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12/05/2021
German company making COVID vaccines for the world
IDT Biologika makes vaccines for leading drug manufacturers, including immunizations for COVID-19. AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson have commissioned the mid-sized contract research company in Dessau-Roßlau, Saxony-Anhalt, to make several million of doses their vector vaccines weekly.
26/04/2021
German government promotes COVID-19 drug development research
Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is supporting rapid development of drugs to treat patients with COVID-19. A grant program has earmarked EUR 50 million for drugs that are in clinical trials.
20/04/2021
Industry association reports Germany continues to be pharma innovator
The German chemical industry association, the Verband der Chemischen Industrie, VCI, has published figures showing Germany’s chemical and pharmaceutical industries are groundbreaking in terms of national and international research and development (R&D). The report shows that for some years now, the …
07/04/2021
Association announces likely licensing of new drugs this year
The Association of Research-based Pharmaceutical Companies, the vfa, says it expects more than thirty new medicines to be approved for use in 2021. These drugs include new vaccines against COVID-19 as well as gene-based therapies for cancers and rare metabolic disorders.
15/03/2021
Germany supports research on CAR T cell therapy for solid tumors
Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding the investigation of CAR T cell treatment for solid tumors. The government is providing EUR six million for a national, collaborative project to investigate and develop a new approach to therapy.
01/02/2021
Germany a leader in digitizing healthcare
The Swiss think tank ConCep+ (CC+) has given Germany top marks for being a forerunner in digitizing healthcare. This finding is based on the results of a major CC+ study of 2000 companies in Germany and 7800 world-wide called Healthcare Movers 2020.
26/01/2021
Germany promotes interactive healthcare technology
The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has announced the start of a EUR 350 million research grant program to support interactive technology for healthcare, nursing, and improved quality of life. The measure will provide EUR 70 million annually during the next five years.
10/12/2020
Diplomats meet German medtech companies at Foreign Office event
The annual HEALTH MADE IN GERMANY diplomats' tour of MEDICA in Düsseldorf went digital in 2020. On November 26, the export initiative for the German healthcare industry, the German Foreign Office and medical technology industry associations held a virtual event for the ambassadors instead. A …
02/12/2020
German contract research specialist key to making COVID vaccine
Rentschler Biopharma, a leading German contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), is playing a vital role in making the BioNTech and Pfizer's vaccine for COVID-19, BNT162b2. The Laupheim-based company has been responsible for essential purification of the products of mRNA synthesis.
24/11/2020
Germany holds innovation hackathon to help conquer COVID
Germany's Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has announced the results of its #WirVsVirus (#WeVsVirus) contest. With more than 28 thousand taking part and 1,500 projects submitted, the hackathon, says the BMBF, was one of the largest in the world.