The polymer may be prepared
by reacting polyallylamine with a guanyl-O-alkylisourea compound to convert
a portion of the amino groups of the polyallyamine to biguanido groups.
This technology was developed at AIST, Japan’s premier, public research
organization.
With research facilities and more than 3,200 employees
across Japan, AIST is an organization that comprises 15 research institutes
previously under the former Agency of Industrial Science and Technology in
the Ministry of International Trade and Industry and the Weights and
Measures Training Institute.
AIST is seeking to license these technologies and assist
with their commercialization. A number of investment options are currently
under consideration.
Consideration will be provided to a range of financial, strategic, and
commercial investment partnerships.