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Dr. Nicole Feling
+49 89 820 725 64
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RICERCA BIOSCIENCES, LLC AND THE BICOLL GROUP ENTER SIGNIFICANT
COLLABORATION AGREEMENT
Concord, OH, USA - Munich, Germany - Shanghai, P.R. China – Dec 6th, 2006 – Ricerca Biosciences,
LLC and the Bicoll Group today announced the signing of a collaboration agreement. The agreement
builds on a long-term relationship between the two companies.
Ricerca and Bicoll will combine their strengths in MedChem Services to offer innovative solutions that
streamline drug discovery and development. With Ricerca's network of business development
representatives throughout the United States, a close interaction to clients can be secured. Additionally,
Ricerca will leverage Bicoll's medicinal chemistry and natural product chemistry technology for drug
discovery to North American clients.
"We believe that the access to Bicoll's unique natural product chemistry technology as well as its
competence in supportive reporting and IP protection will further strengthen our broad portfolio as a
successful solution provider for product and process development and testing services, commented
Thomas Bradshaw, Chief Executive Officer of Ricerca. "Bicoll's strong and reliable MedChem
Services, conducted in China, will allow us to provide our clients with additional valuable support in
drug discovery."
"Joining forces, Bicoll and Ricerca will be able to provide high medicinal, natural product, and custom
synthetic chemistry services with a competitive price range to their clients," stated Dr. Kai Lamottke,
General Manager of Bicoll (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. "As a state-of-the-art R&D company for high-tech
natural product chemistry and drug discovery, the Bicoll Group has experienced an intensive growth
spurt over the past few years – with the strong marketing partnership of Ricerca within North America
we will now be able to provide our services together not only to European pharmaceutical customers,
but to clients worldwide."
About Ricerca
Ricerca Biosciences, LLC, located on a 46-acre site in Concord, Ohio, is a contract drug discovery and
development company, offering extensive drug discovery and development services that improve the
odds of converting drug discovery leads to drug candidates, moving candidates over preclinical hurdles
to IND filing. Ricerca also supports clinical trials through GMP API manufacture and bioanalytical
services.
About Bicoll
Bicoll is a biopharmaceutical company specializing in high-tech natural product chemistry to identify
novel small molecules for drug discovery and related innovative fields. The research focus is on
making compounds from natural resources compatible with customers' screening systems for drug
discovery and various other fields of application. Bicoll's advanced approach of property-based
screening selects promising candidates early on and avoids investment in less promising compounds.
Bicoll's products and additional services, like custom synthesis, are tailored to its customers' needs to
accelerate the development process of new pharmaceuticals.
The Bicoll Group comprises two legal entities: Bicoll GmbH in Munich, Germany and, since 2001,
Bicoll Biotechnology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. in Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, P.R. China. Technology
development, cooperation management and marketing are functions in Munich, while facilities for
research and development are located in Shanghai.