Biofrontera Group
Pharmaceutical ManufacturingNorth Rhine-westphalia, Germany51-200 Employees
Biofrontera Group is a biopharmaceutical firm that develops and markets dermatology-focused drugs and medical cosmetics. Its therapy combines Ameluz, a prescription topical drug, with the BF-RhodoLED device to enable photodynamic therapy for certain superficial skin cancers and their precursors. In Europe, Ameluz has been marketed since 2012, with U.S. availability beginning in 2016, and the EU portfolio also includes the Belixos line of dermocosmetics for damaged or diseased skin. Headquartered in Leverkusen, in the North Rhine-Westphalia region of Germany, Biofrontera was founded in 1997. It operates as a mid-sized company within the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry and is notable for securing centralized European and US approvals for a drug developed in-house, a first for a German pharmaceutical company. The group is publicly traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and NASDAQ.