Enzymicals AG and Herbrand PharmaChemicals GmbH cooperate for biotechnological production of pharmaceuticals and intermediates

19-Jan-2012 - Germany

"We are happy to establish processes from development via production to market entry together with Herbrand PharmaChemicals" states Dr. Menyes from Enzymicals AG while visiting the running production sites of Herbrand PharmaChemicals GmbH, where soon biocatalytic processes for the production of fine chemicals will be integrated into the portfolio of production technologies. Both German companies agreed on a cooperation and put together their competence and capacities for this production of fine chemicals.

This agreement allows both partners to jointly use their current resources in development and production and to hence seamlessly close the value-added chain for biocatalytic processes. "The opportunities at Herbrand PharmaChemicals GmbH will enable us to perform large scale production processes in Germany under GMP conditions and thus to meet the requirements of our customers with respect to quality and timely delivery“ adds the CEO of the Biotechstart-up from Greifswald, who also sees the next logical step in the development of his company in this contract.

Especially chiral intermediates of pharmaceutical substances can now be produced in Gengenbach in a highly selective manner under mild reaction conditions using the enzyme portfolio of Enzymicals AG. Within this cooperation, the Greifswald team will develop the enzyme catalysis step for the production scale and provides the required amounts of biocatalysts for the large scale synthesis. The specialists at Herbrand Pharma-Chemicals GmbH then establish the biocatalytic production under GMP conditions and the world-wide distribution of the final products.

„Herbrand PharmaChemicals GmbH now expands its product portfolio taking advantage of the opportunities within 'white biotechnology' and thus takes a new position at the market" concludes Mr. Köhlmann from Herbrand PharmaChemicals GmbH. He also looks forward to take advantage of the synergistic effects within this agreement. "We can synthesize final products in top quality from a few kilograms up to several tons per year" states the head of production. A range of applications, especially to obtain enantiomerically pure building blocks and for regiospecific reactions of demanding substrates are currently evaluated for implementation at the Gengenbach plants.

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