The Leiden Bio Science park (LBSP) is the largest life sciences cluster in the Netherlands
and ranks in the top five of the most successful science parks in Europe.
It is part of Leiden and Oegstgeest and focuses on companies and Universities in the Biotechnology
sector.
The park comprises 110 hectares (272 acres) with over 103 companies and knowledge-based
institutions.
The park is located mostly in Leiden and lies between Wassenaarseweg on the north and the
Plesmanlaan on the south.
The park focuses mostly on the use of biotechnology for medical and biopharmaceutical applications.
== History ==
The LBSP was founded in 1984 in the Leeuwenhoek area west of Leiden Central Station, between
the Faculty of Science of the Leiden University and the former Academic Medical Hospital,
known as the LUMC.
The municipality decided that this area should primarily be focused on biotechnology.
In 2005 the foundation Leiden Life meets Science was founded by the Leiden University, the
municipality, the LUMC, TNO, Naturalis, Chamber of Commerce, the province South Holland, University
of Applied Sciences, and the ROC Leiden, with the purpose of growth the park in size and
quality.
== Research and Education ==
Centre of Human Drug Research (CHDR) Corpus museum
Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR) Leiden instrumentmakers School (LiS)
Leiden University Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC)
Naturalis Biodiversity Center Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific
Research (TNO) University of Applied Sciences Leiden (UAS
Leiden)
== Companies ==
Abbott Laboratories Airbus Defence and Space Netherlands
Amarna Therapeutics Andromed
Apotex Netherlands Astellas Pharma
BAC BaseClear
Batavia Bioservices BIOCULT
BioFocus Bioke
ChiralVision Crucell
Derphartox Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
Dutch Space EJR-Quartz
Enzyscreen Eurofins MicroSafe Labs
Eurofins PROXY Laboratories FlexGen
Galapagos Genomics Genencor
HAL Allergy Janssen Biologics
Life Sciences Health Mentor
OCS Biometric Support Pharming Group
Pluriomics Promega Benelux
ProQR Prosensa
ProteoNic Sanquin
ServiceXS to-BBB
TXT INSIGHT TI Pharma
Verilabs Xendo
ZF-Pharma