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Austria has once again come a little closer to its goal of achieving the highest research and development rate (R&D rate) in the EU. Two thirds of R&D investments are made by industry, of which around 16% are made by foreign companies. Two current examples of investments in Austria from the life sciences sector are Novartis and Ligand Pharmaceuticals.

Eva Schlintl joined the LISAvienna team at the beginning of September. Most recently, she managed the LISA – Life Science Austria programme of Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft mbH (aws).

2. BIOTECH CIRCLE – Almost twice as many visitors as at last year’s premiere were welcomed by Biotech Austria’s Chairman Peter Llewellyn-Davies in the Vienna Stock Exchange in April. Framed by a “Flying Breakfast”, the topic was the provocative question “Science always wins?!”