Senomyx Fund Company Profile

Description

Senomyx, Inc. discovers, develops, and commercializes flavor ingredients for the packaged food, beverage, and ingredient supply industries using proprietary taste receptor-based assays and screening technologies. It is involved in the discovery, development, and/or commercialization of flavor ingredients through five programs focused on sweet, savory, bitter, cooling, and salt taste areas. The company licenses its flavor ingredients to its collaborators on an exclusive or co-exclusive basis, as well as sells various flavor ingredients directly to flavor companies. It has collaborative agreements with Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Firmenich SA, and PepsiCo, Inc. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.