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Company Overview

Business Description

Sector
Health Care
Industry
Biotechnology
Headquarters
Germany DE
Employees
60
IPO date
Nov 13, 2006

Heidelberg Pharma is a German biotechnology company focused on cancer drugs. It does not sell a consumer product; instead, it develops antibody-drug conjugates, or ADCs, that attach a toxic payload to an antibody so the medicine can target cancer cells more precisely. Its best-known work is based on its ATAC technology, which uses a toxin called amanitin.

The company makes money in two main ways: by advancing its own drug candidates and by working with pharmaceutical partners on research and licensing deals. Partners pay for access to its technology, and the company can also earn milestone payments and royalties if those drug programs succeed. In that model, Heidelberg Pharma acts as a technology owner and drug developer rather than a large-scale drug manufacturer.

For beginners, the key point is that Heidelberg Pharma sits in the early-to-mid stage of the cancer drug value chain. It sells scientific know-how, drug candidates, and platform access to other drug companies, while aiming to turn its own research into future medicines for patients with hard-to-treat cancers.

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Business Segments

Therapeutics

This part of the company develops antibody-based cancer medicines using its ATAC technology and other drug candidates. It focuses on turning research programs into treatments that can be tested in patients.

Customers and revenue model

Services

This part provides research and antibody-related development services for outside customers, including work that supports drug discovery and early testing.

Customers and revenue model

Management

Prof. Andreas Pahl

CEO & Spokesman of the Executive Board

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Mr. Walter Miller

Chief Financial Officer

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Dr. Jorg Kemkowski

Chief Operating Officer

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Sylvia Wimmer

Director Corporate Communication

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Dr. Andras Strassz

Chief Medical Officer

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Dr. George Octavian Badescu

Chief Business Officer

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