Participants
Have a look at FlandersBio's strategic partners, the Knowledge for Growth sponsors and exhibitors and find out which companies are participating in the Job Fair at Knowledge for Growth.
Strategic partners
FlandersBio has a structural partnership with a privileged number of strategic partners. The strategic partners help to realize FlandersBio's course and mission. In this way FlandersBio aims to increase the involvement from the sector.
Biotech Fonds Vlaanderen
The Biotech Fonds Vlaanderen was set up in 1994 to provide venture capital to existing and starting medium and large sized companies in the Flemish biotechnology sector. The fund's remit includes attracting new biotech companies to start or develop activities in Flanders. In this way the fund is placing Flanders on the world map of scientific research and industrial development. Gimv manages this fund on behalf of the Flemish Region
Deloitte
As a leading audit and consulting practice in Belgium, Deloitte offers value added services in audit, accounting, tax, consulting and financial advisory services. In Belgium, Deloitte has more than 2,500 employees serving national and international companies, from small and middle-sized enterprises, to public sector and non-profit organisations. The turnover reached 295 million euro in the financial year 2010. The Belgian firm is a member of the international group Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. Deloitte has set up an Innovation Center of Excellence that gathers advisors from all its business units who have in-depth knowledge and experience in the field of counseling young Hi-Tech SMEs, growth enterprises and R&D intensive corporations. This team of experts is available to innovative companies through one central point of contact. Hence, the Innovation Center functions as a unique partner for entrepreneurs in providing fast and integrated solutions.
Flanders Investment & Trade
Flanders Investment & Trade is the government agency supporting home-based companies doing business abroad and foreign companies looking to set up or expand their operations in Flanders, the northern region of Belgium.
www.flandersinvestmentandtrade.com / www.investinflanders.com
Gimv
Gimv is a European investment company with more than 30 years of experience in private equity and venture capital. The company is listed on Euronext Brussels and currently manages around 1.8 billion EUR (including third party funds) of investments in 85 portfolio companies, which jointly realise a turnover of more than EUR 6 billion and employ over 28,000 professionals.
As a recognized market leader in selected investment platforms, Gimv identifies entrepreneurial and innovative companies with high-growth potential and supports them in their transformation into market leaders. Gimv’s four investment platforms are: Consumer 2020, Health & Care, Smart Industries and Sustainable Cities. Each of these platforms works with a skilled and dedicated team across Gimv’s home markets of the Benelux, France and Germany and can count on an extended international network of experts.
IWT
IWT, the agency for Innovation by Science and Technology, is a governmental agency established by the Flemish Government in 1991 to provide R&D and innovation support in Flanders.
For this IWT has several financial tools and an annual budget of circa 300 million EUR available to support projects. In addition to direct funding, a variety of services is provided to the local industry in the field of technology transfer, partner search, information about international subsidy options, etc.
IWT has also an important co-ordination mission, aiming at a strong co-operation between all organisations in Flanders, offering technological innovation services to companies. Over the years IWT has expanded into the knowledge center for R&D and innovation in Flanders.
Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
Our mission
• The care of our patients inspires us, day in, day out. Our objective is to create, develop and deliver ground-breaking therapeutic solutions.
• Patient care is the central focus of everything we do. This has always been our main reason for existing, and continues to be so after more than 50 years.
• The discovery, development and supply of therapeutic solutions for various clinical pictures is our main mission. All other activities contribute to supporting these main activities.
• We aspire to uncover unique solutions that will bring about a breakthrough in the treatment of as many patients as possible.
• We help our employees to develop themselves further over the course of their careers. Thanks to their know-how, experience and motivation, we are convinced that we will continue to be one of the world leaders in health care.
VIB
VIB is a life sciences research institute in Flanders, Belgium.
With more than 1200 scientists from over 60 countries, we perform basic research into the molecular foundations of life. VIB is an excellence-based entrepreneurial institute that focuses on translating basic scientific results into pharmaceutical, agricultural and industrial applications. VIB works in close partnership with four universities − UGent, KU Leuven, University of Antwerp and Vrije Universiteit Brussel and is funded by the Flemish government. VIB develops and disseminates a wide range of science-based information about all aspects of biotechnology.
Sponsors
Platinum sponsors
Kaye Scholer LLP
Kaye Scholer is a national law firm with international capabilities, combining the deep experience and business acumen of a century-old firm with a forward-looking, results-driven approach centered around lasting client relationships. Our multidisciplinary Life Sciences group takes a comprehensive holistic approach in addressing the issues and exploiting the opportunities that affect the very foundations of our pharmaceutical, medical device, biotech and health tech clients’ businesses. Whether it’s structuring a complex drug development deal, negotiating an acquisition, protecting intellectual property, minimizing exposure to mass tort liability, resolving complex biotech disputes or staving off government investigations, the business of life sciences and the development and commercialization of health technology is deeply ingrained in our DNA, touching nearly every area of our practice.
To help your company stay ahead of the curve, we go beyond pure legal issues and align with your business and strategic objectives to devise creative solutions tailored for you.
Gold sponsors
ThromboGenics NV
ThromboGenics is an integrated biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative ophthalmic medicines. The Company’s lead product, JETREA® (ocriplasmin), has been approved by the US FDA for the treatment of symptomatic VMA and was launched in January 2013. In Europe, it has been approved for the treatment of vitreomacular traction (VMT), including when associated with macular hole of diameter less than or equal to 400 microns.
In March 2012, ThromboGenics signed a strategic partnership with Alcon (Novartis) for the commercialization of JETREA® outside the United States. Under this agreement, ThromboGenics could receive up to a total of €375 million in up-front and milestone payments. It will receive significant royalties from Alcon’s net sales of JETREA®. ThromboGenics and Alcon intend to share the costs equally of developing JETREA® for a number of new vitreoretinal indications.
ThromboGenics is also further exploring anti-PIGF (Placental Growth Factor), formerly referred to as TB-403, for the treatment of ophthalmic and oncology indications.
ThromboGenics is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium, and has-offices in Iselin, NJ (US) and Dublin, Ireland. The Company is listed on the NYSE Euronext Brussels exchange under the symbol THR. More information is available at www.thrombogenics.com.
Silver sponsors
Biotech Fonds Vlaanderen
The Biotech Fonds Vlaanderen was set up in 1994 to provide venture capital to existing and starting medium and large sized companies in the Flemish biotechnology sector. The fund’s remit includes attracting new biotech companies to start or develop activities in Flanders. In this way the fund is
placing Flanders on the world map of scientific research and industrial development. Gimv manages this fund on behalf of the Flemish Region.
Deloitte
As a leading audit and consulting practice in Belgium, Deloitte offers value added services in audit, accounting, tax, consulting and financial advisory services. In Belgium, Deloitte has more than 2,500 employees serving national and international companies, from small and middle-sized enterprises, to public sector and non-profit organisations. The turnover reached 295 million euro in the financial year 2010. The Belgian firm is a member of the international group Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. Deloitte has set up an Innovation Center of Excellence that gathers advisors from all its business units who have in-depth knowledge and experience in the field of counseling young Hi-Tech SMEs, growth enterprises and R&D intensive corporations. This team of experts is available to innovative companies through one central point of contact. Hence, the Innovation Center functions as a unique partner for entrepreneurs in providing fast and integrated solutions.
Flanders Investment & Trade
Flanders Investment & Trade is the government agency supporting home-based companies doing business abroad and foreign companies looking to set up or expand their operations in Flanders, the northern region of Belgium.
www.flandersinvestmentandtrade.com / www.investinflanders.com
Genohm SA
Next Generation Labs. Next generation LIMS.
Genohm is a well-established lab-informatics company, est. 2002, that entered the LIMS/ELN market in 2009 with SLims. Building upon an extensive bioinformatics consulting expertise within the life sciences R&D world, a unique environment was put together to support the ever-increasing complexity of handling, analyzing and understanding biological data. SLims accommodates this by providing laboratories with one integrated LIMS+ELN environment that tracks data and samples from the original sample shipment down to the result from lab machines and in-silico analysis pipelines. SLims fully accommodates the needs of any research lab, next-generation sequencing lab, service facility, biobank or QC lab.
Gimv
Gimv is a European investment company with more than 30 years of experience in private equity and venture capital. The company is listed on Euronext Brussels and currently manages around 1.8 billion EUR (including third party funds) of investments in 85 portfolio companies, which jointly realise a turnover of more than EUR 6 billion and employ over 28,000 professionals.
