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Digital health: Northern Germany on the move

Innovation Digital health: Northern Germany on the move

Whether it’s smart diagnostics, digital therapies, or integrated care – digital health is currently transforming the healthcare sector. This shift is also taking on an ever greater significance in northern Germany, where the Hamburg metropolitan region is emerging as a key hub for digital health applications. Since January 2025, digital health has officially been established […]

Where Research Shapes the Future: DESY as the Nucleus of Science City Bahrenfeld

Science & Translation Where Research Shapes the Future: DESY as the Nucleus of Science City Bahrenfeld

Hamburg is advancing the life sciences – and the German Electron Synchrotron DESY stands at the heart of this development. Under the leadership of the Hamburg Senate, four innovation parks are being established to position the city as a leading hub for innovation. In the Hamburg district of Bahrenfeld, the Science City will emerge around […]

SLAS Europe 2025: New Home Port Hamburg

Networking|Portrait SLAS Europe 2025: New Home Port Hamburg

This year, Hamburg will host one of the most significant events in the automation and screening industry: the SLAS Europe Conference and Exhibition will take place in the Hanseatic city for the first time. Philip Gribbon, President of the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) for 2025, is delighted by the choice of Hamburg […]

Pharmaceutical Production in the North: An Overview

Business Nord Pharmaceutical Production in the North: An Overview

Northern Germany is home to renowned pharmaceutical manufacturers with a global reach. This region is a hub for key industry players involved in pharmaceutical production, ranging from innovative small and medium-sized enterprises to multinational corporations. There are some that are leaders in their fields. Northern Germany, particularly Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, has become an increasingly attractive […]

HIV gene-editing therapy heads to the clinic

Business Nord|Innovation|Science & Translation HIV gene-editing therapy heads to the clinic

Provirex’ innovative genome editing therapy enables the elimination of persistent viral genomes from infected cells. The start-up is building a therapy hub in the future Science City Hamburg Bahrenfeld.

AI and crystals: “We provide the blueprint for innovative drug design”

Portrait AI and crystals: “We provide the blueprint for innovative drug design”

The start-up CrystalsFirst specializes in structural biological analyses of protein crystals for drug development. The team has been based at DESY in Hamburg-Bahrenfeld since 2022. In this interview, founder and CEO Serghei Glinca talks about the technology and the structural biology ecosystem in the North of Germany.

Our Chairwoman for Regulatory Affairs: Heike Wachenhausen

Networking|Portrait Our Chairwoman for Regulatory Affairs: Heike Wachenhausen

Heike Wachhausen has been our honorary chairwoman at Life Science Nord e.V. since autumn 2021. She is our trusted contact for all regulatory affairs issues.

How Nordmark is on course for growth with biotechnology

Business Nord How Nordmark is on course for growth with biotechnology

Nordmark invests 20 million euros in biotechnology and enters into partnerships to accelerate processes. Its goals include the fight against cancer in children. Find out more here.

Fighting cancer with powerful bioinformatics and AI

Innovation|Science & Translation Fighting cancer with powerful bioinformatics and AI

In hardly any other field has the concept of personalized medicine become a clinical reality as it much as in the battle against cancer. Digitization and the advent of powerful data analytics tools such as machine learning drive this development. Here is a selection of players from the North that are leading the field.