ERFURT – An industry is becoming even more visible and transparent: At the Medica medical technology trade fair, which begins today (November 15-18 in Düsseldorf), the Thuringian Development Corporation (LEG) and the industry association medways e. V. launched the new business portal Life Sciences Thuringia – LiST. The web-based platform clearly presents around 350 Thuringian stakeholders from the diverse economic and technological sector of life sciences – including companies, research institutions, clinics, networks, and associations. Life sciences encompasses fields as varied as medical technology, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology. Through three main access points (selection by product, industry, and value chain), 17 categories, and 79 subcategories, interested parties can easily and quickly gain an overview and find their specific contacts. The website will be accessible from November 15 at [website address missing in original text] www.lifesciences-thueringen.de
“The data foundation for the new platform is our in-house business and technology database (UTD),” explained LEG Managing Director Andreas Krey at the launch. “We are drawing on proven and constantly updated tools that we maintain and actively use as part of our diverse tasks in economic development and technology and cluster management. With LiST, we offer a structured market overview; a heterogeneous, multifaceted, and highly dynamic economic and technology sector becomes more tangible and transparent for all partners and customers!” LEG structured and designed the portal together with medways e. V. “LiST offers companies and industry stakeholders the opportunity to gain greater visibility for their expertise and products,” said Dr. Eike Dazert, Managing Director of medways e. V. “It will be continuously expanded and can support networking along the value chain. Through intuitive access and active promotion of the portal at trade fairs and events, we also aim to reach interested partners outside of Thuringia and actively support the initiation of new collaborations.”
Medways e.V. is the Thuringian industry association for medical technology and biotechnology, covering large parts of the life sciences sector through its cluster activities. The partner for the specific technical implementation was dreistromland AG, with its branch in Jena. The platform offers specialized search functions, selection options, and links for researching potential suppliers, customers, and cooperation partners; an integrated map view allows for clear spatial orientation. For users, LiST provides location marketing for the industry, facilitates the identification of suppliers and service providers, and offers access to research and development. Listed companies and institutes can present contact persons, addresses, expertise, product and service profiles, and certifications. "We are not aware of any other portal in Germany with this wealth of information on the life sciences sector," concludes Andreas Krey. "In the future, medways e.V. and we will ensure the continuous development and adaptation of the portal to make a lasting contribution to the future viability and competitiveness of the Thuringian industry."
Background:
LEG Thüringen
The Thuringian State Development Corporation (LEG Thüringen) was founded in 1992 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Free State of Thuringia. It operates in the areas of economic development, location development, and real estate management. Its tasks include attracting investors, providing them with a full range of services from site selection and dealing with authorities to advising on funding and financing options. In addition, it promotes foreign trade, manages technology, and markets Thuringia as an investment and employment location. It also develops and markets industrial sites, undertakes complex urban and regional development projects, provides residential building land, and implements real estate projects.
medways e. V.
medways eV – the industry association for medical technology / biotechnology – is organizing the Thuringian joint stand at Medica for the thirteenth time in 2021.
For over 20 years, medways has leveraged the power of its network, now comprising 90 members, to bring innovative ideas in medical technology and biotechnology from Thuringia to patients. The five employees at the Jena office support companies – from startups to established corporations – in brainstorming, project application and organization, and obtaining CE marking for medical devices and in-vitro diagnostics. Idea generators, supporters, sponsors, and distributors are brought together, always with the goal of advancing medical technology and biotechnology in Thuringia and beyond, ensuring that doctors and hospitals continue to have access to the highest medical technology standards for the best possible patient care.
