Germany's biotech investment has propelled a handful of companies onto the public markets a lot sooner than their US or UK counterparts. These German companies have followed aggressive acquisition strategies, most often buying into the US, sometimes using newly-minted Neuer Markt paper. Some are seeking through these acquisitions to both broaden their technology platform and acquire a product portfolio, hoping thereby to avoid the pitfalls of a narrow focus. It's too early to tell whether such a dual model will work. But the fact that Germany's young companies are finding their own approach to competing globally shows that the country's biotech initiative has already had some success.
by Melanie A. Senior
When Germany's politicians in the mid-nineties chose biotech to spearhead their initiative to turn the country into a model of...
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