Founded 2004 | ||
Type of business Non-profit research institute | ||
The NanKang Biotech Incubation (NBIC) (NBIC; Chinese: 南港生技育成中心) is a biotech incubator formed by the SME Foundation of Minister of Economic Affairs, ROC and managed by the Development Center for Biotechnology. The incubator focuses on the initiation and development of biotech startups with an emphasis of the biotech industry including pharmaceuticals, medical devices and applied biotech. NBIC is a model incubator in biotech industry, different from the university affiliated incubator, supported by the SME Foundation. As of 2015, the incubator has 21 Class I client companies, 1 Class II, and 20 Class III. Beside the office space, the incubator provides wet laboratory with instruments and facilities.
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Recognition
NBIC is the accredited Soft Landings incubator by NBIA since 2011. A full article reported the incubator extensively in The Business Incubator, pp34–39, Volume 1 Issue 1, June–September 2012.
Parent organization
Development Center for Biotechnology/SMEA