
company’s headquarters and research and development
facilities are located in Frederick, Maryland.
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