Gottfried Himmler

GenoVision AS develops reagents and solutions for certain nucleic acid diagnostic markets. It has developed products and protocols for the direct isolation of DNA and RNA from a variety of sample sources such as dried blood, leucocytes, serum, buccal cells, cultured cells, biopsy samples, paraffin embedded tissue sections, animal tissue and yeast cells. GenoVision was formed in 1998 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway

HELIOVIS AG develops solar concentrator for large solar power plants. Its product is HELIOtube, a novel type of solar concentrator for large solar power plants which mainly consists of plastic foils. The firm also develops a disruptive-innovative approach that shall find a permanent place in the expansion of solar energy at locations with intensive direct solar radiation. The company was founded by Johannes Hoefler and Felix Tiefenbacher in 2009 and is headquartered in Wiener Neudorf, Austria.

F-Star Biotechnologische Forschungs- Und Entwicklungsges MBH develops improved therapeutic antibodies and antibody fragments for cancer. It is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing novel bispecific antibody products that significantly improve on the current standard of care for patients with serious diseases such as cancer. The firm's modular antibody technology allows them to rapidly discover and develop bispecific antibodies by introducing additional binding sites to the constant region of an antibody. The company was founded by Florian Ruker, Gordana Wozniak-Knopp, and Gottfried Himmler on June 12, 2006 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

Codon Devices, Inc. produces pharmaceuticals and biorefineries for the production of industrial chemicals and bio-energy. The firm designs and constructs biological components such as enzymes, biopharmaceuticals, and cell lines for improved function. Its customers include the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and agriculture sectors. The company was founded by Noubar B. Afeyan, George Church, Drew Endy, Joseph M. Jacobson and Jay Keasling in 2004 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

igeneon Krebs-Immuntherapie Forschungs & Entwicklungs GmbH develops biological products to treat cancer and other diseases. It focuses on cancer immunotherapies designed to prevent or delay the formation of metastases in cancer of epithelial origin, including colorectal, breast and lung cancer. Founded in 1999, the company is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.