Innovative High-tech Companies

Max Planck Innovation began its professional support of spin-offs from the Max Planck Society in 1990. Since then, approx. 100 spin-offs have been created, employing a staff of about 2,800 all in high-tech industry sectors.

Affectis Pharmaceuticals AG

Munich

2002

Alacris Theranostics GmbH

Berlin

2008

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.

USA

2002

AmVac AG

SWITZERLAND

2006

amYmed GmbH

Martinsried

2006

Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

USA

2000

APIT Laboratories GmbH

Potsdam

2003

ARTEMIS Pharmaceuticals GmbH
(now TaconicArtemis GmbH)

Cologne/Tübingen

1998

Aurigon Life Science GmbH

Tutzing

2000

Autodisplay Biotech GmbH

Düsseldorf

2008

Biometra GmbH
(now: Whatman Biometra)

Göttingen

1985

Capsulution NanoScience AG

Berlin

2000

Cenix BioScience GmbH

Dresden

1999

Creatogen Laboratories GmbH & Co.KG

Potsdam

2002

DeveloGen AG
(now: Evotec AG)

Göttingen

1997

DIREVO Biotech AG

Cologne

2000

Drug Response Dx GmbH 

Henningsdorf 

2012 

Epigenomics AG

Berlin

1997

Eupheria Biotech GmbH

Dresden

2010

Evotec AG

Hamburg

1993

glyXera GmbH 

Magdeburg 

2012 

GPC Biotech AG
(now: Agennix AG)

Martinsried

1997

Green Pacific Biotech

2008

GreenTec GmbH
(now: Phytowelt GreenTechnologies GmbH)

Cologne

1997

Ingenium Pharmaceuticals AG
(now: Probiodrug AG)

Martinsried

1998

IonGate Biosciences GmbH

Frankfurt

2000

iOnGen AG

Göttingen

2000

JenaGen GmbH

Jena

1998

KINAXO Biotechnologies GmbH 
(jetzt Evotec AG, Evotec Munich)

Martinsried

2005

Lead Discovery Center GmbH

Dortmund

2008

Life Science Inkubator GmbH

Bonn

2007

metanomics GmbH

Berlin

1998

MicroDiscovery GmbH

Berlin

2000

MorphoSys AG

Martinsried

1992

nadicom GmbH

Marburg/Karlsruhe

2002

PlantTec GmbH
(now: BayerCropScience AG)

Potsdam
(Monheim)

1996

Protagen AG

Dortmund

1999

proteros biostructures GmbH

Martinsried

1998

Ribocon GmbH

Bremen

2005

RNAx GmbH

Berlin

2002

Scienion AG

Dortmund/Berlin

2000

SUGEN Inc.
(now: Pfizer Inc.)

USA

1991

SuppreMol GmbH

Martinsried

2002

Systasy BioScience GmbH

München

2012

Toplab GmbH

Martinsried

1993

U3 Pharma AG
(now: Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd.)

Martinsried

2001