Thomas von Rüden

DIREVO Industrial Biotechnology GmbH provides bioengineering services for industrial, molecular biology, and reaction chemistry applications. It offers enzyme and strain engineering, application development, and process engineering services. The firm also offers research and development services for bio-fuel production. The company was founded in July 2008 and is headquartered in Cologne, Germany.

DIREVO Biotech AG researches on screening-based directed evolution of genes and proteins and applies its integrated proprietary technologies to the development of biopharmaceuticals, industrial enzymes, chemical biocatalysts and enzymes for food and feed. Its platform technologies combine efficient DNA variation methods for mutation and recombination of genes with ultra-high throughput screening technologies. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Cologne, Germany.

Affitech AS discovers and develops human therapeutic antibodies. It focuses on molecule and cell based antibody discovery. The company was founded by Martin Welschof, Ole Jorgen Marvik, and Michael Braunagel in 1997 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.

Part of C.H. Boehringer Sohn AG & Co. KG, Boehringer Ingelheim Austria GmbH is an Austrian company that distributes pharmaceutical products. The company is based in Vienna, Austria.