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The BioTech Region Munich-Martinsried
Prompted by its victory in the 1996 Bio-Regio Competition organised by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research,
the Munich BioTech Region has developed into one of the leading clusters within Europe. Today, Munich leads Germany as
regards the number of companies, employees and, most of all, the number of drugs in clinical development.
Especially in the field of therapeutics and diagnostics, the region has become Germany's most important location.
The central network coordinator for this cluster is BioM Biotech Cluster Development GmbH.
The Munich BioTech Region: an international reputation, successful
companies, a strong medical drugs pipeline
The well-functioning network of science, industry and
politics provides the biotechnology companies with a
decisive locational advantage that has enabled the Munich
BioTech Region to develop into Germany's leading biotechnology
cluster. With more than 190 companies and more
than 13,000 employees in the Life Science sector, and with
two universities (which just recently joined the ranks of
Germany's elite universities), two universities of applied
sciences, the Max Plank Institutes of Biochemistry, Neurobiology
and Psychiatry, the Helmholtz Research Center for
Environmental Health, as well as further renowned institutes
and organizations, the region offers an outstanding environ-
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ment for innovations. The small and medium-sized biotechnology
companies focus on so-called “red biotechnology”,
especially on research and development in the field of
diagnostics and therapeutics. Small and medium sized
enterprises (SMEs) from Munich are at the very forefront of
drug development throughout Germany – two products
from MediGene have received marketing approval, further
products have already been approved in other countries and
are expected to receive approval in Germany in 2008. Eight
companies are listed on the stock exchange, among them
MorphoSys, one of the region's largest companies and one
of those with the highest turnover.