Figures for 2012-2014 were added from previous editions of the report and may not have been be restated.
* No data was given about the total number and the number of private companies.
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European biotechnology - number of companies 2012-2016
This statistic depicts the number of companies within the European biotechnology industry from 2012 to 2016. In 2013, the number of public biotech companies in Europe amounted to ***, while there were almost private companies.
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