Draft:BioSpring

BioSpring
Company type
Private
IndustryPharmaceutical Manufacturing
Founded1997
HeadquartersFrankfurt a.M, Germany
Websitewww.biospring.net

BioSpring is a Contract Manufacturing and Development Organization (CDMO) for Biotech and Pharma companies, specialized in oligonucleotides, and located in Frankfurt a.M. Germany.

History

Illustration BioSpring Headquarters G58, Alt-Fechenheim 34, Frankfurt

BioSpring was founded in 1997, by Hüseyin Aygün and Sylvia Wojczewski, then graduate students at Goethe-University-Frankfurt. BioSpring's headquarters are located in Frankfurt-Fechenheim and the company is still privately held and independent. Another production site is currently being built in neighboring Offenbach a.M.[1][2]

The company employs about 600 people with 40 nationalities (as of March 2026). The average employee age is 33 years and half of employees and managers are female.

Products

The active pharmaceutical ingredients, which BioSpring manufactures, serve diverse innovative treatments for formerly untreatable diseases, among others, cardiovascular diseases, metabolic diseases and neuromuscular diseases, and cancer.[3][4][5] The company is specialized in the production and analysis of nucleic acids and specifically oligonucleotides. These molecules, which are short synthetic equivalents of natural genes, are being used in research and development, diagnostics and for therapeutic purposes. BioSpring also manufactures guide RNA for modern gene editing therapies, e.g. CRISPR/Cas9-based treatments. Nuleic acids and oligonucleotides produced by BioSpring:

  • Antisense Oligonucleotides (ASO)
  • Small interfering RNA (siRNA)
  • Guide RNA for genome editing purposes (e.g., CRISPR/Cas9)
  • Aptamers
  • mRNA

Sources

  1. ^ "Expansion in Offenbach: 30.000 weitere Quadratmeter für Bio-Spring" (in German). 2022-12-17. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
  2. ^ "Biotech-Shootingstar Biospring expandiert in Offenbach" (in German). 2022-12-16. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
  3. ^ "BioSpring hosts event on "Genome Editing – Medicine of the Future" in Frankfurt". Retrieved 2025-01-13.
  4. ^ "Am Puls der medizinischen Revolution" (in German). 2024-02-09. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
  5. ^ "BioSpring and Pantherna agree on strategic cooperation in the field of genome editing". Retrieved 2025-01-13.

Category:Companies based in Frankfurt Category:Companies established in 1997 Category:Biotechnology companies

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