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Engine of modern healthcare: The medtech sector in Northern Germany

Innovation Engine of modern healthcare: The medtech sector in Northern Germany

This November, the global medical technology community once again gathered in Düsseldorf for MEDICA – and the message was unmistakable: there is no way around the medtech sector. Digitalization, robotics, connected care, and artificial intelligence in medicine are no longer emerging trends; they are already reshaping everyday clinical practice. Today, medical technology is not merely […]

How Sustainable Are Digital Health and Precision Medicine?

How Sustainable Are Digital Health and Precision Medicine?

New technologies are increasingly entering healthcare, such as digital procedures and precision medicine pharmaceuticals. These are technology-assisted medical approaches in which digital tools – including algorithms, data platforms, or artificial intelligence – are used for individualized diagnostic and therapeutic procedures as well as targeted pharmaceuticals. But how sustainable is precision medicine? And what impact does […]

SLAS Europe 2025: A successful debut in Hamburg

Networking|Science & Translation SLAS Europe 2025: A successful debut in Hamburg

From May 20–22, the SLAS Europe Conference and Exhibition took place in Hamburg for the first time – and it was a resounding success. With more than 1,700 participants and 137 exhibitors, the event, organized by the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS), broke new records and surpassed all previous European editions. This is […]

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 […]

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.

Opening up health data for precision medicine

Innovation Opening up health data for precision medicine

Digitization of healthcare is a major driver of precision medicine, but the generation and usage of health data is a complex task. Pharma, biotech and medtech players from Northern Germany find their way through the challenge and explore new ways of cross-sectoral collaboration.

How 3D printing contributes to precision medicine

Science & Translation How 3D printing contributes to precision medicine

Researchers in the North combine artificial intelligence with state-of-the-art additive manufacturing technologies and develop bioresorbable materials and innovative bioprinting techniques to take precision medicine to the next level.

Operating room of the future: Rise of the robots

Innovation Operating room of the future: Rise of the robots

The market for robotic surgical systems is on the move. Medical technology research projects in Lübeck and Kiel are working on the next generation of surgical robots with artificial intelligence.

Mindpeak: Global frontrunner in digital pathology

Innovation Mindpeak: Global frontrunner in digital pathology

Digital pathology is a major medical application using AI-powered imaging analysis. Hamburg-based Mindpeak is a global frontrunner, releasing products used in clinical practice.