27. January 2023 • News
Think ‘Shark Tank’ for the medical industry: #kiddingnotkidding. But when 16 international teams presented their best ideas for medical devices and digital health solutions at MEDICAL FORGE Leipzig’s selection day in December 2022, there was some anticipation in the room. After the accelerator’s successful start in 2022 with 8 contenders, the number of applicants for this second round had tripled and spanned the globe – from Kazakhstan to the USA. A jury of Leipzig-based medical experts chose 8 top teams for 2023. Starting in April, these winning start-ups can look forward not only to state-of-the-art infrastructure (think fully-equipped wet labs and workstations), but to helpful coaching and access to Leipzig’s innovation ecosystem. The ultimate goal: To change lives through innovative medical technology.
For more details, please go to medicalforge.de
University Hospital Leipzig partnered with Apple to hold its first workshop on spatial computing for neurosurgeons in November 2024. The course offered insights into and hands-on practice with this latest technology.
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Small glas bottle which is normally used to store vaccine
Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Therapy (CAR-T): Genetically programmed immune cell binds to and destroys cancer cell / Therapy is now available for the majority of indications
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Human who looks onto a recording of brainwaves on his tablet computer and moves the model with his fingers
The Smart Infrastructure Hub Leipzig will receive a further 1,9 million euros from the cluster funding of the Saxon Ministry of Economic Affairs.
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Small glas bottle which is normally used to store vaccine
A relatively small metropolis in Germany’s Free State of Saxony – a dynamic hub for the life science industry? What was just a vision 20 years ago has become a reality for the city of Leipzig, which from October 24-26 co-hosted BIO-Europe, Europe’s largest annual biotech partnering event.
