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GoingPublic<br />

3 Special March <strong>2012</strong> www.goingpublic.de<br />

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Pflichtblatt an allen deutschen Wertpapierbörsen<br />

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Das Kapitalmarktmagazin<br />

S E C T I O N<br />

Company profiles of the<br />

Special “<strong>Industrial</strong><br />

<strong>Biotechnology</strong>”<br />

SPECIAL<br />

Magazin<br />

<strong>Industrial</strong> <strong>Biotechnology</strong><br />

Vol. 3<br />

Markets – Technologies – Financing – Investments


Service<br />

“Company Profile” for <strong>Industrial</strong><br />

<strong>Biotechnology</strong> Champions<br />

Dear Reader, On the following pages you will find a new<br />

format of GoingPublic Magazin, especially developed for<br />

this special, the so-called “Company Profile”. It is a tool<br />

for <strong>com</strong>panies to present themselves to the <strong>com</strong>munity.<br />

The continuously growing number of players in the more<br />

and more broadening field of industrial biotechnology<br />

makes it hard to follow and to find the right cooperation<br />

partners. Moreover, especially for small and medium<br />

sized <strong>com</strong>panies, it takes often a long time to connect<br />

with the right industry partners looking for new technologies<br />

being able to bridge gaps between chemistry and<br />

biology and to find potential customers. This holds true<br />

for the yet untypical industry partner besides the traditional<br />

ones like food, feed and pharma where historically<br />

biotechnology played a big role from the beginning.<br />

This year’s presenters are a mixture of <strong>com</strong>panies of all<br />

kind. Not only small and medium sized enterprises present<br />

themselves looking for strong partners in user industries.<br />

It is also the other way round: Some of the big player can<br />

be found in a row of this years “Company profiles”. In this<br />

AMSilk has developed a unique process<br />

for producing spider silk on an<br />

industrial scale. Spider silk has<br />

attract ed interest for thousands of<br />

years, <strong>com</strong>bining tensile strengths<br />

rivaling that of steel while having the<br />

elasti city of rubber on a weight-toweight<br />

basis. In this <strong>com</strong>bination,<br />

silks reveal toughness two to three<br />

times that of synthetic fibers like<br />

Kevlar. Spider silk causes no inflammation<br />

or allergic reaction. Spider<br />

silk proteins can be assembled in all<br />

three dimensions to build distinct<br />

macroscopic structures like films,<br />

spheres, fibers and nonwovens, etc.<br />

56 Special “<strong>Industrial</strong> <strong>Biotechnology</strong> <strong>2012</strong>”<br />

AMSilk GmbH<br />

Field of Activity<br />

AMSilk produces Spidersilk TM Cleantech Biopolymers,<br />

Biosteel TM fibers and innovative spider silk-based products.<br />

Applications span several industries ranging from medical<br />

devices to drug delivery and high-performance textiles.<br />

Ownership Structure and Financing<br />

Venture Capital (MIG Fonds) and private investors (AT Newtec)<br />

Technology<br />

Spider silk proteins are a versatile high-performance material<br />

in medical device coatings, pharmaceutical applications and<br />

technical films or fiber-based products. Spidersilk is made<br />

through modern biotechnology methods. AMSilk provides<br />

spider silk biopolymers, processed inter-stage materials and<br />

final products to licensed partners.<br />

Unique Selling Point<br />

AMSilk is currently the only <strong>com</strong>pany with an industrial,<br />

biotechnological process for spider silk production and processing.<br />

Spidersilk is a uniquely stable, bio<strong>com</strong>patible<br />

