BioRN Cluster Management GmbH is a public-private partnership between the Rhine-Neckar BioRegion, the Heidelberg Technology Park, the Rhine-Neckar Chamber of Commerce and the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region. The newly founded company is charged with the coordination, integration, development and marketing of the Biotech Cluster Rhine-Neckar (BioRN) - one of the leading life science clusters in Europe. The focus of the BioRN cluster is the development of innovative drugs, diagnostics and platform technologies in the field of cell-based and molecular medicine. The cluster includes renowned academic research institutions such as the University of Heidelberg, the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), 60 small and medium-sized biotech enterprises, as well as big pharmaceutical companies such as Roche, Merck and Abbott.