As a recognized market leader in selected investment platforms, Gimv identifies entrepreneurial and innovative companies with high-growth potential and supports them in their transformation into market leaders. Gimv’s four investment platforms are: Consumer 2020, Health & Care, Smart Industries and Sustainable Cities. Each of these platforms works with a skilled and dedicated team across Gimv’s home markets of the Benelux, France and Germany and can count on an extended international network of experts.
GSK
GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines (GSK Vaccines), GlaxoSmithKline’s vaccines business, is one of the world’s leading vaccine companies and a leader in innovation. The company is active in vaccine research, development and production with over 30 vaccines approved for marketing and 20 more in development - both in the prophylactic and therapeutic fields. Headquartered in Belgium with 7500 employees, GSK Vaccines has 14 manufacturing sites strategically positioned around the globe. GlaxoSmithKline, one of the world’s leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, is committed to improving the quality of human life.
IWT
IWT, the agency for Innovation by Science and Technology, is a governmental agency established by the Flemish Government in 1991 to provide R&D and innovation support in Flanders. For this IWT has several financial tools and an annual budget of circa 300 million EUR available to support projects. In addition to direct funding, a variety of services is provided to the local industry in the field of technology transfer, partner search, information about international subsidy options, etc. IWT has also an important co-ordination mission, aiming at a strong co-operation between all organisations in Flanders, offering technological innovation services to companies. Over the years IWT has expanded into the knowledge center for R&D and innovation in Flanders.
Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
Our mission
• The care of our patients inspires us, day in, day out. Our objective is to create, develop and deliver ground-breaking therapeutic solutions.
• Patient care is the central focus of everything we do. This has always been our main reason for existing, and continues to be so after more than 50 years.
• The discovery, development and supply of therapeutic solutions for various clinical pictures is our main mission. All other activities contribute to supporting these main activities.
• We aspire to uncover unique solutions that will bring about a breakthrough in the treatment of as many patients as possible.
• We help our employees to develop themselves further over the course of their careers. Thanks to their know-how, experience and motivation, we are convinced that we will continue to be one of the world leaders in health care.
KBC Securities
KBC Securities is the leading domestic equity house in the core markets of the KBC Group. We focus on both institutional and retail customers. We specialize in Institutional Sales and brokerage, Retail brokerage, Securities Services, M&A and Debt & Equity Capital Markets. Building long-term client relationships is key to our business. KBC Securities creates added value through a thorough knowledge of its local markets and companies, by offering both local as well as cross border solutions. KBC Securities is present in Belgium and selected East European countries with a specific focus on Small & Mid Cap Companies. For more information, please visit: www.kbcsecurities.com.
KBC Group, our parent company, is an independent financial group with roots in Belgium and international presence in some 26 countries worldwide. It is listed on Euronext Brussels and the Luxemburg Stock Exchange.
KBC Securities was recently awarded No 1. Brokerage House Mid & Small Caps, Derivatives Markets and Bond Finance House by NYSE Euronext Brussels and 2nd best institutional sales & brokerage firm in Europe.
VIB
VIB is a life sciences research institute in Flanders, Belgium. With more than 1200 scientists from over 60 countries, we perform basic research into the molecular foundations of life. VIB is an excellence-based entrepreneurial institute that focuses on translating basic scientific results into pharmaceutical, agricultural and industrial applications. VIB works in close partnership with four universities − UGent, KU Leuven, University of Antwerp and Vrije Universiteit Brussel and is funded by the Flemish government. VIB develops and disseminates a wide range of science-based information about all aspects of biotechnology.
Sponsors other sponsorship opportunities
Bayer CropScience
Innovation Center for Agricultural Biotechnology
The Innovation Center for plant biotechnology of Bayer CropScience NV, located in Belgium - Gent/Astene, is one of the major R&D centers of the Bayer CropScience division of Bayer AG. The site has currently more than 350 employees from more than 25 different nationalities. Bayer CropScience is a leading international player in research, development and commercialization of seeds with added value traits and innovative solutions for crop protection with tailored service and expert advice. The headquarters are in Monheim, Germany and the division has more than 20,700 employees in 120 countries.
Biocartis
Biocartis aims to improve healthcare outcomes by enabling the practice of personalized medicine anywhere, anytime. Biocartis’ ambition is to establish a new gold standard in diagnostic testing.
Biocartis’ innovative research and diagnostic systems are characterized by multiplex detection and simplified workflows which require less hands-on time and minimize sample requirements (including formalin fixed paraffin embedded –FFPE- tumour biopsies). Additionally, Biocartis develops assays which have high clinical utility and compelling health economic value. Oncology is the primary focus of Biocartis as this is one of the greatest unmet needs for personalized medicine that requires individualized diagnosis and treatment of cancer patients.
Biocartis is a rapidly growing company; to date Biocartis staff includes over 150 people. The company has raised in total close to €150 million ($ 200M) in equity.
In December 2012, Biocartis launched its revolutionary detection platform, Dynamic Multi-Analyte Technology (“DMAT”), and has thus evolved from a late-stage development company into a commercial business.
Centrum voor Medische Innovatie vzw
The Center for BioMedical Innovation - CMI - has been set up as a non-profit foundation by the Government of Flanders in collaboration with the universities/university hospitals and the health care industry in Flanders to accelerate the translation of innovation in human health care into novel clinical applications. CMI’s first project is the creation and coordination of the Flemish Biobank, a virtual biobank in specific disease fields, according to strict quality criteria for the biological materials and accompanying clinical data sets.
CropDesign N.V.
CropDesign is a biotech company delivering agronomic biotech traits for the global commercial seed markets. The company’s trait discovery and development program focuses on enhancing grain yield of crops such as corn and rice, and increasing biomass of energy crops. Corn is the world’s leading crop in terms of seed market value and yield enhancement is the most important value driver for both growers and seed companies. Rice is an emerging commercial seed market with substantial growth opportunities for the years to come. The company’s trait discovery program is powered by the TraitMillTM platform, a unique platform for applied genomics. CropDesign was founded in 1998 as a spin-off from the VIB (Flanders Institute for Biotechnology) and employs ca. 140 people at its research facilities in Gent. Since June 2006 CropDesign is part of BASF Plant Science.
Emtex bvba
EMTEX offers professional medical writing services to the pharmaceutical, biotech, food and medical device industry. Since medical writing is our core business for more than 15 years, we have gained extensive know how and expertise with respect to various types of documents and different therapeutic areas. Our experienced and highly qualified medical writers are trained and supported in house to develop clear, concise and accurate documents. Long-term relationships with several companies resulted in knowledge and insight regarding the most efficient practices in medical writing for delivering documents within often extremely tight timelines.
For companies that are not facing a regulatory submission in the near future or do not have many compounds in the pipeline, maintaining a medical writing team can be challenging in terms of costs. Consequently, most companies prefer to outsource medical writing to obtain quality services in a more cost effective way. The added value of outsourcing is the broad range of experience and unbiased attitude from external medical writers.
Fournier-Majoie Foundation
Our mission is to identify, incentivize and guide promising researchers to develop breakthrough solutions for the benefit of cancer patients.
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Genzyme
Genzyme is committed to discovering and delivering transformative therapies for patients with rare and special unmet medical needs, providing hope where there was none before.
LBT Testing & Calibration
Temperature - Humidity - Pressue - CO² - O² - Calibration -Mapping - Qualification - Laboratory and on Site services -Training Advice - Support - Expertise
QUALITY BY DESIGN NV
QbD offers consulting services to companies in the pharmaceutical, biotech and cosmetics industry. 40 validation experts, technology transfer engineers, QA consultants and trainers listen to your specific needs, and deliver a tailored solution for your business. QbD is well-established in Belgium and the Netherlands, with customers ranging from small companies to global enterprises.
Validation services • process validation, cleaning validation, computer software validation • set-up, validation & optimization of laboratory methods • regulatory consulting and GMP/GLP/GAMP5 training • quality internal and vendor compliance audits • system specs & user requirements development • installation, operational and performance qualifications • SOP development assistance
Technology transfer services • regulatory consulting • development of technology transfer strategies • gap analysis of sending and receiving sites • technology transfer planning and documentation
Quality management services • development or optimization of QMS systems (on paper or supported by a SharePoint-based solution)
ReGenesys
ReGenesys is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Athersys, a publicly held biotechnology company (NASDAQ) located in Cleveland, Ohio. The company’s core business is in regenerative medicine. The company has developed MultiStem®, a stem cell therapeutic based on pluripotent stem cells isolated from bone marrow. The company has established master cell banks and successfully produced a cGMP cell product by FDA guidelines. The product is in Phase II clinical study for inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), acute myocardial infarct (AMI) and ischemic stroke. A Phase I for graft versus-host disease (GVHD) in BM transplantation following leukemia has also just been completed. ReGenesys is establishing the next generation product, a xeno-free product and is currently developing additional stem cell banks and European manufacturing capability.
