WHS Science & Industry Circle

Germany looks back on a unique tradition in the field of Life Sciences and Health Industry. The close cooperation between science and economy is key to this success and accelerates the result-orientated translation process from basic research to the application in patient care and product development. The “World Health Science & Industry Circle” (WHS-SIC), jointly launched in June 2015 by the World Health Summit, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (FHG) and the German Healthcare Partnership (GHP), aims to intensify the dialogue between science and industry, to activate, establish and expand national and international networks and to improve structures and processes through translational and applied sciences that lead to market-ready products which are essential to improve the health of people in need and global health worldwide. Progress in health and health systems will only be sustainable and successful if academia, the private sector, politics and civil society take responsibility and closely work together. WHS-SIC also actively participates in the World Health Summit and uses this international forum to create new opportunities for exchange and collaboration.