Feb 28 2011
BioNeutral Group, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BONU), a specialty life science technology-based company, today announced that it has received approval and registration from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in response to the Company's regulatory application for its Ygiene™ 206.
In order to obtain regulatory approval for its hospital and industrial grade line of products to be used as high level disinfectant and sterilants, in August 2010, following several years of research and development under the direction of BioNeutral Chief Scientist Dr. Andrew Kielbania, PhD, and in collaboration with Dr. Philip Tierno, PhD, Chairman of its scientific advisory board, BioNeutral submitted an extensive EPA application along with the required independent GLP laboratory testing results.
After an intensive six month review of the nearly 1,500 page document, the EPA has granted its approval and registration (Reg No: 81242-1) for BioNeutral's Ygiene™ -206.
This regulatory approval represents the addition of a significant new weapon being deployed in the ongoing effort to combat hospital acquired infections (HAIs). HAIs account for a high number of illnesses each year, resulting in what could otherwise be avoidable fatalities. Coupled with appropriate infection control programs, Ygiene™ is expected to help reduce infections thereby not only potentially saving lives, but also redirecting scarce healthcare resources to overall improved medical care.
As an industrial grade antimicrobial, Ygiene™ also has applications in homeland security, as well as the hospitality, transportation and mold remediation sectors, to name just a few critical uses.
"The EPA's approval of BioNeutral's Ygiene™ disinfectant is very welcome news," said Dr. Philip Tierno, Jr., PhD, Director of Clinical Microbiology & Immunology at New York University Langone Medical Center and Clinical Professor of Microbiology & Pathology at New York University School of Medicine. "Ygiene™ will now give hospitals a far more powerful, yet much safer alternative to bleach, and to fight the ever increasing array of super-bugs in their environment."
"We are all extremely pleased," stated Dr. Andy Kielbania, Chief Scientist at BioNeutral Group, "This EPA approval is a milestone in the validation of our Ygiene™ technology and all of the various product lines it encompasses. We are now extremely well positioned to proceed with vigor in making both of our complementary platforms Ogiene™ and Ygiene™ products available to all."
"The EPA's approval of our antimicrobial technology comes at an extremely fortuitous time in the Company's development as we gain positive momentum first in Kentucky, under the direction of our services division CEO Frank Battafarano, and then beyond," said Stephen J. Browand Chairman, President and CEO of BioNeutral Group, Inc. "Having new and innovative tools for reducing and eliminating hospital acquired infections is more important than ever and we are proud to be contributing to this effort in such a meaningful way. BioNeutral is committed to ensuring that our game changing products get into the hands of the people and institutions that can bring about a much needed positive change to healthcare systems in this country and abroad."
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