material, copied from nature’s blueprint.<br />

way they show a strong interest in <strong>com</strong>ing into contact<br />

with innovative and flexible young entrepreneurial players.<br />

It is not all about size like in the first days of the industry.<br />

Everybody is looking for accelerating partnerships. Going-<br />

Public offers here an international marketing platform for<br />

quick access and decision, for contacts and impulses.<br />

Company Profile Page<br />

AMSilk 56<br />

ARTES <strong>Biotechnology</strong> 57<br />

Autodisplay Biotech 57<br />

BRAIN 58<br />

DIREVO <strong>Industrial</strong> <strong>Biotechnology</strong> 58<br />

Emcid Biotech 59<br />

Eucodis 59<br />

evocatal 60<br />

Evolva Holding 60<br />

ORGANOBALANCE 61<br />

Sanofi 61<br />

SIRION BIOTECH 62<br />

Wacker Chemie 62<br />

Address<br />

In the IZB<br />

Am Klopferspitz 19<br />

82152 Planegg-Martinsried<br />

Germany<br />

Telephone/Telefax<br />

+49 (0)89 381 564 430 /<br />

+49 (0)89 381 563 859<br />

E-Mail<br />

info@amsilk.<strong>com</strong><br />

Web Address<br />

www.amsilk.<strong>com</strong><br />

Date of Incorporation<br />

28. October 2008<br />

Dr. Lin Römer (left), Head Research and Development<br />

Axel Leimer, M.B.S., Managing Director


ARTES is a biotech <strong>com</strong>pany ope -<br />

rating in the R&D field for development<br />

of re<strong>com</strong>binant production cell<br />

lines and processes based on microbial<br />

platforms. Proprietary technologies<br />

are applied in reliable processes<br />

for innovative targets used in the<br />

pharmaceutical and fine chemical<br />

industry as well as for <strong>com</strong>petitive<br />

bio-similar products and vaccines.<br />

Autodisplay Biotech GmbH is a<br />

<strong>com</strong>pany <strong>com</strong>mercializing its<br />

proprietary expression platform for<br />

the display of heterologous proteins<br />

or peptides on the surface of E. coli.<br />

This surface display system has<br />

numerous advantages <strong>com</strong>pared to<br />

established surface technologies.<br />

With these advantages Autodisplay<br />

is a new platform technology in<br />

biocatalysis, drug discovery, bioanalytics<br />

and antibody development.<br />

ARTES <strong>Biotechnology</strong> GmbH<br />

Field of Activity<br />

Contract R&D for development of re<strong>com</strong>binant production<br />

cell lines and processes used in the field of bio -<br />

pharmaceuticals, VLP based vaccines, enzymes and<br />

biocatalyst processes.<br />

Ownership Structure and Financing<br />

Financed from cash-flow positive business.<br />

Partners<br />

Co-developments with m2p-labs GmbH, bitop AG,<br />

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Q Chip ltd.<br />

R&D projects for international pharmaceutical and nonpharmaceutical<br />

<strong>com</strong>panies.<br />

Technology<br />

Proprietary technology for expression and secretion in<br />

yeast and bacteria (Hansenula, Arxula, E. coli, Bacillus).<br />

VLP based platform for vaccine development.<br />

Unique Selling Point<br />

Engineering of host cell chaperone constitution targeting<br />

difficult-to-express products in yeast.<br />

Economic production processes based on low-cost raw<br />

materials.<br />

Membership in Networks/Associations<br />

BioRiver, CliB 2021 , Dechema<br />

Autodisplay Biotech GmbH<br />

Field of Activity<br />

Autodisplay Biotech is active in the field of biocatalysis,<br />

drug discovery, bioanalytics (biochips, ELISA) and antibody<br />

development (small protein drugs).<br />

Ownership Structure and Financing<br />

Private <strong>com</strong>pany funded by venture capital investors (Sirius<br />

Venture, KfW) and several private investors<br />

Partners<br />

<strong>Industrial</strong> <strong>com</strong>panies (e.g. Boehringer Ingelheim, Brain,<br />

