Spark Berlin

spark berlin is a mentoring program designed to accelerate the translation of academic inventions into outstanding medical products, diagnostics and devices. our concept is based on the highly successful program developed at stanford university. we are part of berlin health innovations, the joint technology transfer office of the bih (berlin institute of health) and charité. since translating innovative discoveries into medicine has proved extremely challenging over the last decades, with a disappointingly low percentage resulting in clinically relevant drugs or diagnostics world-wide, we work to empower project teams to overcome translational hurdles through education | mentoring & funding | entrepreneurship support spark’s greatest assett is the community of dedicated, experienced volunteers from industry and academia who help de-risk and guide our projects through their development. come and join our international network if you want to: • learn about academic translation • become e