Mark Vaeck

Chiron Corp. provides nucleic acid test for blood screening. Its products include tigris system, target capture system, reagent preparation incubator, and many more. The company was founded in 1981 by William J. Rutter, Edward E. Penhoet & Pablo Valenzuela and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.

KeyGene NV provides its partners and customers in the plant breeding industry contract research, partnerships and molecular genetic services. It delivers novel enabling technologies and applications to support companies and institutes that carry out fundamental or applied genetic genomic research and that seek to enhance the quality of their products through the improvement of their genetic material. The company was established in 1989 and is headquartered in Wageningen, the Netherlands.

Ceres, Inc. engages in the development and market of low-carbon and non-food grasses for advanced biofuels and biopower. The company was founded by Walter De Logi, Richard William Hamilton, and Robert B. Goldberg on October 28, 1996 and is headquartered in Arden Hills, MN.

Ablynx NV operates as a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development of proprietary therapeutic proteins under the Nanobodies brand. It includes haematology, inflammation, infectious disease, autoimmune disease, oncology and immune-oncology. The company was founded by Mark Vaeck in 2001 and is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium.

Intrexon ActoBiotics NV manufactures biopharmaceutical products. It focuses on the development and commercialization of a new generation of biological drugs. The company represents a novel concept for oral administration of therapeutic proteins, and is designed to be safer and more effective than injectable biopharmaceuticals. Intrexon Actobioticswas founded by Mark Vaeck, Emil Pot and Bernard Coulie in June 2006 and is headquartered in Zwijnaarde, Belgium.

Complix NVengages in the development of biopharmaceutical company developing Alphabodies, a pipeline of transformative protein therapeutics. The Company is currently focusing its internal research and development activities on oncology and autoimmune diseases. Its therapeutic Alphabodies focuses on the treatment of autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and multiple sclerosis, and infectious diseases, and viral diseases such as influenza, HIV, and RSV. The company was founded by Mark Vaeck and Ignace Lasters in 2008 and is headquartered in Diepenbeek, Belgium.

InteRNA Technologies BV develops RNA technologies and applications. It provides drug discovery and development services for the treatment of cancer based on the proprietary microRNA (miRNA) functions. The company develops miRNA-based therapeutics that control genes connected in signal transduction pathways and biological processes as a part of cancer initiation, progression and metastasis. InteRNA Technologies was founded by Edwin Cuppen and Eugene Berezikov in December 2006 and is headquartered in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

UCB Pharma SA discovers and develops biopharmaceutical products. It is a biopharmaceutical company focuses on the discovery and development of innovative medicines and solutions to transform the lives of people living with severe diseases of the immune system or of the central nervous system. The company is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

Part of Bayer AG, Bayer Bioscience NV is a Belgian company that manufactures and markets herbicides and agricultural chemical products. The private company is based in Ghent, Belgium. The company was founded by Gerard van Acker.