Phytowelt) and academic institutions (e.g. Dechema,<br />

University of Münster)<br />

Technology<br />

The Autodisplay technology is a proprietary expression platform<br />

for the display of heterologous proteins or peptides on<br />

the surface of Escherichia coli (E. coli).<br />

Unique Selling Point<br />

Autodisplay technology as surface display technology with<br />

numerous advantages <strong>com</strong>pared to established surface<br />

technologies like phage display.<br />

Membership in Networks/Associations<br />

CLIB 2021, BioRiver<br />

Address<br />

Elisabeth-Selbert-Straße 9<br />

40764 Langenfeld<br />

Germany<br />

Telephone/Telefax<br />

+49 (0)2173 27587-0 /<br />

+49 (0)2173 27597-77<br />

E-Mail<br />

info@artes-biotechnology.<strong>com</strong><br />

Web Address<br />

www.artes-biotechnology.<strong>com</strong><br />

Date of Incorporation/<br />

Number of Employees<br />

2002/20 employees<br />

Dr. Michael Piontek, Managing Director<br />

Address<br />

Merowingerplatz 1a<br />

40225 Düsseldorf<br />

Germany<br />

Telephone/Telefax<br />

+49 (0)211 99459650<br />

E-Mail<br />

info@autodisplay-biotech.<strong>com</strong><br />

Web Address<br />

www.autodisplay-biotech.<strong>com</strong><br />

Date of Incorporation/<br />

Number of Employees<br />

May 2008/6 employees<br />

From left to right: Prof. Dr. Joachim Jose, CSO,<br />

Dr. Ruth Maas, CEO, Dr. Gunter Festel, CFO,<br />

Dr. Jürgen Schumacher, Advisory Board Member<br />

Special “<strong>Industrial</strong> <strong>Biotechnology</strong> <strong>2012</strong>” 57<br />

