Biotech firm quickly shifts to respirator mask manufacturing

After creating a prototype a week ago, Tampa-based SynDaver plans to make one million of the devices, priced at $35 apiece.

  • By Business Observer Staff
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File. SynDaver CEO Dr. Christopher Sakezles says the firm will shift its resources to make respirator masks.
File. SynDaver CEO Dr. Christopher Sakezles says the firm will shift its resources to make respirator masks.
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TAMPA — SynDaver, a Tampa-based biotech firm that makes artificial human and animal corpses for use in science and medical education, has repurposed its manufacturing resources so it can produce respirator-type masks in sky-high demand due to the coronavirus pandemic. 

A SynDaver employee wears one of the respirator masks that the Tampa biotech firm has begun to produce. Courtesy photo.
A SynDaver employee wears one of the respirator masks that the Tampa biotech firm has begun to produce. Courtesy photo.

 

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