Editing Vienna (section)

===Research and development===
Bioscience is a major research and development sector in Vienna. 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 [[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> Companies such as Apeiron Biologics, Hookipa Pharma, Marinomed, mySugr, Themis Bioscience and Valneva operate in Vienna.<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> The [[Central European Diabetes Association]], a cooperative international medical research association, was founded in the city.