Service


Service<br />

BRAIN AG is one of Europe’s tech no -<br />

logically leading industrial white biotechnology<br />

<strong>com</strong>panies. In strategic<br />

co-operation projects with partners<br />

and customers from the chemical<br />

and pharmaceutical industries as<br />

well as the cosmetics and food indus -<br />

tries, BRAIN AG identifies and develops<br />

innovative products and solu -<br />

tions by harnessing nature’s yet<br />

untapped microbial diversity. Active<br />

product <strong>com</strong>ponents are found in<br />

BRAIN AG’s own “BioArchive”, one of<br />

the most <strong>com</strong>prehensive of its kind.<br />

Pictures: © Thomas Ott, Archiv BRAIN AG (above)<br />

© Kristian Barthen, Archiv BRAIN AG (right)<br />

At Direvo, we focus on the emerging<br />

biomass conversion industry. We<br />

identify bottlenecks and weaknesses<br />

in current industrial processes in<br />

this sector. We develop biologybased<br />

solutions and implement<br />

those for our partners and customers,<br />

which include industrial<br />

<strong>com</strong>panies both large and small.<br />

Our products are newly designed<br />

enzymes and microorganisms of the<br />

highest quality that provide easyto-implement,<br />

cost-effective solu -<br />

tions.<br />

58 Special “<strong>Industrial</strong> <strong>Biotechnology</strong> <strong>2012</strong>”<br />

BRAIN AG<br />

Field of Activity<br />

<strong>Industrial</strong> Enzymes and BioCatalysts; BioActive Compounds<br />

for Food and Cosmetics; Producer Strains and Designer<br />

Micro-organisms<br />

Ownership Structure and Financing<br />

BRAIN AG is a private and independent research and development<br />

corporation.<br />

Partners<br />

BRAIN’s strategic collaboration partners include: BASF,<br />

Clariant, DSM, Evonik, Degussa, Genencor, Henkel,<br />

Nutrinova, RWE, Sandoz, Bayer Schering, Südzucker and<br />

Symrise, to name but a few<br />

Technology<br />

Metagenome®, ABEL®, LIL®, EvoSolution®, CompActives®,<br />

BioCompActives®, BRAINzyme®<br />

Unique Selling Point<br />

Access to natures toolbox and its consequent use for<br />

industrial applications.<br />

Membership in Networks/Associations<br />

BioDeutschland, IWBio, VCI, VBU, BioÖkonomierat, several<br />

Boards of Technical Universities<br />

DIREVO <strong>Industrial</strong> <strong>Biotechnology</strong> GmbH<br />

Field of Activity<br />

Direvo deploys its groundbreaking technology platform on<br />

the huge opportunity currently being presented by the<br />

clean energy, clean chemistry and biomass conversion<br />

industries.<br />

Ownership Structure and Financing<br />

Privately owned. Investors include VC funds, banks and family<br />

offices<br />

Partners<br />

Chemical & petrochemical industry, biofuels producers,<br />

agricultural industry<br />

Technology<br />

Direvo's core technologies include molecular biology, genetics,<br />

automation & high-throughput screening to develop tailormade<br />

biological solutions.<br />

Unique Selling Point<br />

Direvo applies its profound expertise in bioengineering to<br />

provide tailor-made, biology-based solutions for partners in<br />

several sectors of the biomass conversion industry.<br />

Membership in Networks/Associations<br />

BIO, CLIB 2021, BIO River, Cleantec NRW, IWBIO, etc<br />

Address<br />

Darmstädter Str. 34-36<br />

64673 Zwingenberg<br />

Germany<br />

Telephone/Telefax<br />

+49 (0)6251-9331-0<br />

+49 (0)6251-9331-11<br />

E-Mail<br />

public@brain-biotech.de<br />

Web Address<br />

www.brain-biotech.de<br />

Date of Incorporation/<br />

Number of Employees<br />

1993/99 employees<br />

BRAIN Management Board: Dr. Holger Zinke (left),<br />

Dr. Jürgen Eck<br />

Address<br />

Nattermannallee 1<br />

50829 Cologne<br />

Germany<br />

Telephone/Telefax<br />

+49 (0)221 47448-0 /<br />

+49 (0)221 47448-111<br />

E-Mail<br />

info@direvo.<strong>com</strong><br />

Web Address<br />

www.direvo.<strong>com</strong><br />

Date of Incorporation/<br />

Number of Employees<br />

2008/Currently 30+ Employees<br />

Dr. Jörg Riesmeier, CEO (top left), Klaudija Milos (top right),<br />

Dr. Albrecht Läufer (below left), Andreas Lischka (below right)


Emcid is developing a platform for<br />

the identification, exploitation and<br />

industrial use of unique natural<br />

products as secondary metabolites<br />

and enzymes from bryophytes,<br />

mosses and other lower plants. The<br />

<strong>com</strong>pany is targeting customers<br />

from fine chemical industry. Within<br />

this market it is focusing on agriculture,<br />

cosmetics and food additives<br />

as interesting sub-segments.<br />

EUCODIS Bioscience is an applicationdriven<br />

enzyme engineering and<br />

manufacturing <strong>com</strong>pany with a<br />

proven track record of providing<br />

customized solutions. The portfolio<br />

<strong>com</strong>prises over 50 enzymes includ -<br />

ing innovative lipases, beta-lactamases,<br />

catalases and others.<br />

Our team works closely with our<br />

customers to better understand<br />

their individual needs providing<br />

various custom protein & enzyme<br />

services, ranging from strain and<br />

process development, production<br />

up-scale and downstream process -<br />

ing to routine protein manu -<br />

facturing up to the kg scale.<br />

Emcid Biotech GmbH<br />

Field of Activity<br />

Development of own product candidates;<br />

Contract research services in the area of Emcids core <strong>com</strong>petencies<br />

