In Portrait | Stiftung Charité – providing impetus, promoting life sciences in Berlin, shaping the future

When it comes to promoting innovative ideas in the field of life sciences within Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and its partner institutions, Stiftung Charité has been an important authority since its establishment in 2005. The private,…

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Special Topic | Health & Biotech Start-up Ecosystem Berlin-Brandenburg, Focus on Financing  

It’s not difficult to come across start-ups and young companies in the capital region. Berlin-Brandenburg boasts a diverse and steadily growing start-up ecosystem. And financing options are just as diverse as this ecosystem, encompassing various…

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From ideas to care: New ARC Center at Charité accelerates innovation

With the establishment of an ARC Innovation Center, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH) are creating a new organizational framework to advance medical innovations rapidly and in a targeted manner.…

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WHO Collabo­rating Centre for Emergency Medical Teams

The German National Focal Point for Emergency Medical Teams (EMT NFP) at the Robert Koch Institute is designated as the WHO Collaborating Centre (WHO CC) for EMT. Emergency Medical Teams (EMT) provide rapid emergency medical assistance during health…

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Startup Booth Competiton - bio:cap

Apply before February 20!

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A blood test to detect immune deficiency

Researchers at the Max Delbrück Center have developed a fast, cost-effective blood-based tool that can identify and classify immune deficiencies with high accuracy. The approach, published in “Nature Communications,” could help address long-standing…

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hellomed secures €6M to prevent medication errors

Medication errors represent one of the most underestimated risks in professional care. In Germany alone, an estimated 250,000 hospital admissions occur annually due to incorrect medication, resulting in costs of up to €1 billion per year. Behind…

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Interview | Dr. Sievert Weiss | “AI should not remain a magical ‘black box’, but should enrich healthcare.”

Dr. Sievert Weiss is a physician, co-founder, and medical director of AMBOSS. Since its founding, he and an interdisciplinary team have pursued the goal of making medical knowledge available where it is needed in everyday clinical practice.

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Interview | Aurélien Claeyssen, Managing Director, JPT Peptide Technologies GmbH | At Home in the House of Peptides

For more than 20 years, JPT Peptide Technologies has been producing peptides for scientific purposes and the pharmaceutical industry in Berlin. In the year 2009, the biotech company was acquired by Mainz-based BioNTech SE and has since grown…

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Pentixapharm Announces Peer-Reviewed Phase 2 Data Back Use of PENTIXAFOR as a Superior Non-invasive PET-Diagnostic for Primary Aldosteronism

In the study, [68Ga]Ga-Pentixafor PET/CT was well tolerated and demonstrated high specificity and moderate sensitivity for identifying unilateral aldosterone-producing adenomas compared with adrenal vein sampling (AVS) and surgical outcomes

 

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