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Biocatalytics, Inc.

Company Information

200 Penobscot Dr
Redwood City, CA
United States
Phone: 1 650 421 8100
Fax: 1 650 421 8134

Alan Shaw

www.biocatalytics.com

Industry: Healthcare


Overview

BioCatalytics is a leading provider of technology and services for the application of enzymes. BioCatalytics, Inc. was established to provide customers with the broadest range of enzymes in the world for chemical synthesis, along with the resources and technology to develop enzymatic processes. We can help you identify opportunities for the application of enzymes and then rapidly develop and implement an enzyme-based process. Enzymatic syntheses have two important features: they perform chemical transformations under extremely mild conditions, and they synthesize chiral compounds with extraordinarily high specificity. It has been shown that enzymes can frequently outperform other catalysts when high specificity and selectivity are important (1,2), and contrary to the popular misconception, enzymatic processes are increasingly being used on a commercial scale for the synthesis of chemical compounds (3). BioCatalytics' goal is to reinforce the existing trend toward the use of...

Corporate Structure

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Alan Shaw

TOP EXECUTIVES

Andrea Danforth      Vice President, Human Resources
Michael Knauf      Vice President and General Manager, Bioindustrials
Daniel I C Wang      Board of Directors
Alexander Pokora      Director of Business Development
William Haseltine      Special Advisor To the Codexis Board
David Rozzell      Vice President, Enzyme Products and Services, Pharma Services Group
David Walshaw      Vice President, Operations
Gregory Rocklin      Vice President and General Manager, Generics
Pascal Duenkelmann      Co-Managing Director, Julich Chiral Solutions
Russell J. Howard      Board of Directors
Robert Breuil      Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Peter Seufer-Wasserthal      Vice President and General Manager, Codexis Pharma Services Group
Joseph Sarret      Vice President, Corporate Development
Frances Arnold      Board of Directors
Gerhard N. Mayr      Special Advisor To the Codexis Board
Bruce A Pasternack      Board of Directors
Patrick G. Enright      Board of Directors
Thomas Daussmann      Vice President and Managing Director, Codexis Laboratories Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Davinder Singh Brar      Special Advisor To the Codexis Board
Douglas Sheehy      Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Bill Rothwell      Board of Directors
Dennis P. Wolf      Board of Directors
Bernard J Kelley      Board of Directors
John Grate      Cto and Senior Vice President, Technology and Innovation
David Anton      Vice President, Bioindustrials Research & Development