Ownership Structure and Financing<br />

Privatly held <strong>com</strong>pany / revenues<br />

Partners<br />

<strong>Industrial</strong> and academic partners<br />

Technology<br />

Focus an moss-specific advantages,<br />

Outstanding cultivation expertise,<br />

Know-how in optimizing plant-cell-lines<br />

Unique Selling Point<br />

The <strong>com</strong>bination of the biological features of mosses and<br />

the scientific <strong>com</strong>petence and experience of the team puts<br />

Emcid into a unique position.<br />

Membership in Networks/Associations<br />

CLIB 2021<br />

EUCODIS Bioscience GmbH<br />

Field of Activity<br />

EUCODIS delivers high-performance enzyme solutions for<br />

highly specific applications in biopharma, fine chemicals<br />

and cosmetics industry.<br />

Ownership Structure and Financing<br />

EUCODIS Bioscience is a private <strong>com</strong>pany, backed up by<br />

institutional venture capital investors, founders, and private<br />

investors.<br />

Partners<br />

EUCODIS has a branch office in Halle, Germany, and representations<br />

in the UK and USA.<br />

Technology<br />

EUCODIS covers the whole spectrum of biocatalytic process<br />

development up to industrial-scale manufacture of enzymes.<br />

We provide our customers with a potent mutagenesis toolbox<br />

which enables effective modification of target enzyme<br />

properties.<br />

Unique Selling Point<br />

EUCODIS Bioscience is strongly focused on providing customized<br />

solutions and services individually meeting our partners’<br />

needs when it <strong>com</strong>es to manufacturing critical proteins.<br />

Address<br />

Hans-Bunte-Str.19<br />

79108 Freiburg<br />

Germany<br />

Telephone/Telefax<br />

+49 (0)761-881578-440<br />

+49 (0)761-881578-441<br />

E-Mail<br />

info@emcid-biotech.de<br />

Web Address<br />

www.emcid-biotech.de<br />

Date of Incorporation/<br />

Number of Employees<br />

2009/4 employees<br />

Andreas Kranzusch (left), Managing Director<br />

Dr. Gilbert Gorr, Managing Director<br />

Address<br />

Campus Vienna Biocenter 2<br />

Viehmarktgasse 2a/2OG<br />

1030 Vienna<br />

Austria<br />

Telephone/Telefax<br />

+43 (0)1-8900804<br />

+43 (0)1-8900804-11<br />

E-Mail<br />

office@eucodisbioscience.<strong>com</strong><br />

Web Address<br />

www.eucodisbioscience.<strong>com</strong><br />

Date of Incorporation/<br />

Number of Employees<br />

2007/22 employees<br />

Thomas Fischer,<br />

Chief Executive Officer<br />

Dr. Jan Modregger,<br />

Head of Research<br />

and Development<br />

Special “<strong>Industrial</strong> <strong>Biotechnology</strong> <strong>2012</strong>” 59<br />

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Service<br />

evocatal is a provider of enzyme technology<br />

and biocatalytical processes.<br />

The <strong>com</strong>pany offers a catalog of readyto-use<br />

enzymes (evozymes) and chiral<br />

building blocks but also offers the<br />

customized development of exclusive<br />

biocatalysts and chemical processes,<br />

tailored to match the unique demands<br />

of our customers. evozymes are<br />

applied in API- and intermediate<br />

synthesis, but also in consumer goods<br />

industries, including the production<br />

and refinement of textiles, adhesives,<br />

detergents, nutrition and cosmetics.<br />

Our enzymes and chiral building<br />

blocks can be provided in every scale.<br />

Pictures: Wiedemeier & Dahmen/evocatal<br />

Evolva is leveraging its cutting edge<br />

fermentation-based technology<br />

platform to develop innovative,<br />

high-value, and massively more<br />

sustainable natural ingredients for<br />

the Nutrition, Consumer Health and<br />

Pharmaceutical industries. Evolva has<br />

operations in Switzerland, Denmark,<br />

India and the USA.<br />

60 Special “<strong>Industrial</strong> <strong>Biotechnology</strong> <strong>2012</strong>”<br />

evocatal GmbH<br />

Field of Activity<br />

evocatal develops innovative solutions for biocatalysis<br />

including a range of catalog products, development and<br />

production services.<br />

Ownership Structure and Financing<br />

Privately held <strong>com</strong>pany, High-Tech Gründerfonds, Sirius Seed<br />

