FIT Biotech is engaged especially in researching and developing an HIV vaccine. The project against the HI virus has been supported by several grants and by extensive international scientific collaboration in order to help fight the human immunodeficiency virus – and to make a difference with the help of biotechnological innovations.
Today FIT Biotech's headquarters is located in Tampere, Finland, where it also has a cGMP approved production facility. In addition, the company has a research facility in Tartu, Estonia. Altogether the company employs 37 persons.
FIT Biotech's long-term vision is to continue developing the selected vaccines and gene therapies based on the company’s innovative proprietary gene delivery technology (GTU®). FIT Biotech has become a globally renowned name in the fields of vaccines and DNA delivery technology.
SITRA
BioFund Ventures
Other Finnish institutional Investors and Individuals
Rabbe Slätis, Chairman
Eric Leire, Member
Erkki Pekkarinen, Member
Pekka Sillanaukee, Member
Dirk Teuwen, Member
Juha Vapaavuori, Member