Germany was the first country in the world to establish a social security system based on the welfare state theory. Its statutory medical security system has a history of more than 100 years and has formed a relatively sound medical system and perfect service level. In addition, with its outstanding medical research and top experts from all over Europe, Germany is far ahead of the rest of other countries in the medical field. therefore, many medical service institutions, rehabilitation centers and cluster platforms with integrated quality services in Germany have been developed.
Medical valley EMN is the German top Medical technology cluster platform approved by BMBF. Founded in early 2007 by business, scientific, healthcare and political actors, medical valley aims to develop and coordinate medical technology clusters to build its own brand.
In the field of science and technology research and development, medical valley constantly brings forth new products and services. Nowadays, the medical valley has been leading the world in providing solutions in fields like imaging diagnosis, intelligent sensing technology, medical IT, eye disease treatment and treatment system. Meanwhile, its innovative science and technology research and development occupy the main proportion in the whole German medical science and technology research and development. For example, 42% of German patents in the "diagnostic, surgical and differential" category and 63% of patent applications in the "X-ray technology" category came from the medical valley.
In the service field, medical valley focuses on the commercialization of innovation and innovative ideas, testing and developing open innovation platforms, creating clusters, pooling resources and promoting exchanges and cooperation. Medical valley’s services include subsidy acquisition and consulting, identification and procurement of clinical partners, strategic requirement analysis and so on. They help enterprises in medical valley find new ideas, launch new projects and explore new cooperation opportunities.
In the field of entrepreneurship, the medical valley has successively established start-up centers in Erlangen and Forchheim, providing business founding platforms and financial support for enterprises, promoting the implementation of excellent ideas and the strong cooperation of excellent teams. For example, in cooperation with BayStartUp, an institution for company founding, financing and business growth in Bavaria promoted by the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs and the industry, medical valley founded Capmatch Medical, a life sciences financing network that provides IT support to cash-strapped medical technology and biotechnology companies across Europe.
As a partner of medical valley, Deutsches Laecheln GmbH actively promotes the cooperation and exchanges between German scientific and technological innovation enterprises in the field of medical health and product research and development and these enterprises in China, helps them find financing opportunities, and promotes the development of bilateral medical and scientific research cooperation between China and Germany. Taking the opportunity of upcoming Jinan • Zhongguancun Collaborative Innovation Forum in China, as one of the important participants, Deutsches Laecheln GmbH will participate in the forum together with a German company in the field of medical equipment research and development to further discuss the possibility of cooperation. This company is committed to the development of a very cost-effective, portable, reliable instrument to measure the iron parameter Zinc Protoporphyrin and helping people to fight iron deficiency. In the future, Deutsches Laecheln GmbH will seek opportunity for more companies of this type into the Chinese market and reach strategic cooperation and realize win-win situation together.
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