Healthcare and Biotech
In Leipzig, research is conducted to develop innovative technologies for tomorrow’s healthcare industry. The findings are then honed and applied. Pioneering research institutes, hospitals, clinics, commercial companies and startups specialize in areas such as smart medical products, e-health applications, and high-performance diagnostics. Leipzig is among the world’s frontrunners in the development, production and logistics of innovative cell therapeutics. And the many medical trade shows and conventions held in Leipzig underline Leipzig’s importance as a bastion of healthcare.
Milestones in the development of the Healthcare and Biotech Cluster
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- The 2022 Nobel Prize in medicine is awarded to Professor Svante Pääbo, the director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig
- Health technology accelerator MEDICAL FORGE nurtures six international startups in its first year
- The City of Leipzig funds the biosaxony project Regulatory Affairs Service in order to support SMEs in the life sciences regarding regulatory aspects and quality management
- Saventic Health GmbH founded (participant of MEDICAL FORGE)
- Next3D GmbH is hived off from the Department of Neurosurgery at Leipzig University Hospital
- CallPima UG relocates to Leipzig
- Saxon Future Cluster SaxoCell® comprising institutes and medical facilities (IZI Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology, Leipzig University Cancer Centre, etc.) wins the German Ministry of Education and Research’s innovation competition Clusters4Future
- Pilot programme launched to train workers with different professional backgrounds for employment in pharmaceutical production and biotech
- Accelerator Medical Forge founded for medical product startups
- BIO-Europe, the biggest partnering conference in the life science sector, to be held in Leipzig in 2022 (24–26 October)
- First 5G network in Germany for patient applications in the e-health sector set up at Helios Park Clinic in Leipzig
- Successful pilot run of the Virtual Accelerator for Smart Data, Medical Devices and Therapies @ Leipzig Heart – a joint med-tech project by the City of Leipzig, the Helios Clinics and biosaxony
- Creation of a 3D printing network by biosaxony to manufacture personal protective equipment for medical personnel in spring 2020
- Initiation of an ‘Industry in Clinic’ platform (a format encouraged by the BMBF German Ministry of Education and Research) by biosaxony and the City of Leipzig to support digital industrial projects in the healthcare sector
- VfG Association for the Promotion of the Healthcare Sector merges with HEALTHY SAXONY to create HEALTHY SAXONY – Association for the Promotion of the Healthcare Sector
- Start of the Health.connect integrated project to develop an IT service and data transmission platform in the healthcare sector
- Eurofins Scientific acquires 7,000 square metres of land to build a new laboratory and office building at Alte Messe
- Winners of the IQ Innovation Prize for Central Germany 2019: Zellkraftwerk GmbH (Life Science Cluster), Next3D (Leipzig Award)
- Helmholtz Association, Fraunhofer Society and Faculty of Medicine initiative promotes two translational pilot projects at the IZI Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology
- HI-MAG Helmholtz Institute for Metabolic, Adiposity and Vascular Research founded
- Centre of excellence for obesity research set up
- Leipzig University opens the first medical didactics centre in central Germany
- University centre for treatment research founded
- Artificial Joint Endoprosthetics Network and the IWU Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology declared ZIM Central Innovation Programme Central Germany projects by the BMWi Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
- DIPAT GmbH wins E-Health Award in the nationwide initiative We Do Digital at Cebit
- Leipzig University Hospital opens Haus 7 (its largest newbuild to date) mainly used by paediatrics and oncology
- Institute for Transfusion Medicine celebrates 85th anniversary of blood donation at Leipzig University Hospital
- SMITH Smart Medical Information Technology for Healthcare is launched, funded by the BMBF German Ministry of Education and Research’s Medical Informatics Initiative
- Leipzig University Hospital: Extension of Vascular Medicine Centre opened
- Leipzig University: New pharmacy degree programme developed
- Leipzig University: Institute of Biochemistry named after Rudolf Schönheimer to celebrate centenary
- Leipzig University: HI-MAG Helmholtz Institute for Metabolic,Adiposity and Vascular Research founded
- Collaborative research projects "Mechanisms of Adiposity" and "Functional Biomaterials for the Control of Healing Processes in Bone and Skin Tissue": Funding extended
- Leipzig University: Funding granted by the German Ministry of Education and Research for the Leipzig Health Atlas - a project for the presentation and scientific use of biomedical data
- LIFE Leipzig Research Centre for Lifestyle Diseases: Biobank joins new German Biobank alliance
- Foundation stone laid for Leipzig University Hospital's new 58 million Euro Clinical Centre
- Leipzig University Hospital: Paediatric Clinic celebrates 125th anniversary
- Leipzig University Hospital: ZINF Centre for Infectious Medicine founded
- Leipzig University Hospital and Leipzig University found four new centres: ZAMS Centre for Drug Safety, USZE Centre for Rare Diseases, LICA Leipzig Interdisciplinary Centre for Allergology, ZINF Centre for Infectious Medicine
- 600th anniversary of Universität Leipzig's Faculty of Medicine
- 10th anniversary of IZI Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology and opening of second extension
- UFZ invests 40 million Euro in two super-microscopes for probing bacteria/ProVis
- Heart Centre Leipzig opens the world's most powerful cardiac laboratory for electrophysiological studies
- Faculty of Medicine's Central Research Building: Secon phase completed
- World Diabetes Day held in Leipzig
- Apocell Europe GmbH opens HQ in Leipzig
- IZI Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology: First extension opens, construction of second extension begins
- BioCube: New building inaugurated
- HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management: Center for Health Care Management and Regulation opens
- Leipzig University Hospital: Institute for Transfusion Medicine opens
- Haema AG: New building opens
- Faculty of Medicine: Collaborative Research Project "Mechanisms of Adiposity" founded
- 10th anniversary of Bio City Leipzig
- iDiv German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research founded
- IZI Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology: Extension completed
- Central Germany's BioEconomy Cluster wins prime cluster competition
- Dental clinics: New building completed
- TRM Translational Centre for Regenerative Medicine Leipzig: Extension opens
- EU project HELPS starts
- BioCube - building work begins
- Haema AG - building work begins