hy는 16일, 이뮤노바이옴과 ‘글로벌 스타균주 공동 개발’을 위한 공동연구 계약을 체결했다. 협약식은 이재환 hy 중앙연구소장, 임신혁 이뮤노바이옴 대표이사 등 주요 관계자들이 참석한 가운데 경기도 hy 중앙연구소에서 열렸다.

hy는 50년 가까이 프로바이오틱스를 연구해왔다. 인체를 비롯해 모유, 발효식품 등에서 분리한 5000여 종의 균주를 보유하고 있다. 피부건강, 체지방 감소 유산균을 중심으로 기업 간 거래도 진행 중이다.

이뮤노바이옴은 마이크로바이옴 기반 신약개발 연구기업이다. 소재 기능성 확인뿐만 아니라 유익균의 인체 내 작용 기전 규명에 특화돼 있다.

양사는 협약을 계기로 차세대 기능성 균주 개발을 본격화한다.

hy가 보유한 균주 중 신규 기능성 및 특별 유전자를 보유한 균주를 선별하고, 이뮤노바이옴의 인체 면역 및 마이크로바이옴 모사 모델 ‘아바티옴(Avatiome)’으로 사전 검증하는 과정을 거친다. 아바티옴은 이뮤노바이옴이 독자 개발한 시스템이다. 미국, 유럽 등 10여 곳에서만 가지고 있는 독보적 기술로 시스템을 통해 인체와 가장 유사한 환경에서 실험 진행이 가능하다.

hy는 최종 선정한 균주의 효능평가와 해외 연구 협업을 통해 마이크로바이옴 기반 연구 결과를 확보하고 연구 성과를 공유할 예정이다.

이재환 hy중앙연구소장은 “이뮤노바이옴은 미생물을 활용한 항암 치료제를 비롯해 염증성 장 질환, 루푸스 치료제 후보물질을 확보한 전문기업”이라며 “양사 간 연구 역량을 집중해 글로벌 경쟁력을 갖춘 스타균주를 확보하고 사업영역을 확대해 나갈 것”이라고 말했다.

언론연락처: hy 홍보팀 손성훈 차장 02-3449-6412

이 뉴스는 기업·기관·단체가 뉴스와이어를 통해 배포한 보도자료입니다.With a new fast-growing segment of ‘Click-and-Mortar™, shoppers who rely on digital features to shop both online and in-store[1], merchants are managing complex technology as they work to provide consistent payment experiences. Visa (NYSE: V), a global leader in digital payments, is offering sellers expansive, simplified services to keep pace with those demands.

“The payments sector has made significant strides in simplifying the consumer shopping experience. In doing so, the payments ecosystem has become more complex and fragmented for sellers -- but it doesn’t have to be this way,” said Rob Cameron, Global Head of Acceptance Solutions, Visa. “Visa Acceptance Solutions allows businesses worldwide to offer their customers best-in-class payment options without over-indexing on complexity for themselves.”

Visa’s latest enhancements support merchants of all sizes with new and improved commerce experiences including:

· Improved access to and ease of integration with partners: Visa Acceptance Platform is debuting Developer Assist, an AI-powered tool to help partners develop sophisticated payment flows, answer questions on testing and certification and even suggest sample code. The platform, which is used by more than 450 payment service providers (PSPs), connects to over 100 independent software vendors (ISVs), bringing ease of use to over 450,000 active merchants each month across 160 countries using 50 different currencies[2].
· A reimagined small and medium-sized (SMB) business platform: Authorize.net has reimagined its user interface (UI), bringing data and streamlined day-to-day business operations to the forefront. The new UI has benefits for both partners and merchants across new dashboards, workspaces and smart search functionalities.
· Growing mobile acceptance, without additional hardware: Tap to Phone, which allows sellers to accept contactless payments using a certified smartphone, is now live in 121 countries with more than 6.7 million active terminals and more than $8.5 billion in payment volume on a 12-month basis[3]. Visa is also deploying contactless technology from Tap to Phone in new innovative ways, including the recent pilot in Latin America and the Caribbean that allows consumers to tap their cards to their own device in order to pay for online purchases.

“The past few years have had a profound and lasting impact on the commerce strategies for merchants of every shape and size. Consumers desire immediacy and increasingly expect digitally evolved experiences. To keep pace with this trend, merchants are now looking for partners to help them simplify their ability to maintain connectivity to the ecosystem,” said Jordan McKee, Research Director at S&P Global Market Intelligence 451 Research.

One Expansive Ecosystem to Open Possibilities for Connectivity

Visa Acceptance Solutions offers a level of connectivity and flexibility that businesses can’t build on their own without heavy technology investment, underscoring the importance of integrating digital and physical retail. As a part of Visa’s value-added services, cloud-ready solutions like the Visa Acceptance Platform and Visa’s Tap to Phone payment solution have helped clients scale their businesses and tailor their payment systems to meet consumer needs.

To learn more, visit Visa Acceptance Solutions. (https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.visaacceptance.com%2Fen-us.html&esheet=53934839&newsitemid=20240417120478&lan=en-US&anchor=Visa+Acceptance+Solutions&index=2&md5=c9ce9d3276e63fd95152520e014e0810)

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[1] 2024 Global Digital Shopping Index, PYMNTS and Visa Acceptance Solutions

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[2] As of March 2024
[3] As of March 2024

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언론연락처: Visa Inc. Emily Scheer

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