Healthcare industry

Article - 13/05/2008

The bachelor's degree as seen by companies: jump start or pole position?

The number of bachelors degree graduates in Germany is still low and companies do not yet have much experience of the new degrees. However one thing has already become clear A bachelors degree is not sufficient for all professional fields. Those hoping for a future in research must continue their university education beyond the initial six semesters.

The German Parliament decided in favour of relaxing the restrictions on the import of stem cells. Martina Keller-Ullrich spoke with the pharmacologist Prof. Dr. Marcel Leist the only Baden-Württemberg scientist authorised to carry out research involving embryonic stem cells.

Article - 04/05/2008

Better qualifications pay off

At the beginning of October 2008 the MBA course on Medical Devices and Healthcare Management will commence at the INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL TUTTLINGEN IBST. This masters course an extra-occupational two-year distance-learning course with attendance phases.

Physical activity healthy nutrition more relaxation and no permanent sleep deficiency - is there a secret recipe for eternal youth? Alexander Bürkle from Constance along with scientists from all over Europe are aiming to identify the powerful biomarkers of human ageing.

Three companies of the Ulm BioRegion have recently announced successful achievements Boehringer Ingelheim announced that the European Commission has given the full marketing authorisation for an anti-AIDS drug ratiopharm announced the signing of discount agreements with ten public health insurance companies AOK and the Hartmann Group reported the acquisition of Kneipp.

In conjunction with reference laboratories of the World Health Organization WHO medtech company Curetis AG is developing new technologies and products that identify the pathogens of infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and their resistance. The solutions are impressive.

Article - 26/04/2008

Science TV on the trail of the predatory crustacean Dikerogammarus villosus

Science TV enables scientists to provide insights into their research activities. Limnologists at the University of Constance are participating. With an underwater camera they dive into Lake Constance looking for invasive animal species.

Aerated stirred tank reactors have virtually become a standard piece of equipment in bioprocess engineering. No other bioprocess engineering bioreactor is as versatile meaning that significant time- and cost savings are made.

The Heidenheim based Hartmann Group increased its sales growth by 5.3 to EUR 1.28 billion in 2007. According to Rinaldo Riguzzi CEO of Paul Hartmann AG consolidated net income rose 14 to EUR 38.8 million.

Working with colleagues from the Harvard Medical School in Boston USA researchers from Freiburg University have discovered a previously unknown role of insulin in ageing and lifespan. Insulin inhibits a master stress regulator protein known as SKN-1.

GATC Biotech announced that it has added to its facilities with a wholly owned subsidiary in Stockholm Sweden building on the Companys existing presence in Europe with offices in Germany France and England.

At the Nestl Product Centre PTC in Singen around 170 specialists from 28 countries research and develop new products and processes for the production of culinary products baby food and desserts. Discoveries from basic research are incorporated into actual products and technical facilities and processes are continually improved. The PTC is one of twelve Nestl research centres worldwide.

Is there a slight chance that patients suffering from Retinitis pigmentosa or even from age-related macular degeneration might be able to regain their vision? A microchip implanted beneath the retina might at least give such patients the ability to make out the outlines of objects.

The Albstadt-Sigmaringen University of Applied Sciences has been successful in the states Innovative Projects Cooperative Projects 2007 programme. Two research projects will receive funding totalling almost 225000 euros.

The German Health Regions Network association was instituted on the 14th February 2008. The association acknowledges the growing importance of the health care industry and hopes to strengthen it with a particular focus on the project-related cooperation between the German health regions.

Article - 25/02/2008

How crustaceans help bridge the gaps of knowledge in early evolution

The team of researchers led by Dieter Waloßek zoologist at Ulm University is working on the organisation of knowledge in their discipline. The taxonomists are documenting living creatures in particular arthropods which also includes issues of evolution. Only recently Waloßek along with Andreas Maas and their foreign colleagues have hit the headlines.

Haemochromatosis is not as has been previously assumed a disease of the small intestine but a disease of the liver. Scientists from Heidelberg have shown in the animal model that the disease is caused by a mutated gene influencing hepcidin production.

mtm laboratories has launched the Cervatec assay for the early diagnosis of cervical cancer. The Cervatec assay will initially be commercialized as an adjunct to the Pap test for the screening of women aged 35 and younger.

Nycomed and its licence holder Wyeth Pharmaceuticals a division of Wyeth NYSEWYE today announced the U.S. launch of an own generic version of PROTONIX Pantoprazole tablets in response to the at-risk launch of generic Pantoprazole tablets by Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.

Article - 07/02/2008

New life sciences centre in Ulm

The new Life Science Centre will house eleven interfaculty research groups dealing with aspects of tissue regeneration. The state of Baden-Württemberg and the University both expressed their high expectations for the centre at the official opening.

German biotech companies are optimistic about 2008. So says a survey conducted by the German Biotechnology Industry Association BIO Deutschland e.V. in cooperation with the biotech magazine transkript.

Article - 29/01/2008

Breakthrough for glycomics

New databases and bioinformatic tools provide the field of glycomics with a solid basis for dynamic development in molecular biology and medicine. Willi von der Lieth a researcher from Heidelberg was an important pioneer of glyco-bioinformatics. His sudden death is a great loss for this new scientific field.

Press release - 20/01/2008

LifeCodexx AG - Clarity within the genetic data jungle

Constance based GATC Biotech founds the subsidiary company LifeCodexx AG. LifeCodexx is the first web-based information service for the storage and utilisation of biological and medical data from the analysis of genetic codes and protein codes in the EU.

Sales revenues of the Carl Zeiss Group rose by seven per cent to 2604 million. The growth posted for EbIT Earnings before Interest and Taxes increased by 26 per cent to 394 million. Zeiss AG is thus continuing the series of successes that has lasted for four years.

The Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region is hoping to become a National Centre for Dementia Research. Professor Beyreuther director of the NAR at the University of Heidelberg is coordinating the application.