Best of Biotech

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Best of Biotech (BOB) is an international business
plan competition with focus on life sciences, i.e.
Biotechnology, Medical technology and related elds.
The competition is organized every 12 years by LISA
(Life Science Austria), a program run by Austria
Wirtschaftsservice, the Austrian federal development and
nancing bank, to promote entrepreneurship in the life
science sector. The competition is co-sponsored by pri-
vate life science and healthcare companies and is orga-
nized in partnership with international tech transfer agen-
cies and business incubators.
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1 History
Since the rst contest in 2000, 211 projects teams
have participated, 41 companies have been founded and
around 170,000 in prize money has been awarded.
Among the companies founded are AYOXXA Biosys-
tems, AVIR Green Hills Biotechnology, Oridis Biomed,
Protan AG and Ugichem.
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2 Competition
The contest is divided into two phases: In the rst phase,
participants submit a business idea of which the best three
are awarded a cash prize. The second phase includes
workshops and coaching sessions, which enable the par-
ticipants to translate their business ideas into professional
business plans. The best three business plans as well
as the best medical technology business plan are nally
awarded cash prizes. The competition is open to partici-
pants from all countries.
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The 2010 Jury had the following members: G.
Aichinger (Baxter), J. Sarx (Austria Wirtschaftsservice),
E. Prieschl-Grassauer (Marinomed), T. von Rden, M.
Fritz (Austria Wirtschaftsservice), M. Mller (MUW),
A. Weinlnder-Mlders (Caesar & Loretz), R. Hodits
(Wellington Partners), M. Jung (Earlybird), A. Fehr
(Convincive Consulting), J. Rothe (Life Science Part-
ners), J. Kosch (MIG Fonds)
3 References
[1] LISA awards. Staatspreis. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
[2] Best of Biotech information. Bioportfolio.com. Re-
trieved 2009-02-08.
[3] Best of Biotech. AyoxxA.com. Retrieved 2014-12-05.
[4] Plane mit BOB. Der Standard. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
4 Related pages
Tournament In Management and Engineering Skills
Entrepreneurs Challenge
5 External links
Best of Biotech
Austria Wirtschaftsservice
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