Discover preCDD

A network for academic drug development. Research funding from Deutsche Krebshilfe.

Our Mission

We are a German Cancer Aid-funded national academic drug discovery network, which consists of three distinct research consortia devoted to small molecule development, protein engineering and immune cell engineering, all geared towards making better medicines for cancer patients. Our common goal is to develop academic drug development structures to ultimately deliver new drug to our patients.

Three Projects – one Vision

Our Speakers

Prof. Dr. Christian Reinhardt

Prof. Dr. Christian Reinhardt

Speaker of the joint preCDD Consortia

University Hospital Essen Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Essen

Prof. Dr. Stefan Knapp

Prof. Dr. Stefan Knapp

Speaker

Goethe University, Institute for Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Frankfurt

Prof. Dr. Katja Weisel

Prof. Dr. Katja Weisel

Speaker

Center for Oncology, UKE Hamburg

Deputy director of the department / Senior physician

Prof. Dr. Michael Hudecek

Prof. Dr. Michael Hudecek

Speaker

Medical Clinic and Polyclinic II, Chair of Cellular Immunotherapy, University Hospital Würzburg

Prof. Dr. Evelyn Ullrich

Prof. Dr. Evelyn Ullrich

Speaker

Department of Pediatrics Experimental Immunology & Cell Therapy Goethe University Frankfurt

Director

News & Events

Prof. Dr. Evelyn Ullrich, co-spokesperson of the CAR Factory network

CAR Factory: New approaches in immune cell therapy (Press Office UCT)

German Cancer Aid is funding a Germany-wide research network for CAR cell therapy with four million…

16/04/2025 car-factory
Michael Hudecek is Head of the Chair of Cellular Immunotherapy at the University Hospital of Würzburg and co-spokesperson for the CAR Factory network

CAR Factory: New approaches in immune cell therapy (UKW Press Office)

German Cancer Aid is funding a Germany-wide research network for CAR cell therapy with four million…

16/04/2025 car-factory