The *Deutsches Ärzteblatt* reports on the growing collaboration between industry and university research. The article also features comments on the subject from RACOON coordinator PD Dr Judith Herrmann, the head of the NUM Coordination Office, Ralf Heyder, as well as the biobank directors and participants in the Biobank Platform project, Dr Alexandra Stege and Dr Ronny Baber.
Ralf Heyder: “The fact is that industry is needed in various areas to drive research forward and thereby ultimately generate medical and technological progress for better patient care.”