One of us at G2 (Rick) spent the middle part of his career building and managing a contract analytical chemistry laboratory. In the pharmaceutical industry, this is described as an "analytical CRO", with "CRO" meaning "Contract Research Organization."
What does this mean for G2? First of all, I spent 18 years conducting and directing the contract research operations of my former business. When I left that business, we had almost 100 employees, and had a reputation for being able to do very sophisticated analytical chemistry, fully under US EPA and US FDA Good Laboratory Practices. We were accustomed to having no-advance-notice study inspections by these and other regulatory agencies. Yes, at any moment, we had to be ready for on-site inspections by regulatory agencies, each of whom had the authority to shut your business down if they found something seriously out of compliance.
For G2, this background experience instilled a deep understanding and appreciation of the process of conducting research under extremely tight confidentiality, where there were very high expectations re "paper trail". As we trained our staff in confidential practices, the phrase we tried to instill was "If you don't document it, you didn't do it." In a regulated CRO, that IS the standard.
At G2, we try to instill similar expectations re confidentiality and documentation. No, we are not GLP, nor are we regulated in the same way a GLP CRO would be. However, the potential benefits of conducting our work in a GLP-like manner are obvious to us.
Second, my 18 years of experience in regulated analytical chemistry provides us with a level of understanding of what is truly possible re natural product composition that may not be available anywhere else.
Are you interested in increasing the yield of a particular natural product? We can help, both with the breeding as well as the chemistry. Although G2 does not currently provide analytical services, we have an extremely broad knowledge of the analytical laboratory community, and can direct you to an organization which would be able to serve you.
Are you looking to change the specific composition of a plant-derived natural product? Let G2 work with you to breed for that composition change. The research process for such a change will require daily interaction between the breeder in the field, and the analytical laboratory doing the composition analysis. G2's experience with both the genetics and the chemistry makes G2 an ideal partner for such a project.
You didn't know that anyone could offer you this combination as a contract research service? That's one of the reasons that G2 exists. Let us work with you to increase the yield, and to improve the composition, of your plant-derived natural product.