SYNTAXON
Syntaxon helps companies communicate and advertise their scientific and technological innovations by creating brands and logos, designing graphics and artwork, and developing websites. Syntaxon also assists young and growing businesses with strategic advice.
Syntaxon is staffed by scientists with expertise in ICT, bioinformatics and biotech, and above all, with proven entrepreneural skills. Our practical knowledge of all aspects of setting up and running a business, from writing a business plan to applying for grants and patents, hiring personnel, establishing corporate identity, communicating with customers, scientists and investors, is based on two decades of field experience.
Syntaxon is an efficient partner for businesses in life sciences, ICT and technology: a one-stop shop for operational and strategic advice, brand and corporate identity development, and scientific and commercial communication.
Media partners
Citigate Dewe Rogerson
Your ideal prescription for Pharma & Biotech communications.
Citigate is one of the world’s leading strategic communications consultancies.
Our Pharma & Biotech team has established a reputation for excellence spanning financial, corporate and scientific communications; this has enabled us to become trusted advisors and to build a broad portfolio including some of the most innovative and exciting international life sciences companies. Our clients are at all stages of development, from start-up to multinationals, and our activities are focused on delivering campaigns that support corporate objectives. As a result, we have worked on many of the most significant transactions and events in the life science sector over the past decade.
Media Facilities
Media Facilities is a movie production company active in many different areas with a very strong presence in the medical- and bio sector. We produce movies, graphical animations as well as interactive tools. These graphical animations differ from basic 2D- to very detailed medical 3D animations.
Amongst our clients are most international pharmaceutical companies as well as multinationals in all possible industries.
Although we work with high level photography and well thought graphical solutions our emphasis always lies on the story and the message presented to a specific target audience.
One team to get your message across from concept to finished project.
Exhibitors
Ablynx
Ablynx is focused on the discovery and development of Nanobodies®, a novel class of antibody-derived therapeutic proteins based on single-domain antibody fragments, for a range of serious human diseases including inflammation, haematology, oncology and pulmonary disease.
The unique characteristics of Nanobodies and continuous innovation have allowed Ablynx, and its partners, to develop differentiated drug products such as both antagonistic and agonistic Nanobodies, bispecific Nanobodies, Nanobodies against challenging targets such as ion channels and GPCRs, Nanobodies that are administered through alternative routes of administration and Nanobodies half-lives which can be modulated from hours to days to weeks.
Advipro
Our mission & vision: • to develop and manage experience, competences, tools and knowledge • to fulfill our customers’ needs by supporting their projects and processes in a flexible, compliant and competitive way • to become The GxP Reference
Advipro provides flexible total services for GxP activities which are offered by our specialized engineers. Our people receive intensive support which creates a strong network of knowledge that offers unique advantages for the customer. All services are focused on the quality of the design, implementation and operation of critical systems, processes and facilities in regulated GxP environments.
Project Support • Commissioning • Qualification • Validation • Quality Assurance • Engineering
Consulting • GxP risk assessments • Project management • GxP benchmarking • Quality systems • GMP training
Testing • Cleanroom & operation room validation • Biosafety & flow cabinets • Temperature & humidity mappings • Microbial sampling • On-site calibration • Your project!
Solutions: • Particle counters • Microbial air samplers • Monitoring systems • Test equipment rental • Your solution!
AIM
AIM, Your Supply Chain Connection
AIM delivers end to end Supply Chain & Operations Interim Management, Project Management & Executional Consultancy solutions.
Our focus is on the Pharmaceutical, Life Science, Biotech Industry. AIM has an extensive track record amongst others in building European Biotech Supply Chains.
Our hundred and twenty-five Supply Chain & Operations Professionals have the education, the experience and the drive to take the decisions required to get a job done.
AIM has the tools, the skills and experience to develop and safeguard solid operations and sustainable growth by enabling our people to deliver the best they have.
AIP NV
Being member of the BIP Platform for Life Sciences you can invite your suppliers to provide their electronic catalogue, containing your contract prices, directly in your catalogue library online, while you are keeping full control. Integrated into your ERPsystem through only one interaction with BIPP, all article data of your suppliers can also be transferred easily to your ERP-system. Through the same interaction all your suppliers can receive your internally approved (e-)orders and provide your system with your (e-)invoices. Saving operational time and money through correct budget reservations, correct invoices and plenty of additional information and instruments for all stakeholders of the procurement process (researchers, budget owners, the purchasing department, finance & general management, and SHE management last but not least) allowing you to purchase conform European regulations (public procurement, Occupational health, environment, ...). For biotech & chemical companies, pharma, research institutes, hospitals, universities and other groups active in Life Sciences in the EC.
Altran
ALTRAN: A GLOBAL LEADER IN INNOVATION AND HIGH-TECH ENGINEERING CONSULTING
Altran leads the world in high-tech and innovation engineering consulting, focusing on a large array of sectors: healthcare, energy, automotive, railway, transportation, aerospace, defence, finance, government, media and telecommunications. We offer consulting services covering every stage of project development, from strategic planning to production readiness.
With over 30 years of experience, Altran believes in innovation – especially when it makes progress possible. Every day, our 17,500 consultants in 20 different countries use innovative solutions to bring our clients’ projects to life. Designed in response to complex technical issues, these solutions enable our clients to showcase their know-how and stay ahead in today’s competitive market.
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Amgen n.v.
Amgen discovers, develops, manufactures, and delivers innovative human therapeutics. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen was one of the first companies to realize the new science’s promise by bringing safe, effective medicines from lab to manufacturing plant to patient. Amgen therapeutics have changed the practice of medicine, helping people around the world in the fight against serious illnesses. With a deep and broad pipeline of potential new medicines, Amgen remains committed to advancing science to dramatically improve people’s lives. For more information, visit www.amgen.com and follow us on www.twitter.com/amgen.
ANALIS
As a distributor of laboratory instruments on the Benelux market, Analis is primarily oriented towards research activities, biotechnology applications, medical in vitro diagnostics and quality control. Analis has been involved in supplying and supporting laboratory equipment for the Life Science marketplace since more than 50 years. We are present in biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies (from basic research to production), as well as in the agro- and food industry. Our mission is to provide genetic, proteomics, metabolomics or cellular analysis researchers with the adequate instruments and proper support tools. Furthermore, by offering a full range of flexible automation systems, we can help you to increase your lab productivity. Giving high level application and service support is our highest priority. Analis has a research unit : “Analis R&D Diag” which develops Electrophoresis and CE in vitro diagnostic kits (CEOfix™) (www.analis.be/ceofix) – This unit is composed of highly trained people, offers training & support, and assistance including running customer samples.
Appelmans Consulting
Unleash the full potential of your contracts.
• Save more money by organizing your contract follow up more cost efficiently. • Make more money by analyzing your contracts and systematically choosing the most favorable interpretation for each clause. • Continuity guaranteed by embedding your contract follow up in a system easily accessible to all involved. Doing business is about taking decisions. Financial controlling delivers the essential information to make the right decisions.
Projects, contracts and a high degree of uncertainty make the R&D environment very specific.
Expertise is necessary to manage these. With 20 years of experience in financial controlling in Biotech we can deliver this expertise when you need it, and only for the period you need it.
Making your numbers talk.
Applied Maths NV
Applied Maths is a leading bioinformatics software and solutions provider focussing on molecular typing data analysis, with offices in Sint-Martens-Latem (BE) and Austin (USA). Since 1992, the company has gained world-wide recognition in the analysis of biological data, with its main software platform BioNumerics and BioNumerics Server, materialized by a large number of national and international molecular surveillance networks. Applied Maths’ goal is to create powerful yet user-friendly bioinformatics solutions for biologists. The software is licensed in over 100 countries and served for the preparation of over 5000 peer-reviewed papers. For more information, visit our website www.applied-maths.com.
Arnold & Siedsma
Arnold + Siedsma is specialist in the legal protection of intellectual property. From filing patents up to registration and protection of trademarks, designs and other rights. To make in all freedom your idea a commercial success. Renowned for providing excellent service, Arnold + Siedsma was founded more than 90 years ago on the principles of professionalism, integrity and commitment to the client, principles which have made Arnold + Siedsma one of the leading IP law firms in Europe, representing many leading edge high-technology companies, including biotechnology and related life sciences companies.
