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 | |  | | BioValley is a leading trinational life sciences center and the best place for biotechnology in Europe. BioValley is located between Alsace in France, northwest Switzerland and South-Baden in Germany. It was established as a network active in the areas of science, business, economic development and transfer of technology. BioValley offers a wide range of services tailored to the needs of its members while also serving biotechnology companies intending to set up operations in the region covered by BioValley.
The vision of a trinational region, strategically located in the Upper Rhine Valley which extends over northwest Switzerland, South-Baden and Alsace, becoming a European center for biotechnology was first presented to the public at a conference held in the Château Kiener, in Colmar, in July 1996.
The main objective of BioValley is the promotion of greater cooperation between companies involved in the biotechnological and biomedical sectors and the internationally respected scientific institutions associated with universities in the BioValley area, most of which have already established close links between them. The intention is to address not only the many pharmaceutical concerns already present in the BioValley area, but also to involve the region's numerous smaller enterprises and suppliers. This calls for the creation of a network strongly committed to the transfer of technology.
The transfer of technology should, on one hand, prepare existing companies for global competition and, on the other hand, create employment in new fields of work within the BioValley region by stimulating the establishment of new businesses, particularly in association with universities.
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