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Exclusive access to Samsung’s research platform enables protocol-aligned biosensor data capture, raw signal access, and end-to-end study execution, setting a new standard for wearable-based clinical evidence generation. Frankfurt, Germany, Jun. 24, 2026 — Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and Alcedis, a Huma company, the leading digital first CRO, announced at the 9th Annual Digital Biomarkers in Clinical […]

The European Union is funding the PALACROS project with nearly €10 million under its “Horizon Europe” research programme. Researchers from Heidelberg University Hospital and Heidelberg University are helping shape the European PALACROS consortium, developing new standards for the treatment of locally advanced pancreatic cancer. PALACROS (Prioritising Multimodal Surgical Care for Patients with Locally Advanced Pancreatic […]

Heidelberg, Juni 2026 – Mit dem Final Event von GeneNovate® am 25. Juni in der Münchner Residenz endet die dritte Runde des bundesweiten Entrepreneurship-Programms der Nationalen Strategie für gen- und zellbasierte Therapien (Nationale Strategie GCT). Im Rahmen der Abschlussveranstaltung präsentierten Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler aus ganz Deutschland ihre innovativen Geschäftsideen mit Potenzial für zukünftige Gesundheitslösungen und […]

Highly endowed research prize goes to Harvard scientist Mathias Lichterfeld on the proposal of Ruperto Carola In order to further strengthen Heidelberg University as an internationally recognized location of infection research, Prof. Dr Mathias Lichterfeld has been selected for an Alexander von Humboldt Professorship endowed with 7.8 million euros. Leading international academics are granted this […]

Funding from the European Research Council for projects at Ruperto Carola and the Central Institute of Mental Health Prof. Dr Fred Hamprecht from the Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing of Heidelberg University is receiving valuable funding from the European Research Council (ERC), an ERC Advanced Grant, which will support a project in the field of […]

Sanofi’s Cenrifki (tolebrutinib) approved in the EU as the first disability-targeting medicine for secondary progressive multiple sclerosis without relapses Paris, June 23, 2026. The European Commission has approved Cenrifki (tolebrutinib) for the treatment of secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS) without relapses in the last two years. This follows the positive opinion by the European Medicines Agency’s Committee […]

‍ ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – June 10, 2026 — VERAXA Biotech AG, an emerging leader in designing novel cancer therapies, today announced that its previously announced business combination (“Business Combination”) with Voyager Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:VACH, “Voyager”), a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., Voyager Acquisition Sponsor Holdco LLC, and Odeon Capital Group LLC, was […]

The Heidelberg Faculty of Medicine at Heidelberg University presented the Anita and Friedrich Reutner Prize for Medical Research and the Hoffmann-Klose Prize for an outstanding Clinician Scientist project at this year’s Faculty Day – an event bringing together students, researchers, and teaching staff. The award recipients, Christine Zhang-Hagenlocher and Kristina Müller, are early-career physician-scientists From […]

For the first time in 14 years, there has been a change at the top of the hospital rankings, which are published annually by the MINQ Institute in collaboration with Stern. In its very first year of existence, the Heidelberg and Mannheim University Hospitals Consortium has taken first place. More information in German below: Zusammen […]