Fonds, Business Angles<br />

Partners<br />

Evonik, RohnerChem, Henkel, Sartorius, Symrise, TU Delft,<br />

Universität Hamburg/TUHH, Heinrich-Heine Universität<br />

Düsseldorf, FZ Jülich, RWTH Aachen, ITB Stuttgart etc.<br />

Technology<br />

Biochemical and molecular engineering techniques.<br />

Production strain development. Processes development for<br />

fermentation and stereoselective synthesis.<br />

Products/Services<br />

evozymes®, evochemicals, evoglow®, Contract research (CRO)<br />

and contract manufacturing (CMO) services.<br />

Unique Selling Point<br />

evocatal produces highly efficient biocatalysts for chemical<br />

processes, and applies those to synthesize a range of pure<br />

chiral fine chemicals.<br />

Membership in Networks/Associations<br />

Founding member of German IWBio e.V., CLIB 2021 e.V.,<br />

BioRiver e.V., CleantechNRW<br />

Evolva Holding SA<br />

Field of Activity<br />

Evolva is focusing on select Nutrition, Consumer<br />

Healthcare and Pharma product sectors where market<br />

growth has been constrained by scientific and supply chain<br />

<strong>com</strong>plexities – sectors where <strong>com</strong>mercial success can,<br />

there fore, be achieved through market expansion and is<br />

not dependent upon the usual conquest of incumbents.<br />

In both areas we have partnered projects as well as proprietary<br />

programmes.<br />

Ownership Structure and Financing<br />

Evolva is listed on SIX Swiss Exchange in Zürich, ticker symbol<br />

EVE. The <strong>com</strong>pany has a broad, international investor base.<br />

Partners<br />

Evolva is working with BASF, IFF and Roquette to develop<br />

novel, efficient, and sustainable production routes for existing<br />

high-value <strong>com</strong>pounds. We are working with BASF and Roche<br />

to develop novel <strong>com</strong>pounds.<br />

Technology<br />

Proprietary yeast-based fermentation platform. Uniquely<br />

allows Evolva to produce relatively sophisticated ingredients<br />

for consumers and patients.<br />

Unique Selling Point<br />

Fermentation process differentiates Evolva from <strong>com</strong>petition;<br />

tangible product benefits (not <strong>com</strong>modities); technology platform<br />

dramatically lowers COGS; simple supply chains, breadth<br />

and depth of product pipeline create multiple “shots on goal”.<br />

Address<br />

Merowingerplatz 1a<br />

40225 Düsseldorf<br />

Germany<br />

Telephone/Telefax<br />

+49 (0)211 157 6095-0<br />

+49 (0)211 157 6095-9<br />

E-Mail<br />

info@evocatal.<strong>com</strong><br />

Web Address<br />

www.evocatal.<strong>com</strong><br />

Date of Incorporation/<br />

Number of Employees<br />

August 2006/23 employees<br />

Dr. Christian Leggewie (CSO), Dr. Thorsten Eggert (CEO),<br />

Dr. Michael Puls (CMO)<br />

Address<br />

Duggingerstrasse 23<br />

4153 Reinach<br />

Switzerland<br />

Telephone/Telefax<br />

+41 (0)61 485 20-00<br />

+41 (0)61 485 20-01<br />

E-Mail<br />

info@evolva.<strong>com</strong><br />

Web Address<br />

www.evolva.<strong>com</strong><br />

Date of Incorporation/<br />

Number of Employees<br />

June 2004/90 employees<br />

Jutta Heim (CSO), Pascal Longchamp (CBO),<br />

Jakob Dynnes Hansen (CFO) and Neil Goldsmith (CEO)


