Transfermanagement Portfolio

Transfermanagement Projects

1. A precision X-ray procedure is designed to detect cancer earlier and to improve the development and control of drugs. This has now been done by the research team headed by Prof. Dr. med. Florian Grüner from the Department of Physics of the University of Hamburg reports in the journal "Scientific Reports". A test of the so-called X-ray fluorescence for this application at the DESY research light source PETRA III has been promising. The method therefore offers the prospect not only to carry out such X-ray examinations more accurately, but also more gently than with previous methods. The idea behind the method is simple: tiny gold nanoparticles are peppered with antibodies. These nanoparticles would be injected into a patient. The particles travel through the body, with the antibodies docking on any existing tumors. Scanning the patient with a hair-thin X-ray beam, the gold particles fluoresce and emit characteristic X-ray signals recorded by a special detector. As a result, it would be possible to detect the smallest tumors that cannot be found with current methods or that revolutionize the pharmacokinetics of drug research. innospec accompanies this team and has already engaged international pharmaceutical companies in research assignments.

2. innospec maintains a strong network with universities such as the University of Hamburg (UHH) and Magdeburg (OvGU), in particular in the fields of Accelerator Physics Group, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Information Technology and Institute of Medical Technology. With the knowledge of new IPs, publications or projects from universities, innospec connects science with potential industry partners for contract research or product integration.