bioRN News

Heidelberg, Germany, 17 February 2026 ­- BioMed X, a leading innovation hub for pharma headquartered in Heidelberg, hosted the first XFem Labs Pitch & Connect event on February 13th in Heidelberg, marking the official launch of XFem Labs, its new Women’s Health R&D Accelerator established with support from the Gates Foundation. The purpose of this initiative is to build a world-class women’s health […]

One week after life – the biomedical convention 2026, one thing is clear: the conference once again showed how powerful connected ecosystems are in driving biomedical innovation. Around 500 participants from academia, startups, industry, investment and policy – mainly from the bioRN network, but with a growing number of attendees from beyond the region – […]

Smoking significantly increases the risk of depression. An evaluation of the NAKO study shows dose-dependent effects and proves that quitting smoking can improve mental health in the long term. A research group led by the Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH) in Mannheim has confirmed for the first time within the German National Cohort (NAKO) […]

The National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) in China has approved the OncoMate® Microsatellite Instability (MSI) Detection Kit as a Class III in vitro diagnostic device in China. It is intended as a companion diagnostic to identify patients with MSI-high (MSI-H) solid tumors for treatment with KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab), the anti-PD-1 therapy from Merck & Co., Inc., […]

5 neue Startups: ONOX, aimed analytics, Recarbox, FORMIC, showroom.fm Es ist wieder soweit – neue Startups stehen in den Startlöchern! Hier sind einige spannende junge Unternehmen, die man kennen sollte. Heute werfen wir einen Blick auf diese Neugründungen: ONOX, aimed analytics, Recarbox, FORMIC und showroom.fm. deutsche-startups.de stellt heute erneut eine Auswahl junger Startups vor, die […]

Bridgetown, Barbados, January 27, 2026 – BioMed X, a leading innovation hub for pharma, today announced the launch of its first research project in partnership with the Government of Barbados and with support from the European Union’s PharmaNext Programme. The new global call for research proposals, entitled “AI-Enabled Therapy of Early Diabetic Kidney Disease in Barbados,” addresses one of the most pressing and underexplored […]

The German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space is providing €2.8 million in funding for an interdisciplinary scientific consortium with the aim of making cycle apps for determining a woman’s fertile and infertile days significantly more reliable by taking biological markers into account. Researchers from the universities and university hospitals of Düsseldorf, Hamburg, and […]

Heidelberg and Freiburg researchers study interaction with AI chatbots Humans can build emotional closeness to artificial intelligence (AI) – under certain conditions even more strongly than to another human being. This has been shown by studies conducted by Prof. Dr Bastian Schiller from Heidelberg University’s Institute of Psychology in cooperation with colleagues from the University […]

Researchers map evolutionary changes in the developing mammalian cerebellum Artificial intelligence allows tracing the evolution of genetic control elements in the developing mammalian cerebellum. An international research team led by biologists from Heidelberg University as well as the Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie and KU Leuven (Belgium) has now developed advanced AI models that can predict […]