EXHIBIT 10.27



                      ADOPTION AND RATIFICATION AGREEMENT


     AGREEMENT  made this 12th day of  November,  2001 by and  between  BioQuest
Internationa, Inc. ("BioQuest");  Joseph Salvani ("Salvani"); and Globalitronix,
Inc. ("Global").

     WHEREAS, BioQuest and MainStreetIPO.com, Inc. ("Mainstreet") had previously
entered into a Leasing Agreement dated as of December 15, 2000 relating to
technology which enables corporations to publicly offer their securities over
the Internet by means of Dutch Auction process (the "Prior Agreement"); and

     WHEREAS, Salvani, the principal and largest shareholder of MainStreet
acquired all its assets through forclosure on a personal note and transferred
those assets on or about July 1, 2001, to Global, another company he controls;
and

     WHEREAS, the parties beleive Salvani and/or Globalitronix is bound under
SEction 16 of the prior agreement as "successor", and

     WHEREAS, BioQuest, Globalitronix and Salvani wish to adopt and ratify the
Prior Agreement.

     NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree as follows:

1.   With only one exception described in Section 2 below, the Prior Agreemnt is
     hereby incorporated by reference, adopted and ratified, effective
     immediately.

2.   Section 7 of the Prior Agreement provided for payment of a second $215,000
     payment within ten (10) days after BioQuest ceased using the IPO website.
     Because the original web designer and host had to be replaced as a direct
     result of the terroist bombings in New York September 11, 2001, BioQuest
     has agreed to pay $35,000 to U1Net, Inc. the replacement web designer and
     host serving entity, in lieu of the secon $25,000 paymetn contemplated in
     the Prior Agreement to MainStreet (or any successor).



3.   All parties agree that (a) no additional funds have been (or will be) paid
     beyond those outlined above; and (b) no shareing of lists as between
     BioQuest and MainStreet is hereby adopted and extended to Salvani and any
     entity that provides services to Salvani and any entity he controls.

     Executed this 12th day of November, 2001 by the following persons in the
capacities indicated.

                               /s/ Joseph Salvani
                                JOSEPH SALVANI, Individually

                                  GLOBALITRONIX
                                /s/Joseph Salvani
                                Joseph Salvani, Chairman and President

                                BIOQUEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                                By: /s/  Peter J. Ewens
                                Peter J. Ewens, Chairman, President and CEO