Regensburg / Munich, June 19, 2007. GENEART AG is the recipient of the “BAYERNS BEST 50 / BAVARIA’S BEST 50" award for the second time running. The Bavarian Ministry of State honors GENEART for being one of the 50 fastest-growing companies in Bavaria. As one of the few profitable biotechnology companies in Germany, the Regensburg based specialist for synthetic genes and for synthetic biology was able to convince the jury of Ernst & Young with an average annual sales growth rate above 70% since the year 2000 and the growing staff of now more than 120 employees.