Excellent development potential for biotech companies

 

 

Potsdam is one of the most important centers for biotechnology in the entire Berlin-Brandenburg region. Two Potsdam facilities that are having a powerful impact on the sector are the Hermannswerder Biotech Campus and the Golm Science Park, which includes the GO:IN innovation center. Both facilities are important sources of initiative and have become pacemakers for the development of the biotech sector in the region.

Potsdam’s biotech companies particularly value their proximity to the city’s prestigious university and the extra-university research institutes located in Potsdam and in the region. One of these is Golm Science Park, which has grown into a state-of-the-art science center for biotech research. Potsdam and the surrounding area are home to more than 40 well-known scientific facilities. With this concentration of research facilities and specialized workers, Potsdam ranks among the leading cities in Germany in this respect.

According to studies by Boston Consulting Group, A.T. Kearney, and BioCom, this region is Germany's leading biotech region. It can already lay claim to dynamic development and, with a total of 160 companies and 3,200 workers, is certainly one of Europe's most important centers for biotechnology. Around 600 million euros of private capital have been acquired by the companies in the past eight years. The number of employees increased by 150% in the same period. In addition to workers employed directly at biotech companies, there are 5,000 people working in science-related jobs and 4,000 in the pharmaceuticals and services field. Overall, biotechnology is responsible for employing around 12,000 people in the region. More than half of the companies are direct spin-offs from research institutes.

The biotech activities in the Berlin region are coordinated on behalf of the state governments of Berlin and Brandenburg and regional industry by the BioTOP Action Center. BioTOP acts as a networking liaison between industry and science and is responsible for promoting the region's companies and strategic development.