BDO
BDO is the 5th largest audit and advisory network in the world with a presence of more than 1.100 offices in more than 110 countries. We provide high quality assurance and accounting services, tax and legal advice and perform a wide range of corporate finance services to our clients, and all of this at affordable fees. BDO is especially leading in the segment of highly innovative and rapidly growing companies and therefore also has a strong presence as auditor and advisor of the Flemish biotech scene. For more information please contact Bert Kegels (bert.kegels@bdo.be) or Veerle Catry (veerle.catry@bdo.be).
Belgian Coordinated Collections of Micro-organisms, BCCM
The Belgian Coordinated Collections of Micro-organisms, BCCMTM support biotechnology and life sciences
The BCCM constitute a consortium of 7 complementary research-based Biological Resource Centres, financed and coordinated by the Belgian Federal Science Policy.
• BCCM/IHEM biomedical fungi & yeasts (Scientific Institute of Public Health) • BCCM/ITM mycobacteria (Institute for Tropical Medicine) • BCCM/DCG diatoms (Ghent University) • BCCM/LMBP plasmids & DNA libraries (Ghent University) • BCCM/LMG bacteria (Ghent University) • BCCM/MUCL agro-industrial fungi & yeasts (Catholique University of Louvain-la-Neuve) • BCCM/ULC cyanobacteria (Liège University)
BCCM provides not only biological raw microbial material and related information, but also human expertise, access to research facilities, equipment, and custom services. With these resources, the BCCM also increase its own capacities to operate effectively, to master the technical, regulatory, legal, economic, social constraints of R&D, and thus answer the customer's needs.
Bio-Plus services
Bio-Plus services is an HR service provider to R&D in Life Sciences. We help you manage and meet your demands in R&D: the extra hands or extra brains that make a project happen. We help you manage your shortening deadlines and tight budget.
Our core business is to support your core R&D through a unique triple approach:
1. On- or off-site research project execution, management and consultancy
2. Search and selection of scientific collaborators, from lab technicians to top-notch scientific managers
3. Set-up of dedicated Centers of Excellence.
We send in our scientists to help your scientists, providing services that add value, insight and excellence to your R&D teams.
Bio-Plus services: let’s do research, together.
CMAST BVBA
CMAST provides consultancy, project management and solution delivery expertise to life science customers. We have a solid track record with global leading pharmaceutical companies and innovative biotech customers. We create true valueadd by delivering no-nonsense services and tailor-made solutions. Our offering is focused on the following domains:
Product Development Support • Portfolio and Project Management (PPM) • Business Plan & decision support • Grant Management support • Due Diligence / L&A Support
Project Management Office • Project and Capacity Management Resources for R&D, Regulatory and Supply Chain • Capability Management Services • Training Services related to PMO processes and tools
Solution Delivery In support of our Product Development and Project Management Organization services, we provide solution platforms to support our customer’s business processes: • Enterprise Project Management solution for Life Science customers • Content and Collaboration solution for Life Science customers • Cloud2Connect solution (Project Planning, Collaboration and reporting services in the cloud)
CropDesign N.V.
CropDesign is a biotech company delivering agronomic biotech traits for the global commercial seed markets. The company’s trait discovery and development program focuses on enhancing grain yield of crops such as corn and rice, and increasing biomass of energy crops. Corn is the world’s leading crop in terms of seed market value and yield enhancement is the most important value driver for both growers and seed companies. Rice is an emerging commercial seed market with substantial growth opportunities for the years to come. The company’s trait discovery program is powered by the TraitMillTM platform, a unique platform for applied genomics. CropDesign was founded in 1998 as a spin-off from the VIB (Flanders Institute for Biotechnology) and employs ca. 140 people at its research facilities in Gent. Since June 2006 CropDesign is part of BASF Plant Science.
De Clercq & Partners
De Clercq & Partners is a firm of European patent attorneys and lawyers that provides a full range of Intellectual Property (IP) and legal services.
Our firm offers a range of services covering all aspects of intellectual property (IP), such as carrying out filing and prosecution of patent applications, evaluating intellectual property rights, conducting searches, acting on oppositions and revocation actions, advising and acting on supplementary protection certificates (SPCs), providing IP audit, advising on IP protection optimization strategies, portfolio management and strategic advice, legal opinions such as freedom-to-operate or validity opinions, due diligence, and advising on licensing and infringement matters.
Deloitte
As a leading audit and consulting practice in Belgium, Deloitte offers value added services in audit, accounting, tax, consulting and financial advisory services. In Belgium, Deloitte has more than 2,500 employees serving national and international companies, from small and middle-sized enterprises, to public sector and non-profit organisations. The turnover reached 295 million euro in the financial year 2010. The Belgian firm is a member of the international group Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. Deloitte has set up an Innovation Center of Excellence that gathers advisors from all its business units who have in-depth knowledge and experience in the field of counseling young Hi-Tech SMEs, growth enterprises and R&D intensive corporations. This team of experts is available to innovative companies through one central point of contact. Hence, the Innovation Center functions as a unique partner for entrepreneurs in providing fast and integrated solutions.
Emtex bvba
EMTEX offers professional medical writing services to the pharmaceutical, biotech, food and medical device industry. Since medical writing is our core business for more than 15 years, we have gained extensive know how and expertise with respect to various types of documents and different therapeutic areas. Our experienced and highly qualified medical writers are trained and supported in house to develop clear, concise and accurate documents. Long-term relationships with several companies resulted in knowledge and insight regarding the most efficient practices in medical writing for delivering documents within often extremely tight timelines.
For companies that are not facing a regulatory submission in the near future or do not have many compounds in the pipeline, maintaining a medical writing team can be challenging in terms of costs. Consequently, most companies prefer to outsource medical writing to obtain quality services in a more cost effective way. The added value of outsourcing is the broad range of experience and unbiased attitude from external medical writers.
essenscia/bio.be
The Belgian Association for Bioindustries Bio.be is the biotechnology division of Essenscia. In particular, it represents the players in research, development, testing production and marketing of biotechnology applications, as well as companies offering services in the biotechnology sector. Bio.be has 84 members, generating some 10.000 jobs and a turnover of nearly 3 billion euros. Bio.be represents the interests of its member companies by anticipating, training, leading and by amending rules and legislation. Bio.be and its 3 working groups (red, green and white) are closely involved in the preparation or review of EU regulation and the implementation by the different policy levels. Bio.be is taking care of the specific needs of our young companies and SME's which success is the base of future successes for biotechnologies in Belgium. Bio.be is also the national contact point for EuropaBio. Bio.be members have access to all the services offered by essenscia. Together with essenscia, Bio.be aims for a fast and more efficient representation of the sector.
Eurogentec
Eurogentec, part of Kaneka Corporation, is a leading supplier of Innovative Solutions to the Life Science Community.
The Life Science Research BU is specialized in innovative solutions in Genomics and Proteomics. Expert in small and large-scale synthesis, Eurogentec proposes a wide range of reagents, kits and consumables such as Custom Oligonucleotides, high performance PCR/qPCR Kits & Reagents, catalogue dyes, peptides & antibodies but also the design and synthesis of custom peptides and production of custom antibodies as well as the production of pre-dispensed assays in GMP environment.
The In Vitro Diagnostics BU provides technical and project support for contract manufacturing of GMP oligonucleotides and Taq DNA polymerases for use in Molecular Diagnostic applications.
The GMP BioManufacturing BU is a US FDA inspected full-service Contract Manufacturing Organization (CMO) offering expertise in technology transfer, process development, scale-up and cGMP manufacturing of proteins, protein conjugates, plasmid DNA and bacterial vaccines for pre-clinical, clinical and commercial uses.
Europe, Middle East & Africa Clinical Research (EMEACR)
Europe, Middle East and Africa/Asia Clinical Research (EMEACR) is a full-service Contract Research Organization (CRO) that conducts and manages ethical clinical research on drugs, biologics, medical devices and natural health products. We have the quality service and legal access to regulatory authorities in the EMEA & Asia Region. With our extensive experience and dedicated team, we help you plan and manage your trials from beginning to end (phase I-IV), from study design and feasibility to the conduct of BA/BE studies and PK studies, patient recruitment, clinical monitoring, document and data management.
We work closely and directly with investigators and sites to ensure that the right information is given and collected and that all protocols are followed and deadlines are met. Our tools and processes help you to avoid the costs, risks, and delays due to errors and poor planning that all too often curse clinical trials.
EMEACR has been focusing the last few years on clinical research in emerging markets such as Africa, Middle East & Asia and is able to deliver high quality services in several countries in those regions.
