The pharmaceutical company Bionorica AG located in BioRegio Regensburg from Neumarkt in Upper Palatinate, has doubled its revenue by almost double in the last three business years. Also in 2007 the German market leader for plant-based medicines significantly exceeded results of the 2006 business year, which until then had been by far the most successful. According to their figures for the 2007 business year, Bionorica produced an increased net turnover of 15.6% amounting to 114.9 million EUR. The company, distinguished abroad many times for its innovative power, has achieved a very good result.

The Regensburg Foundation “Human Tissue and Cell Research” (HTCR) held a first meeting of experts with a framework theme entitled "Human Tissue - The Gold of the 21st Century?" -a current area of tension between medical progress and ethical responsibility. 30 participants from the fields of science, pharmaceuticals, medicine, ethics and law discussed how human tissue that is discarded in operations can be safely and harmlessly supplied for research.