Fraunhofer ITEM – pioneers for sustainable health

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Pioneers for sustainable health: Human health is at the center of our research - for more than four decades now.

Fraunhofer ITEM aims to protect man from health hazards in our industrialized world and to contribute to the development of novel therapeutic approaches.

Focusing on lung and inhalation, Fraunhofer ITEM has pooled its expertise in three business areas:

In the business area Drug Development, we develop and test novel medications against respiratory diseases. Scientific expertise covers manufacturing of biologics, preclinical and clinical development.

The business area Chemical Safety and Assessment is dedicated to determining the risks from potentially harmful substances. Scientific expertise includes toxicology testing, exposure assessment, analytical methods, regulatory research and risk assessment.

The business area Translational Biomedical Engineering offers many years of experience in the development of medical devices – specifically neuro-implants and medical aerosolizers – including testing and testing scenarios, safety and risk assessment.

All business areas offer regulatory support. Numerous test systems are available, including in-vitro, ex-vivo and in-vivo. Studies can be performed in compliance with GXP regulations.

A Regensburg-based division is dedicated to personalized tumor therapy including development of diagnostic tests to enable early detection of disseminated cancer cells and prediction of the response to therapy of metastatic progenitor cells.

Fraunhofer ITEM is one of 76 institutes and research institutions of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, the world’s leading applied research organization.

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