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Biotest AG

  • ISIN DE0005227235
  • Country Deutschland

Company profile

Biotest is a specialist in innovative haematology, clinical immunology and intensive care medicine. Biotest develops, manufactures and markets plasma proteins and biotherapeutic drugs. Our value chain extends from pre-clinical and clinical development to worldwide marketing and distribution. Biotest manufactures immunoglobulins, clotting factors and albumins which derive from human blood plasma. Biotest currently employs more than 2,400 people worldwide.

The most important raw material for our pharmaceuticals is human blood plasma, which we process into effective and highly purified drugs in one of our world leading fractionation facilities in Europe. These medications are used to treat life-threatening diseases such as blood coagulation disorders (haemophilia), severe infections and immune system disorders.

Management

Peter Janssen
Peter Janssen Chairman of the Board of Management
Peter Janssen
Peter Janssen Chairman of the Board of Management
Peter Janssen is CEO and Chairman of the Management Board since January, 2024 – he has been member of the Management Board since 2022. He was previously leading Commercial and Industrial Operations as COO. Before joining Biotest, he was Executive VP of Prothya Netherlands and CEO of Prothya Belgium. Mr. Janssen also worked 14 years for Pfizer and 5 years for its animal health spin-off Zoetis where he performed various transformational, strategic and global operational roles with increasing responsibilities.
Peter started his career as an assistant Professor at the University of Leuven in Belgium, was a reserve officer at the Belgian Air Force and worked in the semiconductor division of Air Products in Pennsylvania, US. He holds a Master of Science degree in Electro-Mechanical Engineering, a Master degree in Applied Economics and Business Degree from INSEAD, France. Peter Janssen was born in 1966.
Ainhoa Mendizabal Zubiaga
Ainhoa Mendizabal Zubiaga Chief Financial Officer
Ainhoa Mendizabal Zubiaga
Ainhoa Mendizabal Zubiaga Chief Financial Officer

Ainhoa Mendizabal has been a member of the Board of Management of Biotest AG since February 2023. As Chief Financial Officer, Ms Mendizabal is responsible within the Biotest Group for the areas of finance including the treasury and tax department, controlling, investor relations and insurance. Previously, Ms Mendizabal held various executive and managerial positions in the Grifols Group in Germany and in Europe. Ms Mendizabal also worked for several years in an international consulting firm in the area of CFO Services and Enterprise Applications. From there, she moved to Talecris Biotherapeutics GmbH before Talecris was acquired by Grifols S.A.. Ainhoa Mendizabal holds a dual Master of Business Administration in Germany and Spain. Ms Mendizabal was born in 1972.

Dr. Jörg Schüttrumpf
Dr. Jörg Schüttrumpf Chief Scientific Officer
Dr. Jörg Schüttrumpf
Dr. Jörg Schüttrumpf Chief Scientific Officer

In January 2022 Dr. Schüttrumpf has been appointed to the Board of Management at Biotest AG. Since 2015 he was responsible for the Research & Development Division, and since 2012 for Global Research at Biotest AG. Before, Dr. Schüttrumpf worked at different academic and non-government organizations in Germany and the US, among those the German Red Cross Blood Donor Service, the Goethe University Frankfurt, the University Hospital of Essen, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Schüttrumpf has studied medicine, is specialized in transfusion medicine and haemostaseology, and has a Master of Business Administration from IMD Business School. Dr. Jörg Schüttrumpf was born in 1974.

IR contact

Dr. Monika Bauman (Buttkereit) Head of Investor Relations Biotest AG

Dr. Monika Bauman (Buttkereit)
Head of Investor Relations Biotest AG

Landsteinerstraße 5

 


D-63303 Dreieich


 


Phone: +49 (0) 61 03 – 801 4406


 


Fax: +49 (0) 61 03 – 801 347


 


E-Mail: ir@biotest.com