Company believes it has a natural cure for dandruff from marine microbes

Posted On: May 11, 2009

Scottish marine biotechnology company Aquapharm believes it has found a natural cure for dandruff in microbes in the sea off Scotland’s coast and is poised to strike a major deal with a European company that could add around £1m a year to the fledgling firm’s revenues.

Aquapharm, which is based at Dunstaffnage, near Oban, is developing a library of potential new drugs, treatments and antibiotics from the microbes found in marine environments. It identified the anti-fungal properties of the micro- organism after extensive research and is hopeful a commercial licensing deal will be struck in the global skincare and hair care markets over the next few months.

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