# UCB - Full Context for AI Agents

> This file provides comprehensive context about UCB for AI agents.
> Source: TechWiki.ai - The Belgian Tech Encyclopedia
> Last updated: 2026-04-27

## Company Profile
- Name: UCB
- Sector: biotech, medtech
- Stage: public
- Status: active
- Founded: 1928
- Location: Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
- Website: https://www.ucb.com
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/ucb
- Founders: Emmanuel Janssen

## Overview
UCB (Union Chimique Belge) was founded on 18 January 1928 by Emmanuel Janssen (https://techwiki.ai/people/emmanuel-janssen/llms.txt) in Brussels (https://techwiki.ai/cities/brussels/llms.txt). The company started in industrial chemistry and gradually moved into pharmaceuticals through Meurice Laboratories, with an early research center established in the 1950s producing medicines such as Atarax. Over the following decades UCB transitioned from a diversified chemicals group into a focused biopharmaceutical company.

Today UCB is one of the largest Belgian companies on Euronext Brussels (https://techwiki.ai/cities/brussels/llms.txt) and a member of the Bel20 index. Its commercial portfolio centers on neurology (Vimpat, Briviact, Keppra) and immunology (Cimzia, Bimzelx), with a research footprint that spans Belgium, the United Kingdom, the United States and Japan. Headquarters are in the Anderlecht district of Brussels (https://techwiki.ai/cities/brussels/llms.txt).

Jean-Christophe Tellier (https://techwiki.ai/people/jean-christophe-tellier/llms.txt) joined UCB in 2011 and became CEO on 1 January 2015. The Board has proposed renewing his mandate as CEO and director through 2030.

## Key People
- Emmanuel Janssen (https://techwiki.ai/people/emmanuel-janssen/llms.txt) - Founder
- Jean-Christophe Tellier (https://techwiki.ai/people/jean-christophe-tellier/llms.txt) - CEO

## Connections
UCB is part of the Belgian biopharma cluster alongside argenx (https://techwiki.ai/companies/argenx/llms.txt) and Galapagos (https://techwiki.ai/companies/galapagos/llms.txt), with deep ties to academic research in Brussels (https://techwiki.ai/cities/brussels/llms.txt) and Flanders (https://techwiki.ai/cities/flanders/llms.txt).

## Related Pages
Agents can crawl these for connected context:
- [city] Brussels: https://techwiki.ai/cities/brussels/llms.txt
- [person] Emmanuel Janssen: https://techwiki.ai/people/emmanuel-janssen/llms.txt
- [person] Jean-Christophe Tellier: https://techwiki.ai/people/jean-christophe-tellier/llms.txt
- [company] argenx: https://techwiki.ai/companies/argenx/llms.txt
- [company] Galapagos: https://techwiki.ai/companies/galapagos/llms.txt
- [city] Flanders: https://techwiki.ai/cities/flanders/llms.txt
- [sector] BioTech & Life Sciences: https://techwiki.ai/sectors/biotech/llms.txt
- [sector] MedTech & BioTech: https://techwiki.ai/sectors/medtech/llms.txt

## Links
- Website: https://www.ucb.com
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/ucb
- Agent context: https://techwiki.ai/companies/ucb/llms.txt
- Full context: https://techwiki.ai/companies/ucb/llms-full.txt

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