BICO Group

Bico Group
Company typePublic
Industry
FoundedJanuary 27, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-01-27) in Gothenburg, Sweden
Founders
Headquarters
Gothenburg
,
Sweden
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
RevenueIncrease 1.26 billion kr (2021)
Decrease −237 million kr (2021)
Decrease −229 million kr (2021)
Total assetsIncrease 9.75 billion kr (2021)
Total equityIncrease 6.77 billion kr (2021)
Owners
  • Erik Gatenholm (15%)
  • Héctor Martínez (10%)
Number of employees
1,150+ (2021)
Websitebico.com
Footnotes / references
[1]

Bico Group (previously Cellink) is a bioconvergence startup that designs and supplies technologies and services to enhance biology research. It focuses on commercializing technologies for life science research as well as bioprinting, and its products often combine capabilities in artificial intelligence, robotics, multiomics, and diagnostics.[2]

Bico Group (then Cellink) began by producing bio-inks and bioprinters for culturing different cell types to enable applications like patient-derived implants.[3] Bico Group was the first company to provide a standardized bio-ink product for sale over the internet.[4]

The company has ongoing collaborations with organizations including AstraZeneca, MedImmune, MIT and Takara Bio, and its bioprinters are used for research at Harvard University, Merck, Novartis, the U.S. Army, Toyota, Johnson & Johnson and more.[2]

  1. ^ "Bico Group 2021 Annual Report" (PDF). Bico Group. pp. 5, 24, 71, 73. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b "CELLINK : announces third year extension of collaboration with a global biopharmaceutical company for drug discovery". MarketScreener. January 28, 2021. Retrieved 4 Feb 2021.
  3. ^ Heater, Brian (March 24, 2017). "Swedish scientists successfully implant 3D-print human cartilage cells in baby mice". TechCrunch. Retrieved 25 Jan 2020.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference bbc was invoked but never defined (see the help page).