Cluster Management by BioM: Since 1997, Munich’s biotech sector has been supported by BioM Biotech Cluster Development GmbH, a not-for profit service company located in Martinsried in the Southwest of Munich. BioM is sponsored by the Bavarian State Ministry of Economic Affairs and has been commissioned with several tasks and projects which aim to foster Bavaria’s biotechnology sector. BioM offers several services, in particular for small and medium-sized biotech enterprises to help accelerating biomedical innovation. BioM is awarded "Gold Label of Cluster Excellence".