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Affectis Pharmaceuticals AG
BIOTECH THERAPEUTICS & DIAGNOSTICS
Keywords: Drug Development, RNAi & Antisense, Small Molecules, CNS
Affectis is a biopharmaceutical company implementing novel concepts for the
treatment of psychiatric disorders, especially depression and schizophrenia.
Affectis has unique capabilities to discover and develop drugs based on pioneering
findings in the field of psychiatric disorders. The Company’s drug discovery
programme targets two interrelated pathways so far unknown in the context of
depression and schizophrenia.
The Company started operations in November 2003 as spin-off of the Max-Planck-
Institute of Psychiatry (MPI) in Munich, Germany.
Agrobiogen GmbH
BIOTECH AGRO, FOOD, ENVIRONMENT
Keywords: Agrobiotechnology, Transgenic Animals, Gene Transfer, Genomics,
Xenotransplantation, Automation
Agrobiogen focuses on and is experienced in the application of moleculargenetic
techniques in livestock animals (especially moleculargenetic diagnosis
and gene transfer). Many transgenic rabbit lines and serveral cattle clones have
been established. As a service for other biotech companies transgenic farm
animals are generated using conventional microinjection procedures and
nucleus transfer. Gene diagnosis of microorganismus toxic to livestock like BVD,
as well as parentage control of animals, scrapie resistance genotyping and
analysis of DNA markers are offered as a service for breeders, veterinarians and
companies. Agrobiogen has developed a simple labour-saving system for
collection of tissue samples and extraction of DNA from millions of animals for
automatically controlled analyses.
ALGORA Gesellschaft für Medizinstatistik
und Vertriebssysteme mbH
CRO
Keywords: Clinical Research, Monitoring, Analysis, Oncology, Infectious Diseases
Algora is a niche CRO successfully operating on clinical trials in Germany.
Services include phase II-IV trials as well as large observational studies and
range from protocol development to final study reports. Algora manages complete
study projects or delivers individual services, such as clinical monitoring,
data management or statistical analysis. Experienced in oncology since the first
days of the company in 1989, Algora always had a focus on innovative therapies,
leading to close relationships to university hospitals and medical societies.
Since 1995 another focus developed in large pediatric studies. Customers are
pharmaceutical and medical device companies, independent research groups,
and other CROs.
Contact:
Sabina van den Brandt
Fraunhoferstr. 13 / 4. OG
D-82152 Martinsried
Phone: +49 (0) 89 8932811-0
Fax: +49 (0) 89 8932811-111
E-Mail: info@affectis.com
Internet: www.affectis.com
Contact:
Prof. Dr. Gottfried Brem
Thalmannsdorf 25, Larezhausen
D-86567 Hilgertshausen
Phone: +49 (0) 8250 928234
Fax: +49 (0) 8250 928236
E-Mail: monika.gutscher@agrobiogen.de
Internet: www.agrobiogen.de
Contact:
Dr. Karl Fehnle
Münchner Str. 11
D-85540 Haar
Phone: +49 (0) 89 6137270
Fax: +49 (0) 89 61372720
E-Mail: cro@algora.de
Internet: www.algora.de
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