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Codexis awarded U.S. EPA's Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award

Published in Drug Week, July 28th, 2006

Codexis, Inc., a privately held biotechnology company, announced it has won a 2006 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA).

Codexis received the award for its technology, Directed Evolution of Three Biocatalysts to Produce the Key Chiral Building Block for Atorvastatin, the Active Ingredient in Lipitor. Lipitor is the world's best-selling drug that lowers cholesterol.

Competing against nominations from both large and small companies, Codexis won in the focus category, 'Greener Reaction Conditions.' The award was presented at the National Academy of Sciences by Susan B. Hazen, acting...

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