- CEO
- Jorg Schuttrumpf
- Full Time Employees
- 2,495
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Industry
- Biotechnology
- Address
- Landsteinerstrasse 5 Dreieich Germany 63303
- IPO Date
- Jan 9, 2014
- Business
- Biotest AG develops, manufactures and markets plasma proteins and biotherapeutic drugs derived from human blood plasma for the therapeutic areas of clinical immunology, haematology and intensive care medicine; its core products include immunoglobulins such as Intratect 5% and 10%, Yimmugo, Cytotect CP Biotest, Hepatect CP, Varitect CP and Zutectra; clotting factors such as Haemoctin SDH, Haemonine and Vihuma; and albumins and other concentrates such as Albiomin 5% and 20%, Biseco, Cofact and Pentaglobin. Founded in 1946 and headquartered in Dreieich near Frankfurt, Germany, the company operates production facilities primarily in Dreieich with a capacity expansion under the Biotest Next Level project doubling plasma processing to up to 3 million litres annually by 2026; it maintains subsidiaries in Austria, Switzerland, Hungary and the Czech Republic, over 40 plasma collection centres in Germany, Hungary and the Czech Republic, and sells products in more than 70 countries across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa, North and South America through its own sales organisations, distribution partners and majority shareholder Grifols SA. Biotest, in which Grifols holds a 97.14% voting stake following its 2022 acquisition, intensified strategic collaboration with Grifols in 2023-2024 through technology transfer agreements, development services and the sale of five distribution companies in Spain, Brazil, Italy, the UK and France to leverage Grifols' global network; in 2024, Yimmugo received US FDA approval for primary immunodeficiencies and a long-term exclusive US distribution deal with Kedrion Biopharma expected to generate over USD 1 billion in revenue over seven years, while Fibrinogen completed phase III trials for acquired fibrinogen deficiency with marketing authorisation applications submitted in Germany, Austria, Spain and the US, anticipating first approvals in mid-2025; Trimodulin advances in phase III for severe community-acquired pneumonia via the ESsCAPE study; and the company expanded plasma centres and ramped up Biotest Next Level production including albumin and Fibrinogen validation.