If you ask Detlev Ganten whether he would like to see Berlin develop into a global life science center in coming years, he will say "no." And then Ganten, the head of Berlin's Charite University Medical Center, will pause a few moments before continuing. "No. We do not want to be a life sciences center. We want to be
He can't be serious, can he, wanting Berlin to overtake biotech and life science leaders such as San Diego, Boston, and Cambridge-London-Oxford? "Oh, yes," says Ganten, who until last year was scientific director at Berlin's Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine. "I'm serious."
A brash statement from a soft-spoken and highly respected life scientist. But he is not alone. Other life scientists, as well as business people and politicians, believe just as firmly that Berlin has the right stuff to become a global life science center. ...
