Bavarian Biotech Report 2011/2012 (7MB) - Bio M

Total number of employees in the Bavarian Life Science industryA not inconsiderable percentage of local LifeScience jobsare offered by the so-called (clinical) contract researchorganisations (CROs). There are 2562 people working fora total of 58 CROs across Bavaria. The group of “otherbiotech companies“, which includes suppliers, tradingcompanies and other service providers such as, forexample, contract manufacturing organisations (CMOs)also make a significant contribution to employment andeconomic strength. The 28 companies that have beenincluded in these statistics also employ more than 2550people. And finally there are the 34 companies of theBavarian pharmaceutical industry, currently employing10,000 people. In all three categories of company thereDEVELOPMENT OF STAFF NUMBERS INBIOTECH COMPANIES2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011Biotech companies(SMEs)Biotech companies(non-SMEs)3.0303.2903.4603.7153.7934.016number of employees 2.000 4.000 6.0005.1705.4505.6105.9285.9596.254has been only little change over the past years.Taking the bio-pharmaceutical industry and biotechnologyin Bavaria together, we arrive at a total of around25,400 employees in 2011, an increase of a good 2%compared to 2010 – in a surrounding of staff reductionand outsourcing on the global scale!In addition to these jobs in industry, there are also agood 10,000 people working in the Life-Science departmentsof Bavarian research institutions. Altogether, thesector provides more than 35,000 jobs in (academic)science and industry throughout Bavaria.Fields of business ofbiotech SMEThe companies specialising in the development of therapeuticsand/or diagnostics and the accompanying platform-technologyproviders have still and always thelargest percentage of employees in the category of smalland medium-sized biotechnology companies. This sectoremploys 2064 people, more than 50 % of all employeesin the SMEs. Biotechnology in "Agriculture, Food,Environment" on the other hand, has made the strongestprogress - from a lower level (235 people in 2011, 160 in2010; + 47%!).NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN THE BIOTECH SME IN BAVARIA (2011)Therapeutics/Diagnostics2.064Agriculture, Food,Environment235Bioinformatics148Devices/Reagents841DNA-/Protein-Analysis591Preclinical Services137number of employees 0 200 400 600 800 1.000 1.200 1.400 1.600 1.800 2.00018