FAKKEL bvba
FAKKEL bvba provides expert support in the early phases of medical device product development to bring products efficiently to market by developing a strong clinical strategy and by implementation of the required clinical trials, preclinical research and essential quality system and risk management aspects. In addition, expertise is present to improve efficiency of existing organizations and to provide interim management and leadership.
Fern Valley
Fern Valley is a truly innovative Clinical Research Services organization. We have a clear focus on clinical research in pharma, medical devices & biotech. We provide integrated Services & Solutions aligned to the needs of our customers. Our business is to understand what drives your success!
Fern Valley stands for high quality customer service and value-adding performance in: • Business Services Whether your needs are long-term or ad-hoc our consultants will support you in the different steps of your clinical trial (enrollment, monitoring, CRF design, DM, …). • IT- Services Our consultants liaise with a team of over 2000 IT-people in a company that has been around for over 2 decades. Their hands-on experience adds value to your IT-projects such as e-learning & social media. • Permanent & Flexible Staffing Successful staffing is the key to the success of your project. Our main focus lies on teaming up the right clinical research professional with the right company. A pool of IT specialists benefits from our support for the specifics of clinical research & regulatory compliance.
Flanders Investment & Trade
Flanders Investment & Trade is the government agency supporting home-based companies doing business abroad and foreign companies looking to set up or expand their operations in Flanders, the northern region of Belgium.
www.flandersinvestmentandtrade.com / www.investinflanders.com
Formac Pharmaceuticals NV
Formac Pharmaceuticals NV is a leading drug delivery company offering a unique silica-based technology to enhance the oral bioavailability of poorly water-soluble active pharmaceutical ingredients. Formac currently has partnerships with several multinational pharmaceutical companies and small drug discovery companies. For the production of its highly specialised silica-based drug carriers, Formac has a supply alliance with W.R. Grace & Co., one of the world’s leading suppliers of specialty chemicals and materials. Formac was incorporated in 2007 as a spin-off company from the University of Leuven.
Genohm SA
Next Generation Labs. Next generation LIMS.
Genohm is a well-established lab-informatics company, est. 2002, that entered the LIMS/ELN market in 2009 with SLims. Building upon an extensive bioinformatics consulting expertise within the life sciences R&D world, a unique environment was put together to support the ever-increasing complexity of handling, analyzing and understanding biological data. SLims accommodates this by providing laboratories with one integrated LIMS+ELN environment that tracks data and samples from the original sample shipment down to the result from lab machines and in-silico analysis pipelines. SLims fully accommodates the needs of any research lab, next-generation sequencing lab, service facility, biobank or QC lab.
Gimv
Gimv is a European investment company with more than 30 years of experience in private equity and venture capital. The company is listed on Euronext Brussels and currently manages around 1.8 billion EUR (including third party funds) of investments in 85 portfolio companies, which jointly realise a turnover of more than EUR 6 billion and employ over 28,000 professionals.
As a recognized market leader in selected investment platforms, Gimv identifies entrepreneurial and innovative companies with high-growth potential and supports them in their transformation into market leaders. Gimv’s four investment platforms are: Consumer 2020, Health & Care, Smart Industries and Sustainable Cities. Each of these platforms works with a skilled and dedicated team across Gimv’s home markets of the Benelux, France and Germany and can count on an extended international network of experts.
Hamilton Robotics GmbH
Hamilton Robotics designs and manufactures fully automated robotic systems. The products range from unique, custom laboratory automation solutions (turnkey solutions) on standard applications validated through partnership programs with renowned biotechnology companies as well as OEM solutions to the top ten diagnostic companies.The combination of great know-how of the engineers and experienced scientists in biotechnology, drug discovery, diagnostics and software as well as the constant development and improvement allows Hamilton to satisfy customers’ needs. Precision, innovation, reliability and quality are the philosophy of the technology leader Hamilton Robotics.
HR One Pharma
HR One Pharma's focus is on executive search and project staffing in the bio-pharmaceutical and medical devices industry. We have experience in offering talent throughout the entire life cycle of medicinal products and medical devices and we understand the dynamics and key value drivers in the industry.
We cherish talent, we develop expertise and we initiate change. We respect your individual choices and we believe in our credo "You are the One!” Together with our experienced team we guide you to the best opportunities.
We deliver talent through Phase I to Phase IV and beyond. We provide project staffing in data management, quality control, pharmacovigilance, drug safety, regulatory affairs and medical affairs. Thanks to a personal follow-up and interesting training relevant to your development, we ensure a sound basis for your future career growth.
imec
Imec performs world-leading research in nano-electronics and nano-technology. Its staff of 2000 people includes over 600 industrial residents and guest researchers.
Imec's research bridges the gap between fundamental research at universities and technology development in industry. Imec aims to find solutions for future healthcare and wellness needs by combining nanoelectronics and biotechnology into heterogeneous systems for diagnosis and therapy. Imec offers its expertise to clinical, pharmaceutical, medical devices and biotechnology industries by driving and supporting innovation for biomedical tools used across the continuum of care, from diagnosis to post-treatment follow-up. Given its infrastructure and expertise, imec is very well positioned to make a difference in component and systems technology for closed-loop systems in the wellness and lifestyle, healthcare and life-science arenas.
Immuno Valley
Immuno Valley is a business driven public-private consortium of almost forty scientific and business partners. Operating at the interface of human and animal health, Immuno Valley is the premier One Health consortium for recognising science and business opportunities in the field of infectious diseases and immunology. Within Immuno Valley, scientific and business partners form public-private partnerships with the ultimate aim to translate R&D expertise into new products for the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of infectious diseases. Immuno Valley monitors trends in research & development and matches scientific findings with business and funding opportunities. Within Immuno Valley several forms of partnership are available, aimed at reaching a mutually beneficial agreement and well defined project goal, while considering confidentiality. Immuno Valley welcomes new partners! +31 30 253 1142
InnoSer BV
Providing outstanding and local services in the field of GA (in-vivo / in-vitro) models to public and private scientific instititutes under highly attractive terms. Our service portfolio includes: cryopreservation, customized GEMMs, pathology, sanitation,...
IWT
IWT, the agency for Innovation by Science and Technology, is a governmental agency established by the Flemish Government in 1991 to provide R&D and innovation support in Flanders. For this IWT has several financial tools and an annual budget of circa 300 million EUR available to support projects. In addition to direct funding, a variety of services is provided to the local industry in the field of technology transfer, partner search, information about international subsidy options, etc. IWT has also an important co-ordination mission, aiming at a strong co-operation between all organisations in Flanders, offering technological innovation services to companies. Over the years IWT has expanded into the knowledge center for R&D and innovation in Flanders.
KBC Securities
KBC Securities is the leading domestic equity house in the core markets of the KBC Group. We focus on both institutional and retail customers. We specialize in Institutional Sales and brokerage, Retail brokerage, Securities Services, M&A and Debt & Equity Capital Markets. Building long-term client relationships is key to our business. KBC Securities creates added value through a thorough knowledge of its local markets and companies, by offering both local as well as cross border solutions. KBC Securities is present in Belgium and selected East European countries with a specific focus on Small & Mid Cap Companies. For more information, please visit: www.kbcsecurities.com.
KBC Group, our parent company, is an independent financial group with roots in Belgium and international presence in some 26 countries worldwide. It is listed on Euronext Brussels and the Luxemburg Stock Exchange.
KBC Securities was recently awarded No 1. Brokerage House Mid & Small Caps, Derivatives Markets and Bond Finance House by NYSE Euronext Brussels and 2nd best institutional sales & brokerage firm in Europe.
Kinesis Pharma
Kinesis Pharma is an independent drug development organization in the Netherlands and Singapore. Kinesis has a leading position and proven track record in fast and effective early drug development (from candidate selection up to POC in patients, including clinical trial operations, regulatory affairs and formulation development). We understand that resources are limited, especially for start-ups. Therefore, we focus on the critical activities that need to be done to bring a project to a next stage efficiently so that maximal value is obtained upon exit.
Lab Support NV
Lab Support: Run by scientists for scientists!
Lab Support is the leader in placing science professionals on temporary contracts and permanent placements (interim and search & selection).
What makes Lab Support different is that our Recruitment Consultants are experts in their field with firsthand experience in the laboratory. They are familiar with the issues and challenges that you face in your day-to-day recruitment. Their mission is to provide our clients with the best professional employees straight away (operator, lab technician, research analyst, lab supervisor, QA officer, sales support,…). Lab Support can help you with your regular employment, holiday replacements, special projects, seasonal peaks, leaves of absence, unexpected vacancies, staff fluctuations, and temp-to-perm.
