Unigen, Botanical Liaisons Partner

Botanical Liaisons, Boulder, CO, and Unigen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (UPI), Broomfield, CO, have formed an agreement to study traditional medicine and the discovery of new products in various countries, including Belize, Camer­oon, Peru, Tanzania and the U.S. Botanical Liaisons will identify, collect and supply medicinal plants with voucher specimens and traditional information to UPI for research and product development. In turn, UPI will screen putative plant actives for biological activity, isolate and purify the actives to homogeneity and develop drug leads and commercial products.