Life Science
Location Vienna
CMI-Workshop
27. 5. 2008
Dr. Sabine Ecker,
LISA VR
www.lisavr.at
Overview
Life Science Location Vienna
University of Vienna
Medical University of Vienna
University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences
University of Veterinary Medicine
Vienna University of Technology
Number of scientists ~ 3.800
Number of students ~ 25 000
5 Universities focus on Life Sciences
Research Institutions
Austrian Academy of Sciences:
Research Centre for Molecular Medicine (CeMM)
Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA)
Gregor Mendel Institute for Molecular Plant Biology (GMI)
Private Research Institution:
Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP)
Life Science Location Vienna
Life Science Location Vienna
Baxter: BioScience, plasma products
Boehringer Ingelheim Austria: R&D in oncology,
development and production of biopharmaceuticals
Octapharma: R&D and production facility for blood
plasma products
Eli Lilly:
Vienna School for Clinical Research (VSCR)
Sanochemia: R&D, production
Otto Bock: World market leader in prosthetics
Competence Centre for mechatronics
Business Environment
Number of companies: ~ 140
Since 1998 more than 70 companies were founded,
mostly supported by federal and regional programmes
Focus: drug development, vaccines and antibiotics, cancer
Number of employees: ~ 9.700
Dynamic start up scene: average age of the companies 4,7 years
Life Science Location Vienna
Life Science Location Vienna
An initiative of the City of Vienna and the Republic of Austria
Central contact and coordination office
for researchers and companies
Financial support of companies by federal and regional programmes
(subsidies, guarantees, subsidized loans, financing networks)
International marketing
for the life science location
Networking, PR, Education
LISA Vienna Region
Life Science
Locations
Life Science Locations in Vienna
Due to historical reasons LS
institutions can be found at
various locations across the
city
Since the last yea