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Excellent products, new diagnostic processes and innovative treatments – Berlin is one of the leading locations for life sciences in Europe. Roughly 450 companies active in the pharmaceutical, biotech and medtech industries – along with 71 hospitals and clinics – make Berlin a major “Health Capital” that attracts patients and highly educated professionals from all over the world. An efficient network of industry, medical facilities and research makes it a unique location in Europe and enables the quick and efficient transfer of research findings into practice. Eight tech parks specially designed to fit the needs of biotech and life-science companies provide an ideal environment. The Charité, one of Europe’s largest university hospitals, the German Heart Center Berlin, considered one of the leading transplant centers in the world, and the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine Berlin-Buch are among the city’s flagship institutions.
The tremendous capacity for innovation demonstrated by the Berlin-based healthcare industry is proven by its above-average growth. One in every eight Berliners is employed in the sector. Berlin-based pharmaceutical companies, which include such global players as Bayer HealthCare, Pfizer, Berlin-Chemie and Sanofi-Aventis, but also a large number of renowned middle-sized companies such as Dr. Kade, generate roughly 13 percent of Germany’s entire pharmaceutical turnover. A strong engine for the Berlin-based pharma industry is the biotech industry. Innovative companies, such as Metanomics, Glycotope, Silence Therapeutics and Epigenomics, make Berlin-Brandenburg one of the leading bio centers in Europe.
The region also achieves outstanding results in medical technology. Among the roughly 250 medtech companies operating in the region are leaders such as Biotronik, B. Braun Melsungen and Berlin Heart. One of the region’s key research focuses is the efficient networking of hospitals, practices and home care via telemedicine. Strong industry networks, an above-average and highly developed health and social system as well as a broad array of wellness, sports and tourism complete the multifaceted profile of Berlin as a “Health Capital.”
