FORTECH WINS FUTURESAX AWARD FOR BEST MARKETING STRATEGY
In April Phase II of the Saxon business plan competition futureSAX identified the best business and marketing strategies devised by entrepreneurs and start-ups from the region. Four winning teams collected prizes at the awards ceremony held on the premises of EuroMaint Rail GmbH in Delitzsch. FORTECH UG was the outright winner in the bio-nanotech category.
FORTECH’s Dresden-based team is developing a technique to treat injuries of the cornea. A new type of holder for amnion membranes is placed beneath the eyelid like a contact lens. Instead of the current operation in which patients are hospitalized so that an amnion membrane can be sewn on, this new method is suitable for outpatients. Meanwhile the technology category was won by the SMILE.medibiz team from Leipzig for its new type of ovulation measuring diaphragm, which checks fertility in a natural way by continuously measuring internal body temperature.