General

Company : DRO BIOSYSTEMS
Country: Spain
BIC: Berrilan

Company profile

Key words: Bioprocess, Biotechnology, CMO, Biopharmaceuticals
Year founded: 2005
Founders: Marcos Simón; MSc. Pharmacy, MSc. Food Science and Technology and PhD. Biotechnology. During several years Marcos worked as a scientist in different research centres. He used to collaborate with companies in the field
Company funded by: founder, private investors, family and friends grants, loan, Next step: venture capitals
Target market: Biotech companies and research groups
Number of employees: 10
Sales08: > 800.000 €
Hosted at: BIC Berrilan since 2004 to 2006 
Other facts:

• Founding Member of the Basque Bioscience Cluster
• Participating in several research projects with universities and research centres

Biopharmaceuticals production is a bottleneck in the development of improved treatments for human and animal diseases based on biologicals. As a consequence, unmet demand creates a market opportunity for companies capable of satisfying biopharmaceuticals production demand. DRO BIOSYSTEMS has taken advantage of this opportunity through a three-fold market strategy: 

• Development of production processes for biopharmaceuticals
• Biopharmaceuticals batch production
• Bioprocess technology development
 
This successful strategy has developed into a foreseen scenario where each of the business activities is developing in an independent company, thus creating a strong network through synergistic collaboration.

DRO Biosystems & BIC Berrilan

I contacted the BIC because…
After having decided the potential location for the business, Marcos Simón contacted a number of local business development institutions. He decided to choose the BIC because of its technical and human resources, the potential relational network, the ability to advise on business development and the capacity for a sustained support of the project in the long term.

The most important service received…
Business planning, support and consultancy during business set-up.

Without the BIC …
The business set-up process could have been dangerously slowed down, and as a consequence, business opportunity could have been lost.

In the face of the financial crisis…
According to DRO Biosystems founder even important customers are delaying payments thus creating financial tension, structural costs are under control and new business opportunities are coming up. In summary they foresee a difficult year with reduced impact in the long term benefit of the business.

Company Awards

• Toribio Echevarria to the Innovative Enterprise Idea 2003
• Entrepreneur XXI to the Technology Based Start Up 2007

Technology Park
Miramón, 200
20009 San Sebastián
Tel: +34 943308011
Email: info@dro.es; Website:  www.dro.es