By Matthew Hibbard, St. Louis Business Journal
Retectix, a medical device company that specializes in creating synthetic surgical mesh, has moved into Innovative Technology Enterprises (ITE), a University of Missouri-St. Louis incubator for startup companies.
Retectix, formerly known as NanoMed, got its start in the biomedical engineering department at Washington University in St. Louis. It was founded by Matthew MacEwan, 30, who was a graduate engineering and medical student. The company had been using space at Washington University.
MacEwan, president and chief scientific officer, worked with a number of collaborators and colleagues to develop the synthetic nanofiber material in 2010, hiring Agnes Rey-Giraud, who formerly headed international expansion for Express Scripts. Rey-Giraud became CEO of Retectix last year.
Retectix will occupy a two-person office and part of a laboratory at the incubator. ITE lists office space at $16 a square foot and lab space at $25 a square foot.