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BioRegio / BioProfile

The BioRegio and BioProfile competitions are addressed to regions which boast special profiles in particularly future-oriented fields of application of modern biotechnology. These strengths must be recognized and systematically built upon. As a result of the BioRegio and BioProfile competitions, we have 25 bioregions in Germany today with around 600 young companies. This has brought Germany to the top Europe-wide.

The BioRegio Initiative has opened the door wide for the successful utilization of biotechnology in Germany and has set off a dynamic innovation process. The intention of the competition, i.e. to link up biotechnological research with application in industry, has been implemented successfully.

Young biotechnology companies in which researchers are translating their knowledge into marketable products have been established in numerous places. In parallel, sustainable structures which support technology transfer in a targeted way have been developed. The BioProfile competition builds on the experience and results of the BioRegio Initiative. However, BioProfile is addressed in particular to those regions which boast special strengths particularly in future-oriented fields of application of modern biotechnology. These strengths must be identified and systematically built upon.

As a result of competitions like BioRegio and BioProfil, there are 25 bio-regions in Germany today with approximately 600 young companies, of which as many as 360 work in the biomedical field. This has brought Germany to the top Europe-wide. In addition to public funding, a considerable amount of private capital for developing biotech companies has been mobilized. In some regions, in the model regions of Heidelberg and Munich for example, this mobilization effect amounts to more than 1,000 per cent.