Herman Steen

BiOrion Technologies BV develops therapeutic drugs for the cancer and inflammatory diseases. It operates as a pre-clinical stage biopharmaceutical company that developing targeted therapies and companion imaging diagnostics for personalized treatment of patients with fibrosis. The firm develops advanced personalized medicine drugs for simultaneous diagnosis and treatment of diseases such as liver- and pancreatic cancer, liver cirrhosis and kidney fibrosis through specific targeting to PDGF- and IGF-II-expressing diseased cells. The company was founded by Martin Hessing, Klaas Poelstra and Herman Steen in 2003 and is headquartered in Groningen, the Netherlands.

Nyken BV develops heat-shock-protein drugs for treatment of chronic diseases. Its products include NYK-1001, a drug that is used for the treatment of gastric discomfort and gastric bleeding in China, Japan, and internationally, NYK-1005, a chemical derivative that is used for atrial myocyte screening and drug identifying discovery system and NYK-1007, an early drug candidate used in heat shock proteins. The company was founded by Herman Steen in 2009 and is headquartered in Groningen, the Netherlands.

Takeda A/S engages in holding or owning of securities in other companies other than banks. The company was founded on January 4, 2005 and is headquartered in Taastrup, Denmark.