SLIDE 9 This initiative is supported by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry and financed under the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP)
EU Initiative Promoting SME Internationalisation Through Clusters
Bavaria (Germany) and Greater Munich
1989 - Foundation of first biotech SME 1997- Establishment of BioM cluster organisation 2010 – Start of Munich Initiative for Personalized Medicine (www.m4.de) 338 biotech & pharma companies:
178 biotech SMEs 37 biotech non-SMEs 37 pharma companies 86 CROs & suppliers
26.000 employees in total, 4.300 in biotech SMEs
INTERNATIONALIZATION / GLOBALIZATION: Growth through partnerships and collaborations in Europe and worldwide. Main interest of members: Asia (China & Japan) and USA Member of CEBR – Council of European Bioregions
BioM Biotech Cluster Development GmbH
www.bio-m.org
Personalised Medicine & Targeted Therapies, Therapeutics & Diagnostics, Devices, Analytics, Informatics Oncology, Cardiovascular diseases Autoimmune diseases Close collaboration with regional medtech network
“m4 Initiative for Personalized Medicine & Targeted Therapies”:
100 mio € for 5 years, 35 R&D projects, 5 infrastructure projects, m4 Award for start-ups, collaborations between SMEs and academia / hospitals.
Germany
May 2013