Heidelberg Pharma AG is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the research and development of drugs for cancer patients. The firm focuses on oncology; and development Amanitin, a toxin used in cancer therapies. It also offers tumor implantation models, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, and bioanalytics services. The company was founded by Olaf G. Wilhelm, Manfred Schmitt, Viktor Magdolen, Heinrich Graeff, Bernd Gänsbacher, Horst Kessler, Peter Nawroth, and Thomas Luther in September 1997 and is headquartered in Ladenburg, Germany.