Yulex Corporation
Medical Devices & Tech
1945 Camino Vida Roble, Suite C
Carlsbad, CA 92008 USA
phone: (760) 476-0320
fax: (760) 476-0321
Symbol Private
Founded 0
Employees
www.yulex.com
Research Sector Medical Devices & Tech
Summary Description
Latex medical products manufacturing.
Management
Jeffrey A. Martin, Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Yulex Corporation; Edward P. O'Sullivan II, Chief Financial Officer, Yulex Corporation; Katrina Cornish, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Research & Development, Yulex Corporation; Anthony Nocera, Vice President, Manufacturing, Yulex Corporation; Michael Fraley, Vice President, Agriculture, Yulex Corporation; John A. Wichtrich, Director, President, SLLI; Jason Martin, Director, Managing Director, Argonaut Private Equity; Steve Mitchell, Director, Argonaut Private Equity
Keywords
latex, medical products, Guayule, plant, natural, safe, rubber, manufacturing

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Description
Yulex Corporation is the world's leading resource in manufacturing and marketing a safe, natural rubber latex for medical products. Derived from proprietary, high-yielding lines of a desert plant known as Guayule (why-you-lee), Yulex® latex is a clinically proven solution to the serious health risks posed by tropical latex products imported from Southeast Asia.
Products / Services
Yulex Corporation makes Yulex, a cost-effective, clinically proven solution to the serious health risks posed by tropical latex products.
Technology / Differentiation
Yulex Corporation has received FDA clearance on its Yulex® natural rubber exam glove product  the first medical device made with a type of natural rubber. The examination gloves made with patented Yulex® natural rubber, and cleared by the FDA, do not contain proteins associated with allergic reactions to latex products from Hevea brasiliensis, and are naturally Hevea latex-free
Market / Customers
According to industry analysts, the exam glove market continues to expand by 6 percent year over year and is projected to exceed 13 billion units. Latex-free surgical glove use has also grown by about 20 percent per year from 2005-2007
Status
In April 2008, Yulex received 510k clearance from the FDA to market the first medical device made from guayule, a desert crop native to the U.S. Southwest.


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