Andalucia created in 2011 one of each four companies biotecnológicas Spanish

The Andalusian community occupies, by third consecutive year the first place in creation of companies biotecnológicas in the national field, as it gives off of the Report 2011 of the Spanish Association of Bioempresas (Asebio), an analysis that publishes this entity with annual character on the situation of the sector. In concrete, during 2011 have created in Andalucia 19 companies biotecnológicas, 27,5% of the national total, what supposes that one of each four new companies BIO is Andalusian. To continuation, follow him Catalonia, with 16 companies, and Madrid, with 10. In total, in 2011 have created 69 companies of this sector in all Spain.

Andalucia surpasses for the first time to Madrid regarding concentration of companies users of biotechnology, with 14%, only by behind Catalonia, that houses to 19,08% of the sector. Asebio Has contabilizado in Spain 1.715 companies with activities in biotechnology, of the 617 devote exclusively to this sector. Of these last, 13% are Andalusian.