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Life Science Nord - Northern Germany´s Life Science Cluster

Life Science Nord is the regional industry network for medical technology, biotechnology and pharma for the states of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. With some 500 companies, universities and research institutes and more than 260 active members, we are an important economic and innovation factor and a key element of the cluster policy of both federal states. As a committed interest group, we promote co-operation between science and business in a targeted manner, thereby enhancing the visibility of North Germany as a hub and boosting the added value and innovative capacity of the region.

STZ OcuTox

STZ OcuTox is a Steinbeis company located at the University Hospital Tübingen, and supplies industrial partners with drug development know-how. It specialises in preclinical ophthalmological examinations on various experimental animals, and carries out all kinds of electron microscopic and ophthalmological examinations. This helps, combined with molecular biological techniques, in understanding the mode of action of toxicological and other pathological changes in eye tissue. The testing procedures are available for most experimental animals and animal models, or can be acquired in a short time.

Clinic Elite

Clinic Elite was opened in 2001 in a house built to be a comfortable and modern private clinic. Our mission is to provide high quality medical service in a private atmosphere, so the patient stays relaxed. Elite Clinic offers only proven assisted reproduction techniques for infertility treatment and shows very good results in egg donation, embryo adoption and IVF.