V-LABS, INC., was incorporated in 1979 as a laboratory specializing in carbohydrates with a vision of making available both products and services to researchers in biotechnology, biochemistry, and in the rapidly developing field of glycobiology with its potentially revolutionary approaches to solving biomedical problems. There was at that time a whole emerging field of biochemical research built on the ubiquitous metabolism of carbohydrates that spans the gamut of pharmacology, immune responses, cancer medicine, materials science, human nutrition, and renewable bioenergy. Personal investment and “for-profit” goals were fully realized as risks at the time with potential losses and gains put on the line for the future of the company. We have offered a partnership of “in-house laboratory consultation” while economically solving synthetic, analytical, or manufacturing chemistry problems. This report will give several examples of the many kinds of saccharides we carefully examined and the distribution network through which they were expedited to researchers. In receiving this award we acknowledge how much we owe to the inspiration which Derek Horton always afforded us.

V-LABS in Covington, Louisiana, as a small chemical business specializing in carbohydrate chemistry and glycoscience

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