Foundation of BIG

The German Federal Minister of Education, Prof. Dr Annette Schavan, and the Mayor of Berlin, Klaus Wowereit, have announced the merger of the Max Delbrück Centre (MDC) with the Charité to form the new Berliner Institut für Gesundheitsforschung (BIG - Berlin Institute for Health). Both partners are fully legally responsible corporate bodies within the BIG, which receives 90 per cent of its funding from the federal government and 10 per cent from the government of the Federal State of Berlin.

Patients in particular are to benefit from consolidating the MDC's basic research with the Charité's clinical research. The new structure allows for the faster application of research results.

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