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The Biotech Center Zurich in Schlieren changes its name to BIO-TECHNOPARK® Schlieren-Zurich.
Operational and strategic cooperation between Biotech Center Zurich and TECHNOPARK® Zurich for the improved promotion of business start-ups in the field of life sciences in the Greater Zurich Area.
BIO-TECHNOPARK® will join TECHNOPARK®s Zurich, Winterthur, Aargau, Luzern and TECNOPOLO® Lugano as the sixth member in the TECHNOPARK®-Alliance.
The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) and the University of Zurich are flagging up an impressive number of spin-off establishments in the Life Sciences. Experience shows that start-up firms locate in the vicinity of their particular knowledge base. There is a healthy spread of firms at varying stages of business development in Schlieren, which range from recent start-ups to global players. In 2003 these firms joined forces in the non-profit organization formerly named Biotech Center Zurich with the owner of the Wagi site, the town of Schlieren and the Canton of Zurich’s Department for Economic Development (Standortförderung) in order to simplify both their internal and external communication and to identify and maximize synergies. Currently the Centre has 38 member organizations; 32 of these are business start-ups within the Life Sciences. BIO-TECHNOPARK® Schlieren-Zurich hit the headlines with the sale of the young start-up Glycart to Roche for 235 million CHF in 2005, and also last year on the takeover of ESBATech by Alcon, the US ophthalmological firm for about 600 million USD.
In close collaboration with the other stakeholders in the field of life sciences, as well as regional and national start-up support bodies, the BIO-TECHNOPARK® Schlieren-Zurich provides a variety of services in the field of start-up support.
The majority of the life science companies collaborating in the BIO-TECHNOPARK® Schlieren-Zurich are to be found on the Wagi site in Schlieren.
The BIO-TECHNOPARK® Schlieren-Zurich is member of, TECHNOPARK®-Alliance, Swiss Biotech Association, SwissParks.ch, Wirtschaftskammer Schlieren (Schlieren's Chamber of Commerce), and Gewerbeverein Schlieren (local trade association).
Life Science Location Zurich
ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich with complementary research and education in the field of life sciences:
Joint professorships
Joint scientific programs and competence centers (SystemsX, CC-SPMD, CNZ, CIMST, FGCZ, ZNZ, GDC, additional centers and information please see Brochure Life Science Zurich)
- Joint PhD courses (Graduate school)
- Joint link between students and industry (Life Science Zurich – Young Scientist Network)
Joint interface management for secondary schools (Learning center)
Joint communication (Life Science Zurich – Communication & Events)
Clinical Research Center at the University Hospital (Clinical Trials Center)
Specialized technical college (the Zurich University of Applied Sciences)
Competent technology transfer offices at both of the universities (ETH Transfer, Unitectra)
High concentration of innovative life science companies localized in centers:
Life science park (BIO-TECHNOPARK® Schlieren-Zurich)
Business Incubator for Life Science companies in the direct proximity of the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (Grow Waedenswil)
Technology park (Technopark® Zurich)
The location of numerous headquarters and foreign agencies of international life science companies
Excellent location both in terms of work and living conditions, financial center, international airport, entrepreneur-friendly bureaucracy
Last update: 3th of August, 2010