Capricorn Scientific and florabio Join Forces to Revolutionize Cell Culture Media in Biotech and Vaccine Industry with Animal-Free, High-Yield Solutions
April 16, 2025 – BioManufacturing, Biotechnology, Other, Pharmaceutical – Capricorn Scientific, Florabio, animal-free formulations, cell culture media, cell culture production, partnerships
- Animal-free, high-yield solutions for scalable production
- Strategic partnership accelerating innovation from lab to GMP scale
- Breakthrough media for drug discovery, regenerative medicine, and more.
16 April 2025 — Ebsdorfergrund, Germany — Capricorn Scientific GmbH, a leading provider of sterile cell culture media and animal-free powders for the biotech and diagnostics industries, proudly announces an innovative collaboration with florabio AS, led by the renowned biotechnologist Dr. Aziz Cayli, who brings over 30 years of expertise in the field. This partnership is set to redefine the benchmarks of efficiency and reliability in cell culture production, offering cutting-edge media formulations for the global biotech and pharmaceutical sectors.
This strategic alliance merges Capricorn Scientific’s deep expertise in developing animal-free formulations with florabio’s advanced focus on high-yield expression systems in media development. Together, the companies aim to deliver solutions that drive faster, more reliable results, enabling researchers to seamlessly transition products from the lab to the clinic and to large-scale production.
“Collaborating with florabio marks a pivotal milestone in our mission to deliver high-performing, innovative solutions to the biotech industry,” said Harry Brack, Managing Director of Capricorn Scientific. “Aziz Cayli’s unparalleled experience and passion for media optimization perfectly align with our commitment to helping clients achieve outstanding results.”
Aziz Cayli, founder of florabio, expressed equal enthusiasm: “This partnership allows us to combine our strengths and offer groundbreaking media solutions to the global biotech and pharma markets. Together, we’re creating products that will empower researchers and producers alike.”
The first products from this exciting collaboration have already launched including a new medium for stem cells or MDCK, with more to come in 2025, catering to the demanding needs of drug discovery, regenerative medicine, and other key biotechnology fields. By uniting expertise, Capricorn Scientific and florabio are poised to accelerate innovation and reliability in cell culture media solutions.
About Capricorn Scientific
Capricorn Scientific is a German manufacturer of high-quality cell culture products, including sera, media, and reagents. Our ISO 9001-certified production ensures consistent and reproducible results, meeting the highest industry standards. We adhere to cGMP-compliant quality to support biotechnology, diagnostics, and research applications.Established in 2016, our headquarters and production facility are located in Ebsdorfergrund, close to the Frankfurt am Main Airport (FRA). This gives us the opportunity to work with different partners and deliver with short lead times, all around the world! As of now, we are proud to offer a product range of over 200 products, either directly to our customers or with the support of our worldwide distribution network. For more details about this partnership and updates on its groundbreaking developments, visit www.capricorn-scientific.com
About Florabio
We are a life science company with proprietary technology, know-how and experience in manufacturing therapeutic proteins. We accomplish this in the shortest time with the most economic measures. We have developed platform technologies for vaccine and recombinant protein production. We provide our clients with production cells, culture media and our service to optimize protein glycosylation. Visit: www.florabio.com.tr/
