B2RLaw advises Proteon Pharmaceuticals on a strategic partnership with Skretting

B2RLaw has advised Proteon Pharmaceuticals on a strategic partnership with Skretting aimed at providing functional solutions to tackle health challenges in the aquaculture industry.

The companies will collaborate on developing products using bacteriophage technology to support aquaculture farmers as part of a holistic health strategy. The companies will work in a parallel R&D pipeline on the project.

The Partnership allows Proteon to grow its product portfolio in aquaculture and expand its presence worldwide. Both Proteon Pharmaceuticals and Skretting predict that the technology will become a valuable component of integrated management strategies on-farm with both feed and water applications under investigation.

Proteon Pharmaceuticals is a Polish originating biotech company with a vision to develop natural feed additives that help remove antibiotics from the food chain and improve animal and human health. The Company uses precision biology for microbiome protection to improve animal and human health, increasing environmental sustainability and eliminating the unnecessary use of antibiotics.

Norwegian company, Skretting is the world’s largest producer of feeds for farmed fish. The Company has operations on five continents and produces 2.5 million tonnes of feed annually, for more than sixty species of fish. Skretting has 3,500 employees worldwide. Skretting has an R&D unit known as Skretting Aquaculture Research Centre (ARC) with the main objective to provide research and technical support regarding fish and shrimp feed. It has 140 employees representing 25 nationalities.

B2RLaw’s team advising Proteon Pharmaceuticals was led by Partner George Havaris and included Counsels Paulina Wyrostek and Malwina Niczke – Chmura.

George Havaris advises, “Proteon Pharmaceuticals is a Polish company that is well on the path to being a global leader in its field of operation. Animal health is a little-known industry in the wider public eye. However, animal health is fundamental to the health and well-being of humans. We congratulate Proteon and Skretting on this exciting Partnership and we look forward to continuing our support to Proteon on its growth path”.