Vienna

===Research and development===
A major R&D sector in Vienna are life sciences. The Vienna Life Science Cluster is Austria's major hub for life science research, education and business. Throughout Vienna, five universities and several basic research institutes form the academic core of the hub with more than 12,600 employees and 34,700 students. Here, more than 480 medical device, [[biotechnology]] and [[Pharmaceutical industry|pharmaceutical companies]] with almost 23,000 employees generate around 12&nbsp;billion euros in revenue (2017). This corresponds to more than 50% of the revenue generated by life science companies in Austria (22.4&nbsp;billion euros).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.lisavienna.at/life-sciences-in-vienna/interesting-facts/ |title=Interesting Facts |website=LISAvienna – life science austria |language=en |access-date=10 October 2019 |archive-date=3 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103130446/https://www.lisavienna.at/life-sciences-in-vienna/interesting-facts/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.lifescienceaustria.at/ |title=Home- LISA: Advancing Austrian life science at the heart of Europe |website=LISA: Advancing Austrian life science |language=en |access-date=10 October 2019 |archive-date=3 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103130446/https://www.lifescienceaustria.at/ |url-status=live }}</ref>{{update inline|date=February 2022}}

Vienna is home to global players like [[Boehringer Ingelheim]], [[Octapharma]], [[Ottobock]] and [[Takeda Pharmaceutical Company]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.lisavienna.at/fileadmin/user_upload/LISAvienna/Downloads/LISAvienna_Highlights_Spring_and_Summer_2019.pdf |title=Vienna Highlights Spring & Summer 2019 |last=LISAvienna |access-date=10 October 2019 |archive-date=10 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010113213/https://www.lisavienna.at/fileadmin/user_upload/LISAvienna/Downloads/LISAvienna_Highlights_Spring_and_Summer_2019.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> However, there is also a growing number of start-up companies in the life sciences and Vienna was ranked first in the 2019 PeoplePerHour Startup Cities Index.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisoncoleman/2019/09/10/why-vienna-is-the-best-place-to-start-a-business/ |title=Why Vienna Is The Best Place To Start A Business |last=Coleman |first=Alison |website=Forbes |language=en |access-date=10 October 2019 |archive-date=10 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010113211/https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisoncoleman/2019/09/10/why-vienna-is-the-best-place-to-start-a-business/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Companies such as Apeiron Biologics, Hookipa Pharma, Marinomed, mySugr, Themis Bioscience and Valneva operate a presence in Vienna and regularly hit the headlines internationally.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisoncoleman/2019/09/10/why-vienna-is-the-best-place-to-start-a-business/ |title=Focusing on Life Sciences in Vienna |last1=Halwachs |first1=Peter |date=Spring 2019 |work=European Biotechnology |access-date=10 October 2019 |last2=Sarx |first2=Johannes |archive-date=10 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010113211/https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisoncoleman/2019/09/10/why-vienna-is-the-best-place-to-start-a-business/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Vienna also houses the headquarters of the [[Central European Diabetes Association]], a cooperative international medical research association.

To facilitate tapping the economic potential of the multiple facettes of the life sciences at Austria's capital, the Austrian [[Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs]] and the local government of City of Vienna have joined forces: Since 2002, the LISAvienna platform is available as a central contact point. It provides free business support services at the interface of the Austrian federal promotional bank, Austria Wirtschaftsservice and the Vienna Business Agency and collects data that inform policy making.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.lisavienna.at/ |title=LISAvienna – Connecting Life Sciences |website=LISAvienna – life science austria |language=en |access-date=10 October 2019 |archive-date=24 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224173832/https://www.lisavienna.at/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
The main academic hot spots in Vienna are the Life Science Center Muthgasse with the [[University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna|University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU)]], the [[Austrian Institute of Technology]], the [[University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna|University of Veterinary Medicine]], the [[AKH Vienna]] with the [[Medical University Vienna|MedUni Vienna]] and the [[Vienna Biocenter]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lisavienna.at/sites/default/files/vienna-life-science-report_2013-14_web.pdf |title=Vienna Life Science Report |publisher=LISA vienna |access-date=13 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070806/http://lisavienna.at/sites/default/files/vienna-life-science-report_2013-14_web.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Central European University]], a graduate institution expelled from Budapest in the midst of a Hungarian government steps to take control of academic and research organizations, welcomes the first class of students to its new Vienna campus in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=CEU Receives Austrian Accreditation |url=https://www.ceu.edu/article/2019-07-13/ceu-receives-austrian-accreditation |access-date=16 August 2019 |archive-date=16 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816065750/https://www.ceu.edu/article/2019-07-13/ceu-receives-austrian-accreditation |url-status=live }}</ref>