Healthcare industry

In the second article in the series on the platforms successful cooperations BioValley presents an encouraging approach for improving the quality of life of severely ill cancer patients and the successful establishment of an industrial biochip platform.

The medical online learning programme by the Tübingen-based E-learning publisher INMEDEA GmbH simulates procedures and situations in different departments of a hospital with their respective typical patient groups.

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.

Nycomed and Cadila Healthcare have signed a letter agreement with the intent to amend their existing joint venture agreement to include the chemical production of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) by the joint venture company Zydus Nycomed in India. Based on this agreement, Nycomed plans to transfer the current chemical production from the sites in Linz (Austria) and Singen (Germany) to the new joint venture within the next three to four…

The biotechnology sector is growing and new companies have excellent opportunities to establish themselves on the market. Dr. Michael Steinwand explains what companies have to beware.

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.

The Heidelberg-based start-up company S-DH GmbH which is active in the field of neutron optics has recently acquired large orders from the USA England and Japan clearly asserting itself as a serious force agains international competition.

A wide spectrum of high quality support is available to young scientists in Germany. This is the conclusion of the government report on support for young scientists Bundesbericht zur Förderung des Wissenschaftlichen Nachwusches - BuWiN presented by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

The Heilbronn region has many years of experience with telematics projects. In October 2007 the region started a field test in which GPs and pharmacies were asked to test the functionality of the electronic health card in the region.

The German Federal Research Minister Annette Schavan launched the Health Regions of the Future contest.

European Commission Vice President Günter Verheugen launched Enterprise Europe Network a new and powerful European support network for enterprises. All major players of the business support community in Europe have united to offer a one-stop service to assist especially small and medium sized enterprises.

VC-facts has published the Life Sciences Venture Capital Yearbook for the first time 2007. It shows that the total volume of financing in the life sciences amounts to 438.65 million euros.

For 93 of Europeans preserving biodiversity is a moral obligation affecting current generations as stewards of nature. European citizens are also aware that their well-being and quality of life depend on biodiversity.

Scientists from Ulm and Paris have joined forces to develop new medications against malignant brain tumours. The two-year research project will focus on developing betulinic acid which is found in abundance in birch bark into a cancer drug.

The EU hopes to tap innovative markets through a Lead Markets Initiative LMI in which electronic health services eHealth were identified as an important market.

Micro-biolytics GmbH now based in the Esslingen-based Life Science Centre develops and produces microsystems solutions for bioanalytical issues. With the support of networks micro-biolytics is hoping to considerably expand its activities.

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.

Partnering with Prognosys Biosciences febit offers a new Genome-to-Array Service. This Service gives scientists access to the latest technology and know-how in sequencing and microarrays even for DNA where no standard microarrays are available.

A new report by European Commission scientists gives a full picture of preimplantation genetic diagnosis PGD. Parents need better information on genetic testing of IVF embryos.

The deadline for submitting applications is the 14th March 2008.

The Baden-Württemberg Health Forum established in 2002 has officially recognised the course Medical Informatics jointly offered by the Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences and the University of Heidelberg as a beacon project.