BICT, INSPIRED BY NATURE, TECHNOLOGY LOVERS

We are a team that believes in the positive impact of Evolution in harmony with Nature, to create a better future every day.

Doing business in an excellent, performing, useful, ethical and sustainable way.
It is possible, and we feel it strongly part of our DNA, committing ourselves every day with passion in our work, in line and coherence with the values that guide us.

BICT, AT THE SERVICE OF THE FUTURE

VALUES

We imagine a world where life can be better every day through sustainable innovation

INNOVATION

Let's move the horizon a little further every day

Being innovative means knowing how to evolve what already exists in order to improve it, making a valuable contribution to health, the environment and sustainable development. We need to be dynamic and visionary, concrete and collaborative, competent and up-to-date. It is certainly not a small effort, but this is and will always be the heart of our activity.

SUSTAINABILITY

It's time to choose the future we want

We work to give the word sustainability a concrete meaning. For us, sustainability means using biotechnology, creating scalable pathways for our customers, and designing products that improve people's lives and respect the environment. What the future will look like, we decide today and it's totally a choice in our hands.

NATURE

Nature is the best Biotech company in the world

Nature is our continuous source of inspiration. Observing how it evolves and deploys strategies to improve itself is for us stimulus, teaching, reasoning. It is thanks to the evolution of our knowledge and technologies that we can understand it and try to reproduce it. A meeting of evolutionary stages, we could say, that of man and that of nature.

WELL-BEING

Well-being can only belong to everyone

It is no longer time to consider well-being in watertight compartments: this model of life and business is showing all its limits. For this reason, our work applies to all living beings, to mankind with pharma, nutraceutical and cosmetic development and productions, to animals for proper nutrition, to the environment using increasingly sustainable processes.

MISSION

How do we innovate?

We turn ideas into real innovation, offering research services for the development of industrial products and processes, aimed at the production of microorganisms and bioactive molecules, such as prebiotics and probiotics, enzymes, hydrolysates, peptides and secondary metabolites. The research and development activity is lead by professional researchers and performed in high processivity screening: this innovative approach leads to improve the performance in the execution of protocols and to reduce time and costs.

Bict improves performance while reducing costs.

VISION

What future are we developing?

We believe that we should no longer move from the perspective of an economy of resources, but in an environment where it is the companies that are able to establish virtuous connections that achieve good results for the whole system.

Research and innovation are our driving forces: we want to offer increasingly green and sustainable solutions in the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, cosmetic and veterinary fields, dialoguing with all companies that want to generate change and develop products and industrial bioprocesses that are good for the planet and all its inhabitants.

We will generate more and more green and sustainable changes.

BiCT: Science and Innovation in figures

An integrated ecosystem for applied research designed to ensure quality, speed and the protection of intellectual property.

3380Mq

Integrated Facilities

Research laboratories and production facilities integrated to eliminate gaps in technology transfer

+10Patents

Active IP Portfolio

The ability to generate intellectual property to ensure protected innovation and a competitive advantage

E2E

R&D → Validation

From experimental design to pre-market validation in a seamless, optimised workflow

100%

Scientific Focus

Team Biotech: multidisciplinary experts with specialist knowledge and distinctive expertise in biotechnology and a wide range of experimental models

Experts at your side

Our team combines solid experience in the pharmaceutical sector with a dynamic, customer-focused approach, ensuring scientific expertise and a deep understanding of market dynamics.

Silvia Rapacioli

GENERAL MANAGER

Silvia Rapacioli is General Manager of BiCT Srl, a biotech company that combines advanced biotechnology with natural processes to develop sustainable bioactive ingredients for the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and cosmetics sectors. Under her leadership, Lactive® was developed – a patented bioactivated lactoferrin that won an award at in-cosmetics Latin America.

Speaking of innovation, he says: “Innovation is not just about introducing something new, but about creating lasting value where none existed before.”

