Peter K. Schulz-Knappe

Protagen AG specializes in the development of novel diagnostic and companion diagnostic tests. Its products and services include GMP analyses, protein identification and analyses, proteome studies, UNIchip, clone and array, Bio-IT, Modiro as well as ProteinScape and Solver. The company was founded by Stefan Müllner, Helmut E. Meyer, Petra Weingarten and Martin Blüggel in 1997 and is headquartered in Dortmund, Germany.

Digilab BioVisioN GmbH provides research services in the area of peptide analysis to health care by discovering and developing novel substances and methods to diagnose and treat human diseases. Its partners include Roche Diagnostics GmbH for the discovery of novel biomarker candidates of Alzheimer's disease and Novo Nordisk for the search for novel therapeutic approaches in type 2 diabetes. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Hannover, Germany.