Hans Schambye

Maxygen, Inc. is a biotechnology company. It is focused on the potential further development of its MAXY-G34 product, a next-generation pegylated, granulocyte colony stimulating factor, G-CSF, for the treatment of chemotherapy induced neutropenia and acute radiation syndrome. G-CSF is a natural protein that functions by stimulating the body's bone marrow to produce more white blood cells. The company was founded on May 7, 1996 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Profound Pharma AS provides pharmaceutical products. The Danish company was founded by Jan Møller Mikkelsen, Anders H. Pedersen, Hans Thalsgård Schambye. Profound Pharma was acquired by Maxygen, Inc. on August 10, 2000 for $69.46 million.

Rose Pharma A/S provides pharmaceutical products for treatment of pain in connection with irritable bowel syndrome. It develops treatments for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and functional dyspepsia, and disorders. The firm focuses on the medical applications of gastrointestinal hormones. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Roskilde, Denmark.

ReceptIcon is a biotech company based on the identification of novel receptors in the kidney that are responsible for renal uptake and nephrotoxity of therapeutic drugs. The company is focused on the development of receptor antagonists that prevent accumulation of therapeutics in the kidney. Such antagonists can be used as active pharmaceutical ingredients for reformulation of marketed nephrotoxic drugs thereby precluding their toxic side effects.

Forward Pharma A/S is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the research and development of medicinal treatment for inflammatory and neurological indications. It focuses on the immunomodulatory compound dimethyl fumarate and its derivatives. The company was founded by Florian Schönharting on July 2005 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Dansk Biotek is an industry association for biotech companies with promoting the biotechnological research, development and production in taking care of corporate interests in this regard, both nationally and internationally. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Nanoference ApS is a holding company that manufactures medicine for the treatment of infectious pulmonary diseases. It develops a technology that uses nanoparticles to deliver so-called Small interfering ribonucleic acid (siRNA) molecules directly to the desired location in the body. Its nano particles composed of the sugar substance chitosan. Its RNA has the ability to identify cells and shut down certain disease genes. The company was founded by Kenneth Alan Howard, Jørgen Kjems, and Flemming Besenbacher in March 2010 and is headquartered in Aarhus, Denmark.