Our own R&D as well as the research programs we conduct together with our partners aim to develop solutions that lead to a better, healthier, and more sustainable life. Non-disclosure agreements prevent us from presenting all R&D programs publicly, but some highlights include:

• Natural-based sweeteners: The identification and development of new natural-based sweeteners and sweetness enhancers.
• Gold recycling from waste streams: Computer scrap, slag, and other waste of mineral origin: Biological extraction processes replace conventional chemical processes.
• Battery recycling: Biological processes for recycling precious metals and lithium, together with our industrial partners.
• Enzymatic cleansing of chronic wounds (Aurase): Painful and risky methods can be avoided; SolasCure spin-out in 2018 to implement the pharmaceutical approval process.
• Nature-based substances: For tastier and healthier non-alcoholic drinks on a natural basis.
• Circular economy in which waste is turned into raw materials: Carbon dioxide as a raw material for chemicals.
• Identify plant-based antimicrobial candidates for food preservation: Can also be used for other industrial applications.
• Active ingredient for the treatment of hereditary angioedema (rare hereditary disease): PHA121 in clinical development by our cooperation partner Pharvaris.

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