Bio City Leipzig
The Bio City Leipzig is in Leipzig Canada based technology and business incubator in the field of biotechnology . With the start of the "Biotechnology Offensive Saxony" in 2000 and with the concept of uniting business and science under one roof, the foundation stone was laid on February 8, 2002. The center opened on May 23, 2003. The investment volume totaled € 50 million, including € 12.9 million from the City of Leipzig.
Science and economy
The total area of Bio City Leipzig is 20,000 m². Three quarters of the area is used by biotechnology companies and founders, ¼ of the area is available to the BBZ - the biotechnological-biomedical center - of the University of Leipzig .
The economic and scientific priorities of the resident companies and the BBZ are particularly in the field of white , red and green biotechnology . For example, the headquarters of Vita 34 International and Haema were located in Bio City Leipzig .
Infrastructure
Bio City Leipzig is located on Deutsches Platz and is the nucleus of a BIO CAMPUS with the German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig , the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology , the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology , the Translational Center for Regenerative Medicine Leipzig , Haema , the natural science faculties and the clinics of the University of Leipzig in the immediate vicinity. The University of Leipzig's Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and the German National Library are also located here .
In 2013 a neighboring building called “BioCube” was opened with 6,400 m² of space, Vita 34 is one of the new tenants.