LC Patents
We are a partnership of patent agents experienced to write, file and prosecute Patents, Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Models in Europe, with connections all over the world to enalbe cients to efficiently file and co-ordinate applications on a global basis.
We serve you from an industry (business) perspective.
With more than 20 years of industrial expertise, we assist you in dealing with intellectual property rights relevant to your business, facilitating to achieve objectives for your organization and defending your competitive advantage.
We are KMO portefeuille service provider and our document- and time-management system is ISO9001 Certified.
LifeTechLimburg
LifeTechLimburg is the platform organization for the development of the life sciences sector in Belgian Limburg. LifeTechlimburg is your helping hand in biotechnology, medical technology and care technology. We provide support in your search for financing, infrastructure, state-of-the-art research and networking & promotion.
Medanex Clinic bvba
Medanex is a consultancy firm specialized in laboratory animal medicine. Medanex assists biomedical companies and research groups in all aspects of performing their animal studies.
Medanex Clinic is Medanex’ fully equipped in-house service facility for large laboratory animals (sheep, goats, (mini)pigs, llamas and horses).
Our in-house activities are mainly pre-clinical in vivo research and surgery training.
Medanex offers its expertise also outside its own facility, in consultancy.
Veterinarians, lab technicians and animal caretakers specialized in lab animal science and medical R&D provide following range of services:
o Animal selection, screening and purchase
o Housing and care
o Health monitoring and study-related follow-up
o Surgical facilities
o Anesthesia, surgery and post-operative care
o Up-to date medical imaging
o Animal models
o Facility management, including animal caretaking and executing experimental procedures
o Ethical review of animal experiments
o Implementation of health monitoring programs
o Protocol and report writing
o Implementation of quality practices in the in-vivo work
ModiQuest Research
Established in 2004, ModiQuest Research is a service company specialized in the generation and development of monoclonal human and animal antibodies. Besides standard antibody selection platforms such as phage display and immunization procedures, ModiQuest also uses its proprietary M-Fuse™ (hybridoma-electrofusion) and M-Select™ (B-cell selection) technologies to generate highly specific high-affinity monoclonal antibodies against virtually any target, including low-immunogenic antigens. ModiQuest is well known in the industry for providing high-quality services at competitive prices and works together with both, biotech and Big Pharma companies.
In addition to its lead antibody generation services, ModiQuest has also developed a highly powerful, efficient, and easy to use Collagen Antibody Induced Arthritis mouse model (CAIA). This arthritis model is ideal for rapid screening of novel arthritis therapeutics as well as for studying the mechanisms involved in the development of arthritis.
Contact us for more information about our lead antibody generation services or our CAIA model.
Novellas Healthcare
Novellas Healthcare has more than 10 years of experience in people-related services for the healthcare sector. By permanently looking ahead, we’re able to anticipate changes in healthcare and offer a complete set of empowering solutions.
Whether you’re a customer looking for the way to maximize your human capital, or you’re a professional looking for your next career move… You’ve come to the right place at Novellas Healthcare.
We present our services in 4 business lines, which allows us to stay focused and continuously operate at top-level. On the other hand it allows us to provide to our customers tailor-made solutions by picking the right set of high-class services.
Our people-related services: - Permanent staffing solutions - Flexible staffing solutions - Training & Coaching - Patient programs
Novellas Healthcare establishes long-term partnerships - with candidates and customers - with different approaches but only one goal: maximizing human capital.
Since 2012, Novellas Healthcare operates also on an international level with affiliates in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
ontoforce
ontoforce is a technology company, using the force of linked data & the newest technology to easily discover new insights in massive amounts of data.
disQover is a user-friendly search engine that establishes intelligent links between different autonomous sources of information: your own databases, databases of other departments or companies within your concern, external sources such as the internet, social media and so on.
disQover connects these different sources of information with each other and really understands what you are looking for exactly. Instead of an endless list with search results you get an overview of only the things that are interesting to you.
disQover is able to search enormous amounts of information at an extremely high speed, establish relevant links and suggest lines of reasoning that you would not have come up with yourself. In that way you can shorten the research cycle, save enormous amounts of money and become more competitive as a company. After all, your product can be launched on the market much faster.
Ordina Belgium NV
Ordina’s Quality & compliance team is highly educated, multidisciplinary, intensively trained and rich in practical experience. The team members have a depth of knowledge of regulations, standards, guidelines and industry best practices.
The Quality & compliance team offers advice and training, and it provides support for all your GxP activities and projects. If desired, it may take full responsibility: from process & product support to software & process validation, quality control and quality management systems. Following a science and risk-based approach, Ordina identifies the critical steps in your processes, and helps you improve the effectiveness and efficiency of your validation and documentation efforts.
Ordina offers services within many competence domains, giving attention to your specific needs, your business processes and your project situation:
• Computer systems validation • Facility, process and product support solutions • Technology transfer • Quality control solutions • Quality and compliance assessment • Quality management systems • Quality and compliance training
Ovizio Imaging Systems
At Ovizio we develop advanced quantitative imaging devices based on a new, cost cutting technology: 'Digital Holographic Microscopy'. Our devices are used in the Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Diagnostics markets.
Our non-invasive approach breaks the barriers between 3D microscopy and flow cytometry and is applied to analyze cells directly in their culture environment. Typical applications: label-free viable cell counting, cell studies, confluency measurement, online bioreactor monitoring.
OXYRANE BELGIUM NV
Oxyrane develops enzyme replacement therapies (ERTs) for the treatment of lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs) - where an inherited, deficient enzyme leads to undesired cellular waste accumulation and disease. We engineer these deficient /absent enzymes to improve their targeting and activity. Our lead product is a pre-clinicalERT for Pompe Disease - a serious muscle disease - produced using engineered yeast cells. Oxyrane develops recombinant enzyme products using a proprietary, engineered yeast expression platform based on Yarrowia lipolytica. The expression host has been engineered to produce proteins with a specific "targeting" sugar structure required for effective intracellular localisation - mannose 6-phosphate (M6P). Registered in 2006, Oxyrane is a private, venture-capital funded company with a head office in Manchester, England; research operations in Gent, Belgium and Medical/Regulatory activities in Boston, Massachusetts. Our research group based in Ghent currently consists of more than 30 scientists of various disciplines as well as an administrative/operational team.
Pall Life Sciences
Pall Life Sciences provides leading-edge products and services to meet the demanding needs of customers discovering, developing and producing biotech drugs, vaccines and chemically synthesized pharmaceuticals, and to help protect patients in hospitals and nursing homes. Our membranes and membrane devices optimize detection and sample preparation in drug research and clinical diagnostics, as well as in the growing genomics and proteomics markets.
Pall is a leading provider of separation systems and single-use filtration and purification technologies to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to support faster development of new drugs and vaccines that are safer and require less energy and water to produce.
Through the recent acquisition of ForteBio, Pall Life Sciences now also offers analytical systems that enable real-time analysis of biomolecular interactions (protein quantification and characterization of protein-protein interactions, etc.) in micro-volume sample sizes, providing information on affinity, kinetics, and concentration. Pall Life Sciences brands now include ForteBio® and Octet®, BLItz™.
Partners for Growth
Xintera provides consulting services in drug development, including biologicals and ATMPs. We help our clients optimize product development pathways, mitigate clinical and regulatory development risk and create health outcomes evidence building strategies for future market access. www.xintera.com
P95 offers solutions in Pharmacovigilance and Epidemiology. P95 provides support for the design, conduct, and analysis of epidemiological studies as well as for the identification and analysis of patient databases. P95 also assists with all aspects of the drug/vaccine safety process, including the development of risk management strategies and benefit-risk assessments. www.p-95.com
Partners for Growth is a joint P95 – Xintera initiative that found its origin in an innovative collaborative project for a Flemish biotech company. PfG is extending this collaboration by creating a network of high-quality service providers in various areas of the drug development process.
Peira bvba
Peira is a technology provider/integrator and ‘applied science’ partner for life science groups who want to build new, innovative research or proof of principle set ups. The company has industrial experience in developing tools for pharmaceutical development activities, in vivo/ex vivo and in vitro experimental set ups and imaging automation for researchers in several therapeutic areas, such as neuroscience and oncology. Peira designs, builds and maintains customized research platforms and medical devices.
Pepric
Pepric offers equipment for quantitative detection and imaging of cells or particles in tissue samples.
With Pepric’s instrumentation, it becomes possible to quantify cells or particles for migration studies or biodistribution studies.