ORGANOBALANCE owns more than<br />

8,000 proprietary yeast and lacto -<br />

bacillus strains and explores this<br />

valuable resource with a set of intelligent<br />

OASSYS® bioassays to develop<br />

new products, e.g. active ingredients.<br />

ORGANOBALANCE furthermore uses<br />

its unique expertise in yeast meta -<br />

bolic engineering to design new<br />

productions strains, for bulk and<br />

fine chemicals and for proteins.<br />

ORGANOBALANCE works in colla -<br />

borations with corporate partners<br />

and grants licenses for product<br />

developments.<br />

Sanofi, a global and diversified<br />

healthcare leader, discovers,<br />

develops and distributes thera -<br />

peutic solutions focused on<br />

patients’ needs. Sanofi has core<br />

strengths in the field of healthcare<br />

with seven growth platforms:<br />

diabetes solutions, human vaccines,<br />

innovative drugs, rare diseases,<br />

consumer healthcare, emerging<br />

markets and animal health.<br />

ORGANOBALANCE GmbH<br />

Field of Activity<br />

ORGANOBALANCE provides research and development<br />

partnership for new products in Food, Feed, Personal Care,<br />

for the pharmaceutical industry and for the production of<br />

fine chemicals.<br />

Ownership Structure and Financing<br />

Privately held <strong>com</strong>pany<br />

Partners<br />

Cooperation partners include BASF, General Mills, Lonza,<br />

Sanofi Pasteur and undisclosed <strong>com</strong>panies.<br />

Technology<br />

Company-owned culture collection; broad bioassay platform<br />

(OASSYS®); yeast metabolic engineering; pilot-scale productions<br />

and process developments<br />

Unique Selling Point<br />

Patentable natural strains and <strong>com</strong>pounds for new product<br />

developments; yeast production strains for industrial biotechnology<br />

applications<br />

Membership in Networks/Associations<br />

DECHEMA e.V.; DIB/VCI; BIO Deutschland; IWBio; International<br />

Probiotic Association; BPI e.V.<br />

Sanofi<br />

Field of Activity<br />

Worldwide network of biotech manufacturing sites for<br />

API’s, sterile medicines and devices. Cell culture technology<br />

& manufacturing. Uniqueness in industrial scale solid<br />

phase synthesis of biomolecules.<br />

Ownership Structure and Financing<br />

Sanofi is listed in Paris (EURONEXT: SAN) and New York<br />

(NYSE: SNY)<br />

Partners<br />

Long tradition in biotech partnerships and cooperations with<br />

enterprises and institutions. Sanofi Biotech is proactively<br />

developing external partnerships to increase its biotechbased<br />

portfolio.<br />

Technology<br />

Lab to industrial scale technologies acc. to cGMPs in up- and<br />

downstream biotech processes, drug product aseptic filling,<br />

analytical technology and others<br />

Unique Selling Point<br />

Comprehensive insulin/diabetes portfolio, faithful to insulin<br />

tradition since 1923. Frankfurt, Germany, one of the<br />

world’s largest insulin production sites. Genzyme (subsi -<br />

diary), one of the world’s leading biotech <strong>com</strong>panies,<br />

specialized in rare diseases.<br />

Address<br />

Gustav-Meyer-Allee 25<br />

13355 Berlin<br />

Germany<br />

Telephone/Telefax<br />

+49 (0)30 46307-200<br />

+49 (0)30 46307-210<br />

E-Mail<br />

info@organobalance.<strong>com</strong><br />

Web Address<br />

www.organobalance.<strong>com</strong><br />

Date of Incorporation/<br />

Number of Employees<br />

July 2001/30 employees<br />

Dr. Christine Lang, CEO<br />

Address<br />

Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH<br />

<strong>Industrial</strong> Affairs, Site Frankfurt<br />

<strong>Biotechnology</strong>, External Partner<br />

Business Coordination, Jan Kloeppel<br />

Industriepark Hoechst, D610<br />

65926 Frankfurt<br />

Germany<br />

Telephone/Telefax<br />

+49 (0)69 305 81368 /<br />

+49 (0)69 305 942 588<br />

E-Mail<br />

Jan.Kloeppel@sanofi.<strong>com</strong><br />

Web Address<br />

www.sanofi.de<br />

Date of Incorporation<br />

2004/105,000 Employees (Worldwide)<br />

Dr. Uwe Wirth, Vice President Head of <strong>Biotechnology</strong>,<br />

<strong>Industrial</strong> Chemistry & <strong>Biotechnology</strong> Affairs<br />

