Biotechnology

List of clusters and regional networks

Clusters are geographic groups of inter-related businesses that share specialised infrastructure, labour markets and services. Such concentrations of companies specialized in specific technologies, suppliers, service providers, and research institutes boost the productivity of these actors, according the economic research.
Networks are systems linking inter-connected businesses, academia or clusters that are not necessarily located in the same region but can benefit from a collaboration.

By providing this list of clusters and networks, the Commission aims to facilitate for those who wish to establish new contacts and set up new cooperative projects. A number of the websites mentioned below offer specialized networking facilities in Europe. Although most of those organisations may be active on an international playing field, their home region has been indicated for your ease of reference.

A network active at the European level is the Council of European BioRegions (CEBR). It promotes the cooperation between clusters and bio-communities at the European level through services such as networking, training, incubation, partnering, cluster promotion, and assistance with the coordination of applications for FP7 and CIP projects.

The following is an informal and non-exhaustive list of Europe's biotechnology clusters and networks based on currently available information.
It is provided for information purposes only. It may be amended or modified in the future.

Cluster	Website	Region
Alsace BioValley	www.alsace-biovalley.com	Alsace region (France)
Atlantpole	www.atlanpole.fr	Nantes Atlantic region (France)
Barcelona Science Park	www.pcb.ub.es	Barcelona
The BioIndustry Association	www.bioindustry.org	UK
BioApproaches SW	www.bioapproaches.co.uk	South-West of England
BioBASK Agency (SPRI)	www.biobask.org	Basque region
BioCity Nottingham	www.biocity.co.uk	Nottingham (UK)
BioDundee	www.biodundee.co.uk	Dundee (Scotland)
Bioindustry Park del Canavese SpA	www.bioindustrypark.eu	Piemonte region (Italy)
BioInstruments Jena	www.bioinstrumente-jena.de	Jena (Germany)
bioKnex	www.bioknex.org	East Midlands of England
BioLiège	www.bioliege.org	Liège (Belgium)
BioM	www.bio-m.de	Munich region (Germany)
BioMadrid	www.biomadrid.org	Madrid region
Bionow, NWDA	www.bionow.co.uk	North West of England
BioPartner	www.biopartner.co.uk	U.K.
BioRegion of Catalonia	www.biocat.cat	Catalonia region
Biosaxony	www.biosaxony.com	State of Saxony in Germany
Biotechnologies France	biotech.education.fr	France
BioTOP Berlin-Brandenburg	www.biotop.de	Berlin- Brandenburg region (Germany)
BioValley	www.biovalley.com	Upper Rhine Valley (France, Germany, and Switzerland)
BioValley Basel	www.biovalley.ch	Basel region (Switzerland)
BioValley Deutschland	www.biovalley.de	Upper Rhine region in Germany
BioWin	www.bioWin.org	Wallonia (Belgium)
CataloniaBIO	www.cataloniabio.org	Catalonia region
Council of European BioRegions	www.cebr.net	Europe
ERBI Ltd	www.erbi.co.uk	East of England
Estonian Biotechnology Association	www.biotech.ee/	Estonia
EuropaBio	www.europabio.org	Europe
European Federation of Biotechnology	www.efb-central.org	Europe
FlandersBio	www.flandersbio.be	Flanders (Belgium)
France Biotech	www.france-biotech.org	France
Genopole	www.genopole.fr	Paris region
Hungarian Biotechnology Association	www.hungarianbiotech.org	Hungary
Kent Bioscience Network	www.kentbio.co.uk	Sittingbourne (England) N
Life Science Austria Vienna Region	www.lisavr.at	Vienna Region
London Biotechnology Network	www.londonbiotechnology.co.uk	London region N
Medicon Valley Academy	www.mva.org	Copenhagen region (Denmark) and the Skäne region (Southern Sweden)
MidiBiotech	www.midibiotech.org	Midi-Pyrénées region (France)
Nexxus	www.nexxusscotland.com	West of Scotland N
Norgenta	www.norgenta.de	North of Germany
Ostjysk Innovation	www.oei.dk	Aarhus (Denmark)
Oxfordshire Bioscience Network	www.oxfordshirebioscience.net	Oxfordshire region
Pharmalicensing	pharmalicensing.com	UK
South East Health Technologies Alliance (SEHTA)	www.sehta.co.uk	South East of England
Tamar Science Park	www.sciencepark.org.uk	Plymouth region (UK)
Technologiepark Heidelberg GmbH	www.technologiepark-heidelberg.de	Heidelberg (Germany)
TEHNOPOL	www.tehnopol.ee	Central and Eastern Europe
Toscana Life Sciences Foundation	www.toscanalifesciences.org	Tuscany region (Italy)
Uppsala BIO	www.uppsalabio.com	Uppsala region (Sweden)
Virtual Technology Park on Genetics and Biotechnologies for Human Health	www.parcogeneticasalute.it	Virtual Technology Park on Genetics and Biotechnologies for Human Health
WTSH - Business Development and Technology Transfer Corporation of Schleswig-Holstein	www.wtsh.de	Schleswig-Holstein ( North Germany)