Paul Ehrlich Institute [SEP] named after
Paul Ehrlich Institute
The Paul Ehrlich Institute (German: "Paul-Ehrlich-Institut – Bundesinstitut für Impfstoffe und biomedizinische Arzneimittel", PEI) is a German research institution and medical regulatory body, and is the German federal institute for vaccines and biomedicines. It is a federal agency and subordinate to the Federal Ministry of Health. It is a WHO Collaborating Centre for quality assurance of blood products and "in vitro" diagnostic devices. The institute is located in Langen, Hesse, near Frankfurt, and was located in Frankfurt
for most of the 20th century. It is named for its founding director, the immunologist and Nobel Prize laureate Paul Ehrlich.
History.
The institute was founded on 1 June 1896 in Steglitz, Berlin as the Institute for Serum Research and Serum Testing ("Institut für Serumforschung und Serumprüfung"), with Paul Ehrlich as its first director. The institute was founded specifically to provide a platform for Ehrlich's research. In 1899, it was moved to Frankfurt and renamed the Royal Institute for Experimental Therapy ("Königliches