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+document.getElementById("tab1").innerHTML = '<p>In this overview section, we present our most important findings based upon developing of Microbial Designs. To view the subsections of our research, refer to the tabs above or follow the link that is presented at the short description of the subsections below.</p><h2>Business idea</h2><p>The goal of Microbial Designs is to develop genetically modified microorganisms that in different ways will be of benefit to humans all over the world. As experts in working and modifying microorganisms, we create value by developing strains with promising properties. These strains can then be further developed by companies with larger research budgets.<br><br>Initially, our main goal is to develop a Lactobacillus strain, with the ability to treat people with the disease caused by the pathogen Yersinia enterocolitica. The Lactobacillus strain will target the pathogen specifically, which will make it less likely that resistance to the produced antibiotic will develop. This strain will be sold to big medical companies as a promising technology for solving the problem with antibiotic resistance. These larger companies, that have larger budgets for the development of medicines, will then take responsibility for getting the medicine through further clinical studies. Our future goal is to establish a larger company, that develops strains of bacteria that specifically targets and neutralizes different pathogens, and in that way obviate the human need for antibiotics of today.</p><h2>Regulations: Intellectual Property Rights and Clinical Trials</h2><p>One of the areas of regulations that is especially important to Microbial Designs is the Intellectual Property Rights involved in getting a patent. The general criteria that must be met for a patent, novelty, industrial applicability and inventivity, seem to apply to the designer microorganisms. The open-source structure of the Registry of iGEM, however, makes successfully applying for a patent more challenging.<br><br>If you want to learn more about Intellectual Property Rights and how we can make them compatible with the Registry, see the <i>Intellectual Property Rights section</i>.<br><br>One area of regulations that is specific for the medical application of our designer microorganisms concerns clinical trials. To approve a product for clinical use, multiple stages of testing must be passed. As these clinical trials are expensive, take a long time and have a low success-rate, Microbial Designs will only focus on earlier stages or pre-clinical trials and will thereafter sell these products to larger companies.
+<br><br>Sweden is a country where it’s notoriously challenging to develop new pharmaceuticals. This is why our company would most likely aim to develop our products in the United States.<br><br>If you want to learn more about the different aspects of clinical trials, please see the <i>Clinical Trials and Regulations section</i>.</p><h2>The Market</h2><p>One of the core aspects of Microbial Designs’ Bactissile  is that it may be an alternative treatment for pathogens that are antibiotic-resistant. The disease caused by Y. enterocolitica is rare and not always life-threatening.  Developing the Bactissile might open ways to develop treatments for severe illnesses that are caused by antibiotic-resistant pathogens, however, and such technology could become very valuable in countries where antibiotics-resistance is wide-spread. The fact that antibiotics-resistance occurs relatively infrequently in Sweden makes for another reason to focus our activities on other parts of the world.<br><br>If you want to read more about our marketing strategy see the <i>Marketing section</i>.</p><h2>Budget & Financing</h2><p>In order to start Microbial Designs activities, we will need start-up capital. To estimate the amount of money that we will need to start developing our designer microorganisms, we have consulted a  professor who himself has been involved in starting a small biotechnology company. Based on our discussions with him, we estimate that our budget consist of approximately twelve million Swedish crowns (approximately two million dollars). The corresponding cost per treatment should then be ten thousand Swedish crowns.<br><br>If you want to learn more details about the budget of Microbial Designs, see the <i>Budget section</i>.<br><br>To access this start-up capital, we will need to reach out for funding. Sources of funds for newly established businesses are venture capitalists, business angels and government programs. Microbial Designs business plan is mostly compatible with a combination of funding through the American <i>Orphan Drug Act</i> and funding through venture capitalists.<br><br>If you want to learn more about the different sources of funding and why this specific combination suits us best, see the <i>Financing section</i>.</p><h2>Reflections</h2><p>Microbial Designs is sure to meet challenges during its development. We have reflected upon the different challenges that became apparent in the different sections and how to tackle them. We have bundled these considerations in the <i>Reflections section</i>.</p>';
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