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BioWorld Industrial Biotechnology StatReport: Immediate and Comprehensive Industry Information
AGREEMENTS: Name Products Content of Agreement Date
Avantogen Ltd. evaluation of
worlwide,
10/05
Avantogen's GPI-0100 nonexclusive
licensing
agreement
Cobra
material for clinical trials manufacturing and 3/05
Biomanufacturing of vaccines against supply agreement
plc
dengue fever and West
Nile disease
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT: rDNA, cell tissue culture, purification (lab-scale), hybridoma/cell fusion
Dengue vaccine
Immunoassays for marine natural products
Taxol immunoassays
Prodrugs
Enteric pathogens
PRODUCTS ON MARKET: Immunoassay kits for Taxol and Taxanes
Marine toxins for palytoxins and derivatives lyngbyatoxin A
Antitoxin moonoclonal antibodies for mAG 73D3, neutralizing anti-palytoxin;
mAGT20G110, neotralizing antitetrodotoxin
Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Mascheroder Weg 1
Braunschweig D-38124, Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 531-6181-0; Fax: +49 (0) 531-6181-515
Web: www.helmholtz-hzi.de
E-mail: info@helmholtz-hzi.de
KEY PERSONNEL: Dr. Peter Lange; Chairman, Supervisory Board
Prof. Rudi Balling; Scientific Director
Dr. Georg Frischmann; Administrative Director
EMPLOYEES: 600 employees
HISTORY: Founded by Stiftung Volkswagenwerk in 1965
State-owned research institute since 1976
Changed name from Gesellschaft fur Biotechnologische Forschung mbH
(German Research Centre for Biotechnology) (7/06)
Member--Biotechnology Industry Organization
Member--Hermann von Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher
Forschungszentren (HGF)
Partner--BioRegioN
STOCK-FINANCIAL HISTORY: Private government agency
PRINCIPAL INVESTORS: German Federal Government (BMBF)--90%
State of Lower Saxony--10%
BUSINESS STRATEGY: Establish collaborative agreements with industrial partners and universities
Contract manufacturing and research for clients from universities and
industry
Non-profit organization (governmental research centre)
Research and development, technology transfer via patents, licensing
National and international cooperation with universities, institutes and
companies
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT: Cell and immune biology
Microbiology
Molecular biotechnology
Structural biology
Biochemical engineering
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