Biotechnology
Medical, Industrial and Agricultural Processes
The biotechnology industry in Germany reached new levels of maturity in 2006. Compared to the previous year, both the number of employees and the revenues generated by the sector increased markedly. With approximately 500 companies, the number of biotechnology enterprises has remained constant since 2005.
The biotech companies registered an even stronger revenue growth: Sales increased by 14%, reaching a record high of 1.76 billion Euros. R&D expenses rose to 971 million Euros, marking an increase of 36% from 2005.
Similar to the global biotech industry, the development of new therapeutics is the predominant field of activity among German biotechnology enterprises. More than 40% (214) of the companies work on healthcare products. While supply and services are the major fields of activity for nearly 40% (195) of the dedicated companies, only a limited number of enterprises focus on agro-biotechnology (28 or 6%) or industrial biotechnology (36 or 7%). Especially the area of industrial biotechnology shows a growing participation of large chemical companies alongside the existing small and medium-sized biotech enterprises.
These are the results of a recent survey of biotechnology companies, conducted in the spring of 2007 by the information portal biotechnologie.de on behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The data, which was gathered according to the guidelines issued by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), provides an overview of the economic situation of the German biotech landscape.
www.biotechnologie.de contains information about the industry and offers you the following services:
A Company Database in which you can search for companies that are active in this field.
A Research Database that provides access to research institutes throughout Germany.
The Funded Projects section offers information about research projects funded by the German government and their focus of interest.
The Funding section gives you a list of German, European and International sources of funding for research projects in biotechnology.
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