The first product is a pre-clinical ex-vivo tool for the analysis of biological tissues and fluid samples. Sample analysis does not require sample preparation. It is a non-invasive method, cells keep their functionality when analyzed before and after administration and tissues are conserved for further analysis e.g. for histology.
The next generation instruments under development are in-vivo screening and imaging tools for quantitative determination of cell and particle distribution within the animal body.
Learn more about it and visit www.pepric.com
PerkinElmer
PerkinElmer is committed to improving the health and safety of people and the environment by delivering the knowledge, expertise and innovative solutions that accelerate the understanding of human and environmental health to better diagnose, treat and prevent disease. Our life science research instrumentation, reagents and software tools encompass core areas of research including genomic analysis, cellular, tissue and in vivo imaging, biomarkers, biotherapeutics and targeted small molecule discovery bridging the gap between in vitro assays and in vivo results towards the goal of personalized medicine.
PERSEUS bvba
PERSEUS offers efficient solutions for biorisk management and regulatory compliance. Biorisk management covers all aspects of biological safety and security such as risk assessment, containment requirements, training, audit, transport, waste handling and emergency preparedness. PERSEUS experts can act as external biosafety officers to your organisation.
PERSEUS integrates technical background with an in depth knowledge of the European regulatory requirements for biological material, including genetically modified organisms. We assist clients in complying with complex regulatory requirements on contained use, workers protection, pathogens, import and export, emergency planning, deliberate releases such as field trials and clinical trials and commercial applications.
Focusing on Europe, PERSEUS Associates ensure broad geographical coverage and access to EU member state authorities.
Pharma Support
PHARMA SUPPORT, along with its divisions MEDDEV SUPPORT and CARE SUPPORT, is a recruitment, executive search and outsourcing company, dedicated to the health care sector. Our clients are mainly medical companies, committed actively to the development and/or distribution of medical devices, diagnostics, human and veterinary pharmaceuticals and biotechnology but also multiple non-profit organisations (hospitals, public health institutions, health insurance companies...). We seek professionals at each hierarchical level (entry, middle and top management level) and offer them challenging career opportunities within the above mentioned areas. Pharma Support is specialised in searches for Sales, Marketing, Medical, Production, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, and (Clinical) Research Departments.
pilipili Productontwerp nv
Pilipili Productdesign NV is your trusted R&D partner in conceptual and technical design. Developing from art to part, we offer industrial design services from usercentered conceptual design up to production follow-up. Our input may be solely conceptual or technical or both. Our powerful state-of-the-art 3D-CAD software can easily handle complex modeling. Moreover, we can count on an international network of dedicated subcontractors and partners.
We have come to establish a dynamic and pragmatic quality control system, which has yielded many benefits. The many awards granted are an international acknowledgment of our constant effort to improve ourselves.
Since 1996, our team has gathered experience, knowledge and know-how that we gladly share with companies that value innovative development. We can also advise you on ergonomics, functional materials and cost-effective production techniques.
ProductLife BVBA
ProductLife is a proven European provider of process and business services as well as consulting for Life Sciences companies. Product Life's mission is to assist its Clients to adapt to regulatory changes and ever-increasing requirements for information exchange, especially regarding safety and efficacy, throughout the product lifecycle.
We provide one-stop regulatory advice and operational services: 1. Regulatory services, documents and data management 2. Assistance for dossier preparation, production, submission and maintenance 3. Quality, Safety and Risk Management
Q-Biologicals
Q-Biologicals is offering services to third parties to help them in speeding up the development and manufacturing of their biological products. These services are provided in a two-way approach: Process and analytical method development and manufacturing services, including cGMP production, and consultancy based on our hands-on experience.
The principal technological expertise of Q-Biologicals is process development and production of recombinant proteins derived from microbial and eukaryotic systems, purification for research purposes, for toxicological studies as well as for clinical trials, including formulation development and stress stability studies. The company also has an extensive expertise in the manufacturing of viruses and living cells for vaccine purposes and in-depth knowledge of working under pharmaceutical and cGMP quality requirements. Q-Biologicals is a private company financed by VIB, the Flemish investment company PMV (Vinnof), SOFI and LSRP.
Qarad bvba
Qarad provides manufacturers of in vitro diagnostics and medical devices with the necessary services to obtain the CE mark, quality system certification (ISO9001, ISO13485) and FDA clearance. It also assists test laboratories in the preparation of ISO17025 and ISO15189 accreditation.
Qarad 's services include training, consulting, auditing, risk analysis, compiling of technical documentation, translations and advise on REACH and CLP. It also acts as EC-REP.
Qarad’s E-Labeling Services allow the distribution of instructions-for-use for in vitro diagnostic products and medical devices over the internet. The services include a validated website and worldwide multilingual free telephone system, in full compliance with European and FDA regulations.
Qarad is ISO13485 certified, a service provider for “KMO-portefeuille” in Flanders and “consultant agréé” in the Wallonia. Offices in Geel and Caselle Torinese (Italy).
Qualival
Qualival mainly focusses on Validation, Commissioning, Qualification and Quality Assurance services. When needed, we can offer related Project Management services. Specific needs can be provided on demand.
Randstad Professionals
Randstad Professionals has been a partner for many years to the life sciences companies and is a global leader in the domain of project sourcing and the recruitment & selection of life sciences professionals. We feel at home in the sector and are able to think strategically along with you so that you can maximise the added value of the human capital in your company.
Rescop BVBA
We offer an integrated portfolio of consultancy services, IT services and solutions services and software products for ensuring GxP compliance of business processes and the used resources, including IT infrastructure, facilities, utilities, instruments/equipment and IT systems. Our portfolio provides a full solution for ensuring permanent inspection readiness in an efficient way and our software products enable for paperless validation and compliance.
RIC bvba
The Research Institute for Chromatography (R.I.C.) offers chromatographic, electrophoretic and mass spectrometric support in a wide range of application areas, including life sciences. A broad expertise, complemented with an impressive and ever expanding range of state-of-the-art instrumentation and tools, allows us to handle various life sciences projects including the characterization of biopharmaceuticals, the study of protein glycosylation, protein identification and quantification, metabolite identification and quantification, etc.
To further position the company in the life sciences market, a project called Metablys, focusing on metabolomics was recently launched. The extensive knowledge in small molecule analysis, which R.I.C. has accumulated over the years, has been consolidated into a metabolomics platform and allows metabolomics-oriented collaborations with pharmaceutical, diagnostic and biotechnology companies to aid in their search for diagnostic biomarkers, in streamlining drug discovery and development, etc.
ScienceCo
ScienceCo is a global search and selection company that specializes in high-educated profiles (at PhD level or equivalent by experience) with a research and development background for a broad range of industries such as Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical Industry, Medicine, Chemistry, Food… The ScienceCo team intensively networks worldwide to find the most appropriate candidate to strengthen the different departments of its customer's organization (R&D, operations, quality, sales…).
They are committed to fill strategic positions, ranging from the young scientist up to the experienced R&D manager or CEO.
ScienceCo is dedicated to make the difference built on trust and quality.
SGS Life Science Services
SGS Life Science Services is a leading, global contract service organization providing analytical development, biologics characterization, biosafety and quality control testing, as wells as clinical research services. With 19 laboratories across Europe, North America and Asia, SGS represents the broadest global network of bioanalytical laboratories. In addition to laboratory testing services for the biopharmaceutical market, SGS also provides Phase I-IV clinical trial management services encompassing clinical pharmacology studies, data management, PK/PD modelling & simulation services, pharmacovigilance and regulatory consultancy.
Sopachem NV
Sopachem is an active company in the fast growing sectors of Life Sciences, Biotechnology and Diagnostics.
Covering the Benelux countries with 2 offices (Belgium and The Netherlands), we supply innovative lab equipments
and consumables to researchers in order to improve their scientific explorations. The unique combination of
products in our portfolio offers global tools for analytical applications, molecular biology, human diagnostics or
liquid handling and sample storage. Our product know-how and application support make of Sopachem much
more than a distribution company : we offer solutions to your constantly evolving needs. To achieve this goal,
we work close together with our suppliers which counts among the most innovative companies in Life Sciences.
Introducing new technologies with a great amount of added value is our main mission.
Spinnovation Biologics
Specialists for Cell Media, Bioprocess and Biologics Optimization Solutions
We provide specialist analysis services for cell culture media and simple to complex profiling and characterization of biologics and biosimilars.
We are the experts in NMR methods and techniques and we also have a broad spectrum of analysis methods that include LC-MS, LC-NMR, LC-SPE-NMR-MS, FT-IR, ICP-OES, etc.
