About Us
Our Story
Biotika a.s. (joint-stock company) is a Slovak biotechnology company and a manufacturer of active pharmaceutical ingredients with more than 70 years of tradition.
Biotika was founded in 1953 as a new manufacturer of penicillin in the former Czechoslovakia targeting to meet the needs of both the domestic and foreign markets. Biotika was originally a part of the SPOFA Group, which consolidated all pharmaceutical companies in the former Czechoslovakia.
Production of Penicillin G began in 1956, followed by Penicillin V two years later. The launch of the penicillin production also triggered the Biotika’s own R&D centre.
In 1992, the state-owned company Biotika was transformed into Biotika a.s., a joint-stock company listed on the Bratislava Stock Exchange. Today, we manufacture Phenoxymethylpenicillin Potassium and Polymyxin B Sulfate.
We also manufacture other substances for our contract partners, such as Gramicidin S Hydrochloride. Additionally, Biotika has a deep knowledge in fermentation, isolation, and the transfer of biotechnological production methods from laboratory scale to commercial scale, as well as on the optimization of commercial biotechnological production providing a maximum production value for a customer.
Biotika is established as a reliable global manufacturer of active pharmaceutical ingredients for both human and veterinary use, as well as of other substances including amino acids, dyes, food and feed additives.
Our Team
Marek Tarda
Chair of the Board of Directors and CEO
Profil
Marek studied law and, after several years of practice in a law firm, continued in leadership positions as the head of legal departments in companies operating in finance and private equity. From 2007, he was a member of the Supervisory Board of Poštová Banka, which he subsequently led as CEO and Chair of the Board of Directors from 2009 to 2015.
He is the founder of ADVENTUM, a company managing an alternative investment fund called AVEBRENTA, and the founder of the private equity group AMPEAS. His work focuses on restructuring, optimization, and improving of the financial health of companies operating in promising industrial sectors.
He has also applied his experience to the nonprofit sector, volunteering for over three years to support the development of the Buddy program at the Provida civic association. Since April 2024, he has held the position of Chair of the Board of Directors and CEO of Biotika.
Jana Červenáková
Member of the Board of Directors and Director of the Quality Assurance and Quality Control Section
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Jana is the Director of the Quality Assurance and Quality Control Section. Throughout her 36 years at Biotika, she has always been dedicated to quality management – initially as the Head of the Incoming Inspection Department within the Quality Control Division, later as the Head of the Instrumental Methods Department, the Head of the Quality Management Division, and as the Qualified Person for Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance. She graduated from the Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava.
Slavomír Geleta
Member of the Board of Directors and Director of the Production Division
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Slavomír has been working at Biotika for over 30 years. He started as a technologist, later became a project manager, the Head of the production plant, and the Head of the energy department.
Before joining Biotika, he worked at the Chemical Technology Research Institute in Bratislava and the Pharmaceutical Research Institute in Modra. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology at the Slovak University of Technology.
Supervisory Board
Daša Bokorová
Marián Gono
Filip Novák
Daniela Jakubíková
Anna Valachová
Dominika Bernátová
