- CEO
- Sven K. Weber
- Full Time Employees
- 281
- Sector
- Health technology
- Industry
- Biotechnology
- Address
- Darmstädter Strasse 34-36 Zwingenberg HE Germany 64673
- IPO Date
- Feb 9, 2016
- Business
- BRAIN Biotech AG BRAIN Biotech AG is a leading European provider of integrated bio-based solutions and products in industrial biotechnology, focusing on the development and production of specialty enzymes, proteins, microbial production strains, and bioprocesses for applications in nutrition, health and life sciences, and environmental sectors. The company operates through two main segments, BRAINBiocatalysts, which encompasses the products business and manufacturing services including specialty enzymes, microorganisms, and bioactive natural ingredients for foodstuffs, animal feed, cosmetics, medical products, chemical processes, waste disposal, and energy production; and BRAINBioIncubator, which develops high-value proprietary R&D projects such as the CRISPR-Cas gene editing technology platform. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Zwingenberg, Germany, BRAIN Biotech AG maintains production sites across continental Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States, serving industrial partners through contract research, fermentation services, enzyme technology, strain development, bioprocess scale-up, and licensing of technologies. Recent developments include the October 2024 signing of an exclusive pharmaceutical licensing agreement with Akribion Therapeutics GmbH for its G-dase E CRISPR-Cas nuclease, potentially yielding up to EUR 92.3 million in milestones plus royalties while retaining non-pharma rights; the full acquisition and consolidation of Breatec B.V. in the Netherlands; the merger of AnalytiCon Discovery GmbH into the parent company to streamline group structure; and the full buyout of Biocatalysts Ltd. in the UK, marking 30 years of the company and 40 years of that subsidiary.