Quantum Cure, Inc.

Quantum Cure, Inc. is a medical device company with a noble goal to eliminate cancer as a major health problem around the world.

  • Stage Prototype Ready
  • Industry Medical Devices and Equipment
  • Location State College, PA, USA
  • Currency USD
  • Founded January 2011
  • Employees 7
  • Website quantum-cure.com

Company Summary

Quantum Cure is a medical device company with a goal to eliminate cancer as a major health problem. We created a technique that combines synergistic effects of irreversible electroporation, hyperthermia and local drug delivery. The ability to treat tumors without a surgery, general chemotherapy, and radiotherapy makes this technology truly unique and promising. We are focusing on a $1.8-billion addressable market for which our technology is ideal

Team

  • Alex Kosik
    CEO

    Full time founding CEO, Dr. Kosik is a former orthopedic surgeon specializing in spinal surgery and a serial entrepreneur in life science and medical technologies with a dozen of startups he co-founded and mentored; in 2006 he has been awarded the “Humanitarian Award” at UC Berkeley by Bill Gates for his invention of the hands-free computer control system for the disabled and won the 1st place at the Stanford competition.

  • Max Fomitchev
    President

    Founder of Quantum Cure; Max is an expert in computers / control systems (hardware and software) with a background in physics and medical ultrasound imaging; Max holds a patent in ultrasound imaging and has authored 3 books and over 40 scientific papers and industry magazine articles.

  • Wesley Hymer
    Chief Scientific Officer

    Wes is an Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry at Penn State; Wes has countless academic papers, grants and high-profile collaborations to his credit including several patents that were developed when he was Director of Penn State’s Center for Cell Research; collaborated with NASA on biotechnology and biomedical experiments in microgravity and developed unique electrophoresis experiments executed on board the U.S. Space Shuttle.

  • Andrea Mastro
    Senior scientist

    Andrea is a head of breast cancer research lab at Penn State and an important Quantum Cure collaborator; she supplies expertise in mammary cancer models necessary for preclinical studies;

  • Heath Mackley
    Leading Scientist

    Assistant Professor of Radiology, Medicine and Pediatrics, Hershey Medical Center; Heath is a principle medical collaborator and will conduct LUHTET/hyperthermia clinical trials on human patients (FDA approval pending) as well as influence the design of our commercial QC device.

Advisors

  • Ludwig Schekhovtsov
    Lawyer
    Unconfirmed
    Binh Nguyen
    Accountant
    Unconfirmed

Previous Investors

  • Asil Toksal, angel
    Unconfirmed
    Gary Zaremba, angel
    Unconfirmed
    Ivan Krouglyak, angel
    Unconfirmed

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