The Network 'Life Science' includes leading national and international companies from the Pharma, Biotech, Agricultural, Chemical and Food Industries Pharmaceutical Industry  e.g. Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, MSD, Novartis, Pfizer, Roche, sanofi-aventis Biotech Industry e.g. B.R.A.I.N., Fresenius, GENEART, greenovation, LipoFIT, MediGene, MorphoSys, Pieris, Sloning, Trion Pharma, Wilex Chemical Industry e.g.  BASF, Degussa, DSM, DuPont, Süd-Chemie, Wacker Chemie Food Industry e.g. Kraft Foods, Nestlé, Südzucker, Unilever overall 1.000 companies  and 300 institutes from 30 countries

The Network offers a portfolio of platforms to bring experts from industry and science together. These platforms provide perfect meeting points for personal contacts and for the transfer of knowledge and ideas. Examples include:

International Congress with accompanying exhibition The biannual 'Forum Life Science' focuses on 'Pharma Development' 'Food and Nutrition' 'Industrial Biotechnology'

International One-on-One Cooperation Event MedTech-Pharma-Biotech Cooperation Forums Functional Ingredients Drug Development Biopolymers Joint Stands at International High-Tech Trade Shows Biotechnica analytica BIO

Life Science Event Archive

Life Science Online

More than 140 Competence Profiles of Companies and Institutes with Structured Search for Products and Technologies Map - Research in Bavaria  Updated daily with Press Releases from Industry and Academia eLetter with current Life Science News and Events for more than 1,300 national and international Subscribers More than 30,000 Visitors monthly

Publications and Internet-TV

Newsletter Life Science – Special Technology Focuses such as 'Biotechnology in Bavaria', 'Biobased Products', 'Food and Nutrition' Special Report 'Forum Life Science 2009' Congress-TV showing presentations from the International Congress 'Forum Life Science 2009'