Elisa Garioni

SALES MANAGER

Elisa Garioni is Marketing & Sales Manager at BiCT, with a scientific background and a strong market focus. She oversees business development, positioning and communication for research products and services, promoting the integration of applied R&D with client needs. Under her supervision, BiCT has diversified its offering and strengthened its international presence.

Speaking of innovation, he says: “Innovation means listening to both science and the market, in order to turn every intuition into a tangible and valuable opportunity.”

Fiorella Greco

QUALITY AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS MANAGER

Fiorella is an experienced professional in quality management and regulatory affairs within the biotechnology sector. At BiCT, she is responsible for ensuring compliance with ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 standards, with a focus on environmental sustainability, supplier qualification and the implementation of quality systems, supporting the company’s regulatory and environmental activities.

Speaking of innovation, he says: “Innovation isn’t just about introducing new things, but creating lasting value where none existed before.”

The expertise behind your innovation

"What our clients are really buying is our team’s technical expertise: we tackle complex challenges with sound scientific principles."

Monica Marzagalli, PhD

BUSINESS UNIT MANAGER

Monica is a pharmaceutical biotechnologist with a PhD in Endocrine and Metabolic Sciences and a background in international research in cancer biology (University of Milan and City of Hope, USA). She has worked on innovative organ-on-a-chip models for preclinical testing. At BiCT, she heads the Nutraceuticals & Cosmetics Division, coordinating research services and development projects for bioactive compounds, with strong expertise in demonstrating efficacy.

Speaking of innovation, he says: “In biotech, we study life to turn it into progress.”

Maurizio Bettiga, PhD

CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER

Maurizio holds an MSc and PhD in Industrial Biotechnology. He works in Sweden on renewable biochemicals, biofuels and biorefineries and is a visiting researcher at Chalmers; he is qualified as a university professor in Sweden (2015) and in Italy (2017). He founded EviKrets and co-founded Italbiotec, where he is Chief Innovation Officer alongside BiCT. He co-coordinates the Bioeconomy Pilot of the Vanguard Initiative and teaches “Patenting and Technology Transfer” at UniMi. His work focuses on industrial biotechnology, innovation and technology transfer; he also oversees sustainable development projects in South America and Africa.

Speaking of innovation, he says: “Responsible innovation in biotechnology delivers sustainable and competitive products and processes, bringing the results of research to society to meet its needs.”

Silvia Valente, PhD

PROJECT LEADER & BUSINESS UNIT COORDINATOR

Silvia Valente holds a PhD in Biological Sciences and Applied Biotechnology and a Master’s degree in Plant Biotechnology. She has extensive experience in managing R&D projects for the bio-industry, with a focus on microbiological products and processes, multi-scale fermentation, molecular biology techniques and DoE. At BiCT, she is Project Leader & Business Unit Coordinator, leading innovation projects for sustainable biotechnological solutions.

Speaking of innovation, he says: “In biotech, innovation isn’t just about discovery, but about bringing hope through science.”

Biotech partners, today

Today Bict is an important company in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, nutraceutical and veterinary sectors; between employees and external collaborators, it counts on the contribution of more than 20 people, and the number is growing every year. Thanks to its complex skills and flexible structure, it can support customers in all phases of design, from feasibility studies to product and process optimization, up to technology transfer and industrial-scale production.

Bict believes in applied research: the 3600 square meter production facility in the Lodi area consists of an innovative, state-of-the-art R&D laboratory and a production area that operates in accordance with ISO 9001 and ISO 14001. The plant also has all the authorizations for the commercialization of food supplement ingredients, and the production in the veterinary field.

QUALITY FOR BICT

Successful start-ups, yesterday

Bict was founded in 2009 as a start-up company active in different sectors of the bio-industry, in particular in the pharmaceutical one, with the aim of allowing customer companies to have a competitive and sustainable R&D system. The production is therefore aimed at products for the well-being of people, cosmetics and veterinary field.

Since the early years of activity, Bict invests in automation, transferring the execution of laboratory protocols on robotic units. The results of internal research projects lead to the development of an industrial scale production line of hydrolysates and fermentation derived products.

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