How to become a member

ACTIP membership is open to companies located in Europe, engaged in industrial use of animal cell culture for production of proteins and/or other substances, the production of vaccines or involved in gene therapy. Furthermore, the company should be making significant research and development efforts in one or all of these fields. A company wishing to apply for membership should contact the ACTIP secretariat on how to present itself. Membership applications are voted on by the members during the next plenary meeting.

ACTIP member companies

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

Honorary Member

Prof. Dr. Michael Comer - Ireland

Observers

Services of the European Commission, DG Research, Dr. Juergen Sautter, http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/index.htm

European Society for Animal Cell Technology ESACT: (learned society) www.esact.org/: ESACT provides information on job listings and recruitment in the Biotech, Pharma and Life Science areas through the JIN Database

Scientific Advisor: Dr. H.J. Hauser - GBF: www.gbf.de

Job opportunity cell culture scientist
Job description for a cell culture scientist at GSK Biologicals

SMEs with activities in related fields:
Please consult the list of SMEs given on the interesting links page