Lifeline Technologies

Sector(s): Biotechnology

Location: Chesterfield, MO

Status: Private

Lifeline Technologies is a health sciences development company focused on novel strategies for lowering human cholesterol absorption by using plant sterols and stanols to block the absorption of free cholesterol in the small intestine. The company is using licensed patented intellectual property from Washington University, St. Louis, to develop complementary approaches in the following three areas: dietary supplements, food ingredients and pharmaceuticals. The company has ready access to an enabling clinical technology for the measurement of human cholesterol absorption that permits rapid assessment of promising cholesterol lowering candidates and dosing regimens. Lifeline has entered into a licensing arrangement with Archer Daniels Midland Company for worldwide food and beverage applications.