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According to the US magazine Newsweek, Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD) remains one of the best hospitals in the world. For its “World’s Best Hospitals 2025” ranking, Newsweek teamed up with the data platform Statista to examine 2,500 hospitals in 32 countries. The UKHD came in 12th place worldwide. In Germany, the UKHD ranks second—only Berlin’s […]

While large parts of the German economy are stagnating, Roche is sending an encouraging signal for Germany as a business location: in fiscal year 2025, the company invested over €700 million in its German sites and increased its sales by 4.7 percent to €8.9 billion. This growth is based on targeted investments in medical progress […]

VERAXA’s shareholders approved the merger between VERAXA and Veraxa Biotech Holding AG and the issuance of new shares of the combined company at the Extraordinary General Meeting. Both resolutions are prerequisites for the closing of the proposed business combination among VERAXA, Veraxa Biotech Holding AG and Voyager Acquisition Corp. ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – March 2, 2026 […]

Novel capsid technology to enable convenient delivery in the doctor’s office of IKAR-003 for intermediate AMD, designed to prevent progression to sight-threatening disease NORWICH, UK & CHICAGO, US, January 6 2026 – Ikarovec Ltd, which is developing dual-pathway gene therapies for vision-threatening retinal diseases, and VectorBuilder, a global leader in gene delivery technologies, have entered into an exclusive […]

Cambridge, UK, 25 February 2026: SPT Labtech, a global leader in the design and development of laboratory automation and liquid handling solutions, today announced a strategic collaboration with Illumina to develop a novel automated sample preparation platform designed to streamline and standardize genomics workflows across decentralized healthcare environments. The collaboration will focus on helping labs […]

Mannheim University of Applied Sciences has been awarded approximately €1.48 million in federal funding for the research project SAM3 – Smart Applications for Multimodal Molecular Pattern Recognition (2026–2028). The funding is provided through the “HAW-ForschungsPraxis 2024” program of the German Federal Ministry for Research, Technology and Space. The project focuses on advancing biochemical analytics used […]

As part of his doctoral studies, Dr. Mirko Sonntag researched innovative DNA-based methods for diagnosing sepsis. For this work, he received the Hanse Doctoral Award from the Scientific Association for the Promotion of Clinically Applied Research in Intensive Care Medicine on February 12, 2026. This award honors outstanding doctoral theses in the field of intensive […]

New innovation platform with significant involvement from Heidelberg University is one of Europe’s most important start-up centers In its first year of existence, the NXTGN Startup Factory has already become one of Europe’s most important start-up centers. As an innovation platform, the strategic alliance of Baden-Württemberg universities and private-sector partners, with significant participation from Heidelberg […]

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 […]