Partners

Abbvie is a global, research-based biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery and development of innovative treatments that address some of the world’s most serious and complex diseases. AbbVie employs more than 28,000 people worldwide

Key Interests:

• Focus on immunology and oncology, looking for partners to collaborate for a better future of healthcare
• Personalized Oncology and integrated Cancer Care
• Leveraging Enabling Technologies and Exploiting Big Data

Key Activities:

Life Sciences, Clinical research, Pharma, Healthcare provision, Finance & Investment, Business coaching

The biotechnology company Amgen was founded in 1980 as AMGen (Applied Molecular Genetics). With around 18.000 employees, Amgen is the biggest biotechnology company worldwide with an annual turnover of 23 bn $ in 2016.

Key Interests:

• Innovation
• powerful network of innovative organizations that bring real change and true value to the healthcare sector
• partners who are working with osteoporosis, value-based partnerships, entrepreneurship & education

Key Activities:

Life Sciences, Clinical research, Pharma, Healthcare provision, Incubation, Technology Transfer, Testing & Validation, Healthcare professional education/training

We are the pharmaceutical division of Bayer AG. Our products improve people’s quality of life worldwide generating sales of more than 12 billion Euros. Our R&D efforts are focused on Cardiology, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Hematology and Gynecology.

Key Interests:

• Focus on personalized oncology
• Leveraging talent and education
• Collaboration with other EIT Health partners to enhance European healthcare
• Personalized Oncology and integrated Cancer Care
• Leveraging Talents and Education
• Leveraging Enabling Technologies and Exploiting Big Data

Key Activities:

Biomedical engineering, Life Sciences, Clinical research, Pharma, Diagnostics, Healthcare provision, Incubation, Finance & Investment, Business coaching, Entrepreneurship training, Healthcare professional education/training

Beiersdorf is a leading skin care company with more than 17,000 employees worldwide and over 130 years of experience in research and development. Next to our iconic brand NIVEA, we own other global brands like Eucerin, Hansaplast, and La Prairie.

Key Interests:

• Motivate Active Personal Lifestyles
• Mobility and Independence Throughout Life
• Leveraging Enabling Technologies and Exploiting Big Data

Key Activities:

Biomedical engineering, Life Sciences, Consumer products, Healthcare provision, Business coaching

BIO Clustermanagement NRW GmbH is representing BIO.NRW Cluster Biotechnology North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) as founding associate member within EIT Health. The company offers a variety of services and promotes biotechnology from NRW.

Key Interests:

• Investor Network
• Investor community Portal
• China as life science market

Key Activities:

Incubation, Finance & Investment, Technology Transfer, Business coaching, Entrepreneurship training, Healthcare professional education/training

BioM is a not-for-profit service company located in Martinsried/Munich that aims to foster Bavaria’s Biotech. BioM offers several services, in particular for small and medium-sized biotech enterprises to help accelerating biomedical innovation.

Key Interests:

• Network Partner (250 life sciences companies including 130 SMEs)
• Supporting early-stage start-ups
• Interaction with international start-ups getting them in touch with the biotech ecosystem in Munich
• Internationalization of SMEs (Asia/ Japan)
• mentor circle, pitch doctor, boot camp, networking events, Bio Angels, m4 award

Key Activities:

Incubation, Finance & Investment, Technology Transfer, Business coaching, Entrepreneurship training, Healthcare professional education/training

About 80 companies from the field of lifescience technologies develop drugs, technology platforms and diagnostics at the Biotech Cluster Rhine-Neckar (BioRN). Globally acting healthcare companies as well as internationally renowned research institutes also play a significant part in this development. The BioRN Network association connects science and business. It promotes the development of the biotech region into one of the leading life-science clusters in Europe.

The EPFL Nutrition Center creates multidisciplinary projects through Grand Challenges in engineering, material science, bioengineering, big data and life science. We have a diverse portfolio in Food, Nutrition and Health research projects.

Key Interests:

• Create better healthcare conditions for European citizens
• focus on education, leveraging enabling technologies and exploiting big data
• Motivate Active Personal Lifestyles
• Ageing with a Healthy Brain
• Mobility and Independence Throughout Life
• Leveraging Enabling Technologies and Exploiting Big Data

Key Activities:

Biomedical engineering, Life Sciences, Social sciences / health economics, Incubation, Technology Transfer, Entrepreneurship training, Technical faculties, Medical faculties, Healthcare professional education/training

ETH Zurich is one of the leading international universities for technology and the natural sciences. It is well known for its excellent education, ground-breaking fundamental research and for implementing its results directly into practice.

Key Interests:

• Companion Diagnostics in all areas of healthcare
• Molecular, Cognitive and Cellular Neuroscience
• Neuroimmunology
• Sensory & Motor Systems
• Sleep and Sleep Disorders
• Computation and Modeling
• Biomedical Technology and Imaging
• Disease Heterogenity of Multiple Sclerosis

Key Activities:

Biomedical engineering, Life Sciences, Social sciences / health economics
Med Tech, ICT, Diagnostics, Imaging, Healthcare provision

Founded in 1848 in Lausanne (switzerland), the fondation Asile des aveugles manages an Eye Hospital, 2 care homes, 1 School for visual impaired children and a research center (basic research, Clinical trial Unit, living lab / rehabilitation).

Key Interests:

• Leveraging Talents and Education
• Leveraging Enabling Technologies and Exploiting Big Data
• Eye care & vision care – Diabetes & its connection to vision care

Key Activities:

Biomedical engineering, Clinical research, Healthcare provision, Testing & Validation, Medical faculties, Healthcare professional education/training