Leading Biotechnology Clusters of Osaka and Munich join forces
Ceremonial signing of Memorandum of Understanding
The representatives of the Biotech Cluster Organizations of Munich, Germany and Osaka, Japan, signed a Transnational Biotech & Life Science Cooperation Partnership Agreement declaring a close cooperation in the future.
The cooperation schemes include an exchange of information about each region’s new technologies, industry developments and academic potential and an exchange of best practices in technology transfer and biotech SME support. This will pave the way to the initiation of industry-industry and industry-academy partnerships between the two regions.
Dr. Tadamitsu Kishimoto, President of Osaka Bio Headquarters stated:”Since both Osaka and Munich are leading biotech locations in their countries, the agreement is of mutual benefit for our organizations. The involvement of research institutions and tech-transfer organizations and the regular information exchanges will help to bring best practices quickly into practice.”
“For being successful in this complex business, you need to have personal contacts”, stated Prof. Dr. Horst Domdey, CEO of BioM Biotech Cluster Development GmbH, Munich. “Following the agreement, we will organize trade missions on a regular basis in order to enable regular face to face matchmakings. This will help to get access to interesting new markets and research collaborations.”
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