Aptagen, LLC is a biotechnology company with a rapid fast-track approach to drug discovery, drug targeting, and pre-clinical development (video/animation).  Our platform technology (patent pending) is a short-cut approach to develop promising drug candidates that are deliverable to a variety of disease targets.

Aptagen was formed in 2004.  Operations began in 2006.  The laboratory facility occupies 1,000 square feet, and contains standard equipment for molecular biological studies.  Aptagen is located in Jacobus, PA, a suburb of York, beautifully surrounded by Lake Redman and conveniently situated off of route 83.  The facility is a forty minute drive from Johns Hopkins University and Hershey Medical Center.
 

G. Thomas Caltagirone, Ph.D.    President & CEO        tom@aptagen.com       ext. 500
Dr. Caltagirone has over 10 years of research and business experience in start-ups.  He is a corporate faculty member and a biotech advisory board member at Harrisburg University of Science & Technology.  Dr. Caltagirone's undergraduate degree is in biochemistry with a minor in mathematics.  His doctoral degree is in neuroscience from Drexel University College of Medicine.  His thesis work was performed at Yale University and focused on RNA enzymology.  He is a recipient of Empire's Who's Who award, and an inventor on a patent with another one pending.  A native of York, Pennsylvania, he is a member of the Harrisburg Young Professionals organization.  In his spare time, he enjoys lap swimming and a good game of Texas Hold’em.
 

   
    Julie L. Middleton    Administrative Assistant         julie@aptagen.com        ext. 301
 

Aptagen Newsletters
Winter Edition 2008

in the NEWS.....

The York Daily Record (05/04/2006), "Forget the Test Tube"        

Central Penn Business Journal (6/2/2006), "Entrepreneur pours passion, cash into biotech venture"