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Hi_Q: A Hub for Innovation in Biotech and Life Science<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The DRFZ is part of the newly emerging site for biotech and life sciences in Berlin-Mitte: the Health Innovation Quarter Berlin-Mitte (Hi_Q). Initiated by Charit\u00e9 \u2013 Universit\u00e4tsmedizin Berlin and Bayer AG, Hi_Q connects the areas of research, development, production, and market launch across the entire innovation chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new hub Hi_Q spans approximately five kilometers from the Charit\u00e9 Mitte campus through the Bayer site to the Charit\u00e9 Virchow-Klinikum campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charit\u00e9 and Bayer form the core of the initiative, including the Berlin Center for Gene and Cell Therapies. In the future, Hi_Q is set to be strengthened by additional partners already established in the area. The goal is to create a high-performing innovation and development network with international visibility for cutting-edge medical and biotechnological research and care\u2014in the spirit of a \u201cBoston on the Spree.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Friday, March 27, 2026, Senator for Economics Franziska Giffey officially designated the Health Innovation Quarter Berlin-Mitte as the latest \u201cFuture Site\u201d during Berlin Campus Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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High Q Mitte<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Other Future Sites in Berlin<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Hi_Q is one of 12 Future Sites in Berlin. Berlin\u2019s Future Sites include 2,200 companies, SMEs, and startups, as well as 42 research institutes in Berlin-Buch, Marzahn, Adlershof, Charlottenburg, and Siemensstadt, to name just a few sites. 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