Many organizations represent the interests of consumers, patients, industry and regulatory authorities. Here we have tried to make a selection of those groups that are known to have an interest in animal cell technology or stand to benefit greatly from it.

ACTIP member companies

Artelis - Belgium
Bayer Pharma AG - Germany
BioInvent International AB - Sweden
BioReliance - United Kingdom
BioUetikon Ltd - Ireland
Biovitrum AB - Sweden
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH KG & Co. - Germany
Charles River laboratories - Scotland
Covance Laboratories Ltd. - United Kingdom
Crucell - The Netherlands
DSM-Biologics - The Netherlands
Eli Lilly S.A. - Ireland
Genzyme - Belgium
GlaxoSmithKline - United Kingdom
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals - Belgium
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals S.A. - Switzerland
Henogen/Novasep - Belgium
Innogenetics NV - Belgium
Laboratories Serono S.A. - Switzerland
Life Technologies - United Kingdom
LONZA Biologics - United Kingdom
MedImmune - United Kingdom
Merckle Biotec GmbH - Germany
MorphoSys AG - Germany
MSD - The Netherlands
Novartis Pharma AG - Switzerland
Novartis Vaccines GmbH & Co. KG - Germany
Novo Nordisk A/S - Denmark
Octapharma - Sweden
Pfizer Ltd. - United Kingdom
Rentschler Biotechnology GmbH - Germany
RBM-Merck Serono - Italy
Roche - Switzerland
Sanofi-Aventis R&D - France
Sanofi-Pasteur - France
Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH - Germany
Swedish Orphan Biovitrum - Sweden

Honorary Member

Prof. Dr. Michael Comer - Ireland

Non-member companies/SMEs invited to ACTIP meetings:

(1 January 2006 - 1 July 2011)
If you are interested to learn which SMEs networked with ACTIP in the years before 2006, please contact the ACTIP Secretariat.

Alloksys Life Sciences BV
Amgen
Applikon b.v.
AstraZeneca R&D
Axiogenesis
BioPharm Services Ltd.
Bioprocessing
Biotech Development AB
BruCells
CAAT
Cardio3 Bioscienses
CellCa GmbH
Cell Culyure Technologies LLC
Centocor bv
Cevec Pharmaceuticals
Creabilis Therapeutics Spa
ChromaCon AG
Clean Cells
Domantis Ltd.
Edinburgh Center for BioInformatics
Eporgen Venture
ExcellGene SA
Expand Biotechnology
Euroscreen
GE Healthcare Life Sciences
Genethon
GenImmune NV
Glenmark
IBET
Intervet International BV
Invitrogen Ltd
Menges Slovenia
Metanomics GmbH
Millipore Bioprocess Div.
Moredun Scientific
Netherlands Vaccine Institute
Novasep
Novozymes Biopharma UK Ltd.
Organon
Q-Biologicals
Rainbow Biotechnologies
Recipharm Biologics AB
Roslin Cells
Sandoz Biopharmaceuticals
Selexis S.A.
Siemens SA/NV
SSGene
Symphogen A/S
Tengion Inc.
UCB-Celltech
Upfront A/S
WuXi Apptec
Wyeth Biotech
Xendo
XL-protein GmbH

European Union

European Commission:

Cordis - the general database of the EU
DG Research - runs and prepares research programmes in biotechnology. Follow links to all biotech projects currently running
RTD Info - information on European research policy, strategy and sometimes projects

European Parliament
European Parliament in general
Members European Parliament
Documents from the European Parliament

Patenting Information

European patent office
Derwent patent information
www.freepatentsonline.co
This web site has free PDF downloading (instead of having to page through TIFFs like at the US Patent Office), and is faster than the US Patent Office's site.

Regulatory agencies and links

FDA - Food and Drugs Administration general
CBER/FDA - Food and Drugs Administration - CBER
European Pharmacopeia

Research, Pharma and Biotechnology organizations

EuropaBio - gateway to European National Biotechnology Associations
BIO - the Biotechnology Industry Organization of the USA
CEFIC - European Chemical Industries
EFPIA - European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industry Associations
EMA - European Medicines Agency
EMBO - European Molecular Biology Organization
ESACT - European Society of Animal Cell Technology
EFB - European Federation of Biotechnology, Section on Biochemical Engineering
ESGCT - European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy