1999 |
Founded by Dr. Rajan Gupta as a laboratory service company, providing quality assurance to the dairy industry |
2001 |
First round of financing from AVAC Ltd. to develop the VitaKit™ line |
2001 |
Grants to develop the VitaKit™ line from National Research Council Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) |
2002 |
Refined a new Vitamin A & D extraction process, streamlining the process from 1 day to less than 1 hour |
2003 |
Succeeded in developing first monoclonal antibodies for Vitamin A & D, permitting ELISA detection of these vitamins |
2003 |
Applied for patent protection for VitaKit™ line and proprietary monoclonal antibodies |
2004 |
Winner, Venture Prize Competition, Edmonton Economic Development, awarded annually to a leading technology development company, for developing a feasible, high-growth business concept |
2005 |
Named as one of Alberta’s 40 "Coolest Companies" by Cool Companies, an entrepreneurial magazine |
2005 |
VitaKits™ first delivered from third party manufacturer, Medicorp, an ISO-certified facility, ready for commercial use |
2005 |
Signed a distribution agreement in Europe with Diffchamb, a major European supplier of food diagnostic products |
2006 |
Signed an agreement with Affinity Life Sciences, an ISO 13485 and cGMP facility, of New Hampshire, to provide large scale manufacturing capacity of the VitaKit™ line |
2006 |
First Nutri-Chip™ system ready for testing |
2006 |
Trademarks issued for VitaKit™ and Nutri-Chip™ |
2007 |
Applied for AOAC (Association of Official Analytical Chemists) certification of the VitaKit™ line as an Official Method for vitamin testing |
