Helmut Hilbert

QIAGEN GmbH provides products for preanalytical sample preparation and molecular diagnostics solutions. It develops and markets consumable products and automated solutions to molecular diagnostics laboratories, academic researchers, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, and applied testing customers for purposes such as forensics, animal or food testing and pharmaceutical process control. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Hilden, Germany.

Curetis GmbH operates as a molecular diagnostics company which focuses on the development and commercialization of products for diagnosing severe infectious diseases. The firm offers diagnostic solutions for hospitals and large-scale laboratories. Its products include Unyvero L4 Lysator, Unyvero C8 Cockpit, Unyvero A50 Analyzer, and Unyvero Application Cartridges. The company was founded by Andreas Boos, Johannes Bacher, Gerd Lüdke, and Anne Thews in August 2007 and is headquartered in Holzgerlingen, Germany.

Curetis NV engages in the manufacture, research and development, and commercialization of molecular microbiology solutions. It offers unyvero platform, which comprsises of the unyvero system with the A50 analyzer at its core, proprietary software, and single-use, application-specific cartridges. The company was founded by Johannes Bacher, Gerd Luedke and Andreas Boos in August 2007 and is headquartered in Holzgerlingen, Germany.