Ernst-Günter Afting

Biovertis AG operates as a clinical stage pharmaceutical company. It develops small molecule drugs against proprietary microbial antigens. The firm discovers and develops antimicrobial drugs for infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacterial pathogens. The company was founded by Erich Felber, Uwe von Ahsen, and Alexander Ullrich von Gabain in 2003 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

BioMedCredit AG provides capital in the form of repayable, interest-bearing loans to small- and mid-sized private companies in Switzerland.

Intercell AG engages in the research, development, manufacture, and marketing of novel vaccines for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases. Its products include Japanese encephalitis vaccine, Pseudomonas vaccine, Clostridium difficile vaccine, tuberculosis vaccine, and pandemic influenza vaccine patch. Its technology platforms involve patch-based delivery system and proprietary human monoclonal antibody discovery system. The company was founded by Alexander von Gabain, Max Birnstiel, Michael Buschle, Walter Schmidt, and Aaron Hirsh on December 3, 1997 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

Part of Sanofi, Behringwerke AG is a German company that produces specialty chemicals and pharmaceutical products. The company is based in Marburg, Germany.

Part of Olympus Corp., Olympus Europa GmbH is a German company that creates customer-driven solutions for the medical, life sciences, and industrial equipment industries. The company is based in Hamburg, Germany and operates in dozens of countries all over the world. The company offers a comprehensive lineup of solutions for early diagnosis and minimally invasive therapy for a range of diseases.

Quidel Corp. engages in the development, manufacture and market of rapid diagnostic testing solutions. Its portfolio includes rapid immunoassays, cardiac immunoassays, specialized diagnostic solutions and molecular diagnostic solutions. The firm products are directly sold to end users and distributors and for professional use in physician offices, hospitals, clinical laboratories, reference laboratories, urgent care clinics, universities, retail clinics, pharmacies and wellness screening centers. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Retrotope, Inc. operates as clinical-stage pharmaceutical company that develops drugs to treat degenerative diseases. It offers drugs and therapies to treat Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, mitochondrial myopathies and retinopathies diseases. The company was founded by Charles R. Cantor, Robert J. Molinari, and Mikhail S. Shchepinov in 2006 and is headquartered in Los Altos, CA.