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About Oxitec
Overview
Vision & Business Principles
Company History
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Management Team
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Company History
Pre-history
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Dr. Luke Alphey developed novel insect control technology at
Oxford University (patented in 1999; published in Science magazine
in 2000).
2002
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Oxitec was founded, based on the above research of Dr. Luke Alphey,
with an equity investment of £1.5 million from Oxford University
and East Hill Advisors.
2003
- Transformation of Medfly and the dengue-carrying mosquito, Aedes
aegypti.
- Collaboration established with the USDA to work on the cotton
pest, Pink Bollworm.
2004
- Transformation of Pink Bollworm.
- Move to purpose-built laboratories and offices in Milton Park,
near Oxford.
2005
- Second round funding of £1.3 million raised from Oxford
University (through the Isis College Fund), East Hill Advisors
and Oxford Capital Partners.
- Contained field trials of Pink Bollworm
in the USA.
- Transformation of the
Mexican fruit fly.
2006
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Awards Won
SMART Award worth £0.45
million over 3 years (2003)
Small Business Research Initiative SBRI
Award worth £0.2 million over 2 years (2004)
Awarded $5 million from the Gates
Foundation Grand Challanges for Global Health Initiative (2005)
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