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Service


Service<br />

SIRION BIOTECH specializes in viral<br />

vector platforms and provides<br />

sophisticated in vitro cell modeling.<br />

This enables much improved <strong>com</strong> -<br />

pound and target research for the<br />

drug, the food & cosmetic indus -<br />

tries. In addition, immortalizations<br />

of primary cells to be used as in<br />

vitro models are now easier to<br />

perform. SIRION BIOTECH is able to<br />

construct adenovirus serotype vectors<br />

serving as the basis for novel<br />

future vaccines with much improved<br />

immunity.<br />

WACKER is one of the world’s leading<br />

and most research-intensive chemical<br />

<strong>com</strong>panies. Operating via five<br />

business divisions, our team of<br />

experts and local specialists focuses<br />

on market needs and supports our<br />

customers worldwide in developing<br />

new products. With a 16,300-strong<br />

workforce, 26 production sites in<br />

Europe, Americas and Asia, and over<br />

50 sales offices worldwide, we have<br />

established a strong presence in all<br />

key economic regions and growth<br />

markets.<br />

62 Special “<strong>Industrial</strong> <strong>Biotechnology</strong> <strong>2012</strong>”<br />

SIRION BIOTECH GmbH<br />

Field of Activity<br />

SIRION BIOTECH interacts with preclinical drug and other<br />

<strong>com</strong>pound discovery groups; from fee for service all the<br />

way to milestone and royalty arrangements.<br />

Ownership Structure and Financing<br />

Creathor Venture, Bayern Kapital, HTGF, KfW<br />

Partners<br />

Sigma, InSphero, leading European Big Pharma<br />

Technology<br />

Patent protected re<strong>com</strong>binant viral vector platform with significant<br />

know how in validating the right shRNA’s for optimal<br />

results<br />

Unique Selling Point<br />

Services with more than 30 years of experience are freely<br />

available from fee for service all the way to success based<br />

payments<br />

Membership in Networks/Associations<br />

BioDeutschland, German Society for Cell Biology, FORPROJECT<br />

Wacker Chemie AG<br />

Field of Activity<br />

Based on advanced biotech processes, the division WACKER<br />

BIOSOLUTIONS offers tailored and innovative solutions and<br />

products for the life-science sector, especially for the food<br />

and pharma industry. Its biotech-based products include<br />

pharmaceutical proteins, cyclodextrins and fermentationgrade<br />

cysteine.<br />

Ownership Structure and Financing<br />

In November 2005, WACKER converted into a stock corporation<br />

(AG) under German law. In 2006, the <strong>com</strong>pany successfully<br />

launched its IPO.<br />

Technology<br />

– A proprietary ESETEC® E. coli secretion technology for the<br />

production of pharma proteins.<br />

– Metabolic engineering of bacteria for the production of<br />

amino acids, above all L-cysteine.<br />

– Production of cyclodextrins via proprietary CGTase-catalyzed<br />

biotransformation of starch.<br />

Unique Selling Point<br />

– Highly efficient production of pharma proteins, due to the<br />

secretion of correctly folded proteins into the culture supernatant.<br />

– Fermentation-grade, vegetarian L-Cysteine products.<br />

– Sustainable production of all three types of natural cyclodextrins.<br />

Membership in Networks/Associations<br />

Responsible Care®, Global Compact (GC)<br />

Address<br />

Am Klopferspitz 19<br />

82152 Martinsried near Munich<br />

Germany<br />

Telephone/Telefax<br />

+49 (0)89 700 961-999<br />

E-Mail<br />

info@sirion-biotech.de<br />

Web Address<br />

www.sirion-biotech.<strong>com</strong><br />

Date of Incorporation/<br />

Number of Employees<br />

2006/12 employees<br />

Other<br />

Your Cell Competence Center for all<br />

your challenges in cell modelling<br />

Dieter Lingelbach (COO) Dr. Christian Thirion (CTO)<br />

Address<br />

Hanns-Seidl-Platz 4<br />

81737 München<br />

Germany<br />

Telephone/Telefax<br />

+49 (0)89 6279-0<br />

+49 (0)89 6279-1770<br />

E-Mail<br />

info.biosolutions@wacker.<strong>com</strong><br />

Web Address<br />

www.wacker.<strong>com</strong><br />

Date of Incorporation/<br />

Number of Employees<br />

1914/16,314 employees (31/12/2010)<br />

Dr. Gerhard Schmid,<br />

President WACKER BIOSOLUTIONS


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