founded founded by dr graham melrose in 1989 after developing a revolutionary antimicrobial polymer headquarters perth western australia key people david williams ceo john hopkins chairman products polymeric antimicrobials website chemeq chemeq was a publicly listed company which was listed on the australian stock exchange on 25 august 1998 . chemeq was founded by dr graham melrose in 1989 after he developed a new type of antimicrobial polymer . this polymer can replace antibiotics in the control of disease in commercial animal populations . its only commercial plant is located in the seaside town of rockingham western australia . chemeq was sued in the supreme court of western australia by investors claiming that the company had breached the terms of the investment contract . the court found against the company and ordered it to repay the 60 million it sought . 1 liquidators were called in when chemeq s appeal against the decision was dismissed . 2 its intellectual property patents know how and trade secrets has been folded into a subsidiary called chemeq technology pty ltd ctpl . ctpl was launched on 15 march 2008 with the objective of developing commercial collaborations and to allow exploitation of the ip through exclusive licenses in a number of areas ; including animal health human health and industrial uses . the administrators kordamentha in a report dated 5 december 2007 indicated that investigations into potential offences under section 438d of the corporations act 2001 had identified four 4 areas where further investigation were warranted . a supplementary report dated 12 may mentioned that a confidential report had been lodged with the australian securities and investigations commission asic under section 438d of the act . the report is not available to creditors or shareholders and will be used by asic to determine whether any future action is to be taken against the company and or its directors . references edit chemeq has to swallow 60m bitter pill . the age . melbourne . 2 february 2007 . retrieved 8 june 2007 . chemeq investors end up with chickenfeed in biotech s crash . the australian . retrieved 8 june 2007 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title chemeq & oldid 647071925 categories pharmaceutical companies of australiacompanies based in perth western australiapharmaceutical companies established in 1989hidden categories engvarb from september 2013use dmy dates from september 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 08 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view