Date: October 21, 2004

Presenter: Clague P. Hodgson, Ph.D.

Affiliation: Nature Technology Corporation - www.natx.com

The guest speaker was Clague P. Hodgson, Ph.D. - hodgson@natx.com - founder, CEO, and Chief Scientific Officer of Nature Technology Corporation - www.natx.com. NTC is a technology-based service company, providing genetic development and manufacturing (OEM) assistance to biotech and bio-pharmaceutical companies, academic researchers. NTC is dedicated to innovating, developing and providing cost-effective, generic solutions for safe, efficient human therapy.

Dr. Hodgson discussed the recent events in the news about vaccination shortages and new technologies on the horizon to improve production and safety. This is a very timely presentation due to the impending shortages of existing flu vaccinations this year. The presentation will cover topics on a non-accademic level for a practical understanding of the issues in research and promising new genetic solutions.

With permission of the the presenter, the Nature Technology presentation has been provided for the ITC as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. To read this file, you will need to download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.