DDiC PARTNER NETWORK
DDiC brings together academic and industrial partners to advance drug delivery through collaborative, interdisciplinary research. Our open consortium connects expertise across pharmaceutical development, process engineering, equipment and excipient manufacturing, and service and software provision, helping to bridge basic research and practical industrial application. Together, partners contribute to pre-competitive research, scientific education, and the development of innovative technologies that can improve patients’ lives.
Scientific excellence, education and talent development through multidisciplinary collaboration
Pharmaceutical Industry
Accelerate access to proprietary technologies through collaborative pre-competitive research
Equipment Manufacturer
Demonstrate new technologies for manufacturing, analyzing and improving pharmaceutical products to ‘Big Pharma’
Pharmaceutical Suppliers
Introduce excipients, materials, drug delivery technologies or software to accelerate product development
TIER 1
Bayer AG
Merck KGaA
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
TIER 2
Physiolution GmbH
Bohle Maschinen & Verfahren GmbH
INOSIM Software & Consulting GmbH (SME)
Ashland Industries Deutschland GmbH
Nisso Chemical Europe GmbH
Parsum GmbH (SME)
Siemens AG / PSE Enterprise
DFE Pharma
Phoenix Contact
Syntegon
DigiM (SME)
Technical University of Dortmund
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Ghent University
University of Bonn
University of Southern Denmark
Tier 1
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Member of the Scientific Board
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Full access to Technical Committees
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PhD program review
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Steering the content of running theses
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PhD mentoring
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Individual projects possible
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Test field with your own materials
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Free technical licenses to IP
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Opportunity to use 
facilities
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All Tier 2 membership rights included
Tier 2
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One representative of all Tier 2 partners in the Scientific Board
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For projects with material contributions
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PhD program review in Technical Committees
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Test your product in a highly visible environment
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Results are later part of publications
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Royalty-bearing licenses
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Access to DDiC report database and publications
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Access to DDiC facilities
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Access to the talent pool
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Observe future employees over a long period of time
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Public funding consortia and partner network
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Technology trends
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Preferred partner for the community
DDiC Info Package
For membership inquiries, please contact Dr. Jan-Olav Henck at henck (at) invite-research.com.