BIONORICA SE is globally one of the leading companies in the area of phytopharmaceuticals producing plant based medicines with proven efficacy, safety and quality. BIONORICA’s Headquarters are located in Neumarkt i.d. Opf. (Germany/Bavaria). The company is family owned since nearly 80 years.
A significant focus of BIONORICA’s work is concentrated on R&D activities with annual capital investments of about 15% of the company’s turnover. Although the centre of all R&D activities is in Neumarkt, BIONORICA has established further research institutes in Innsbruck (Austria) and Hong-Kong.
In addition BIONORICA has built a scientific network with multiple renowned institutions, organizations and scientists worldwide.
The Bionorica Phytoneering Award (BPA) acknowledges outstanding research in the field of development and application of herbal medicinal products.
The award is endowed with 10,000 €.
The purpose of the award is to motivate primarily young scientists (normally younger than 45 years of age) to perform research in phytomedicine focusing on following areas:
- generally any new discovery and innovative application related to phytomedicine
- pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of herbal medicinal products and their active principles
- clinical research in the areas of respiratory tract infections, inflammation, women's health, pain, oncology and metabolic syndrome
- safety and pharmacovigilance studies
Scientific publications on a specific topic which have been published during the last three years can be co
