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Awak & Baxter tie-up for wearable dialysis technology

07 Jan '13

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About AWAK Technologies
AWAK Technologies Pte Ltd. was incorporated in 2007, wiith offices in Singapore and Burbank, CA. The company is dedicated to the research, development and marketing of sorbent-based kidney dialysis machine for the treatment of patients with end-stage renal disease.

It was founded by Dr. Gordon Ku (Chairman of Kidney Dialysis Foundation), Dr. David B. N. Lee and Dr. Martin Roberts (both of the Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA), and A/Prof Kok-Beng Neo. Drs. Roberts and Lee are co-inventors of the technology, which was exclusively licensed by the University of California at Los Angeles and the Department of Veteran Affairs to AWAK Technologies.

The company collaborates with Temasek Polytechnic in the engineering and development of AWAK (Automated Wearable Artificial Kidney).

AWAK Technologies