Rainer Lichtenberger

Merckle GmbH engages in the manufacture of pharmaceutical products. It offers specialty and generic medicines, as well as over-the-counter drugs. The firm also provides management services for the group. The company was founded in 1881 and is headquartered in Blaubeuren, Germany.

ratiopharm GmbH engages in the production and distribution of generic drugs and pharmaceutical products. It offers pain relievers, nasal sprays, bronchial drops, as well as medicines for treating high blood pressure, cancer, pulmonary arterial hypertension, human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Ulm, Germany.

Atriva Therapeutics GmbH is a biopharmaceutical company that develops host-targeting antiviral therapies. It focuses on the development of new antiviral therapies against different respiratory viral infections. The company was founded by Rainer Lichtenberger and Henrik Luer Lueßen in April 2015 and is headquartered in Tuebingen, Germany.

SCT-Spinal Cord Therapeutics GmbH, a biopharmaceutical company based in Düsseldorf, Germany, is focused on the treatment of traumatic injury to the central nervous system. SCT`s proprietary key technology, the Regeneration Promoting Treatment, is an unique and promising treatment approach aimed at the supression of scar formation. The inhibition of scar formation allows the severed nerves to sprout and/or regenerate which in turn enables the recovery of sensory and motor function. As a first application of the Regeneration Promoting Treatment SCT is focusing on the development of Cordaneurin, a drug for the treatment of acute spinal cord injuries. In pre-clinical studies Cordaneurin has demonstrated its efficacy in the recovery of motor function after spinal cord contusion.

CEVEC Pharmaceuticals GmbH engages in the manufacture of biopharmaceuticals using a human cell-based expression system. It provides therapeutic proteins and monoclonal antibodies. The company was founded by Stefan Kochanek in 2004 and is headquartered in Cologne, Germany.