We notably give you access to our innovative, fast and cost-efficient technologies Spedia-NMR™ and Spedia-Predict™ to support you in your culture media and bioprocessing optimization.
The Spinnovation Biologics service is part of Spinnovation Analytical, which has been providing contract research and contract analysis services to support the Pharma, Food, Chemical and Polymer industries for over 8 years.
If you are interested in learning more about our rapid and cost-efficient solutions to analyze your spent media, to optimize your biomanufacturing process or characterize your biologic products, please visit us at the booth #51.
SynteractHCR
“SynteractHCR, the result of the merger between the US-based company Synteract and Harrison Clinical Research, is a globally operating Contract Research Organization with a successful clinical track record of more than two decades supporting pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies in all phases of clinical development and across multiple therapeutic domains. With an experienced staff of more than 800, Synteract delivers international, full-service clinical trial services.”
TA Instruments
TA Instruments is the leader in microcalorimetry, thermal analysis and rheology instruments with after sales support in Belgium.This includes nano DSC to measure protein stability and denaturation, nano ITC for ligand binding and kinetics,TAM equipment to measure solid state stability and compatibility, amorphous content and crystallinity. DSC-TGA-DMA-DVS equipment to measure glass transition temperature, melting temperature, heat of fusion, purity, polymorphism, residual solvent, moisture adsorption/desorption.
Thema Group BVBA
Thema Group was founded in 1989 and has meanwhile grown into an organization with more than 20 employees. Operating from our offices in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany, we constantly expand our network and achieve the desires of clients and candidates by providing needs-based staffing solutions in Life Sciences.
We work for national and multinational businesses in Europe in the markets: Laboratory Technology - Pharmaceutical Industry - Biotechnology - Medical Devices - Process Technology - Chemistry and Food (business-to-business). The positions we focus on are in the fields of Sales - Marketing - Management - Quality and R&D.
We are not the only company that does this, but we are certainly unique in our working method: we are committed to results, with your specific need or ambition as our starting point. This requires a relationship built on trust and in-depth expertise and experience in the Life Sciences market.
Thermo Scientific
Thermo Scientific Pierce Protein Research Products
Order by noon and get free same-day delivery of many Thermo Scientific Pierce Protein Research Products, including protein detection, sample preparation, protein interaction and protein modification products. We offer > 30,000 antibodies in 42 research areas and a custom antibody service. Stop by the booth and meet our Proteomics Applications Specialists.
ThromboGenics NV
ThromboGenics is an integrated biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative ophthalmic medicines. The Company’s lead product, JETREA® (ocriplasmin), has been approved by the US FDA for the treatment of symptomatic VMA and was launched in January 2013. In Europe, it has been approved for the treatment of vitreomacular traction (VMT), including when associated with macular hole of diameter less than or equal to 400 microns.
In March 2012, ThromboGenics signed a strategic partnership with Alcon (Novartis) for the commercialization of JETREA® outside the United States. Under this agreement, ThromboGenics could receive up to a total of €375 million in up-front and milestone payments. It will receive significant royalties from Alcon’s net sales of JETREA®. ThromboGenics and Alcon intend to share the costs equally of developing JETREA® for a number of new vitreoretinal indications.
ThromboGenics is also further exploring anti-PIGF (Placental Growth Factor), formerly referred to as TB-403, for the treatment of ophthalmic and oncology indications.
ThromboGenics is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium, and has-offices in Iselin, NJ (US) and Dublin, Ireland. The Company is listed on the NYSE Euronext Brussels exchange under the symbol THR. More information is available at www.thrombogenics.com.
TiGenix nv
TiGenix NV (NYSE Euronext: TIG) is a leading European cell therapy company with one product on the market and a strong clinical stage pipeline of adult stem cell programs. The company’s lead product, ChondroCelect®, for cartilage repair in the knee, is the only approved cell-based product in Europe, and is currently being launched across Europe. TiGenix’s adipose derived allogeneic stem cell platform has been extensively validated. The company is preparing a Phase III clinical trial to treat complex perianal fistula in patients with Crohn’s, has a Phase IIa trial in rheumatoid arthritis ongoing, and a Phase I trial to investigate intra-lymphatic administration in autoimmune disorders. TiGenix is based out of Leuven (Belgium) and has operations in Madrid (Spain), and Sittard-Geleen (the Netherlands). For more information please visit www.tigenix.com.
TTO Flanders
TTO Flanders is a joint initiative of the Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs) of the Flemish universities: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Ghent University, University of Antwerp, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Hasselt University.
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UGent - Infinity Lab
INFINITY is the small animal imaging facility of Ghent University. The laboratory can provide preclinical multi-modality imaging services to national and international customers. The major research domains of INFINITY are neuromodulation (deep brain stimulation and trans-cranial magnetic stimulation), the use of imaging biomarkers to provide better tumor characterization, stress of the endoplasmatic reticulum (ER Stress), cardiovascular research to get a better understanding of the formation of aneurysms and plaque, and the development of 'theranostic' approaches by combining diagnosis and therapy. We are looking for industry or research partners in Biotechnology and Pharma to team up with. We have a large capacity (over 1000 animals scanned annually) that can be filled in on short-term basis.
University of Antwerp
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Valesta
Valesta, a division of On Assignment, is the dedicated HR partner for pharmaceutical companies, CROs and all other companies that organize, coordinate and carry out Clinical research.
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Vandycke & Partners BVBA
We assist companies and organizations in the healthcare market, finding the best candidate to fill their specific vacancies. We are one dedicated team focusing along 4 major practices : Pharmaceutical / Life science and Biotechnology / Medical Devices and Diagnostics / Interim Management. MEDICONSULT specializes in clinical, medical, regulatory affairs outsourcing and interim management for the life sciences industry.
Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies Belgium
VEOLIA Water Solutions & Technologies is a subsidiary of Veolia Water, the world’s leading water service company.
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ELGA is the global laboratory water brand name of Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies. From stand alone to complex central water systems, we can provide help and expertise at all stages: we are experienced in meeting the challenges that arise during the development, installation and servicing of single-point-of-use water purification systems as well as large projects involving consultation with architects, consultants and clients.
VIB
VIB is a life sciences research institute in Flanders, Belgium. With more than 1200 scientists from over 60 countries, we perform basic research into the molecular foundations of life. VIB is an excellence-based entrepreneurial institute that focuses on translating basic scientific results into pharmaceutical, agricultural and industrial applications. VIB works in close partnership with four universities − UGent, KU Leuven, University of Antwerp and Vrije Universiteit Brussel and is funded by the Flemish government. VIB develops and disseminates a wide range of science-based information about all aspects of biotechnology.
VWR International bvba
For more than 150 years, we've been supplying the scientific community with the materials they need. Today, we also do a whole lot more. In addition to our highly diversified product line, we offer a wide range of services, support from knowledgeable sales teams and efficient fulfillment processes.
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World Courier Belgium
World Courier is the largest, most experienced specialty logistics provider in the world, operating a company-owned network of 152 ISO 9001-certified offices in 52 countries including 13 GMP-compliant investigational drug storage facilities in key emerging and strategic locations. With a fully GxP-compliant transport and supply chain system in place network-wide, World Courier meets the most demanding industry and regulatory requirements for managing the time- and temperature-sensitive consignments of regulated and other industries. World Courier was acquired in 2012 by AmerisourceBergen, one of the world's largest pharmaceutical services companies, ranked #29 on the Fortune 500 list.
XPE Group SA
XPE Pharma & Science is a Contract Research Organization (CRO) offering specialized HR and Project Services for the pharmaceutical, biotech and agri-food industries. We are one of the leading Belgian companies for the contracting of highly qualified scientific staff and a top player in the field of scientific writing and publication management.
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Altran
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Applied Maths NV
Applied Maths is currently looking to extend its potential in biological data analysis. Job opportunities for starters and seniors are offered for our software development force (Python and C++ programming) as well as our sales and support team (knowledge in bacterial chromosome analysis is a plus). As one of the world’s leading bioinformatics companies, Applied Maths offers a multidisciplinary context where microbiologists, geneticists, mathematicians and software engineers interact in an open, inspiring and informal working environment. We are located in the scenic and rural area near the biotech-friendly city of Ghent. If you want to be part of this successful, expanding team, please contact us at info@applied-maths.com or at +32-9-2222100. We welcome you too at our booth in Knowledge for Growth where you can meet your future colleagues and get answers to all of your questions. Make an appointment or just being curious: be sure not to miss the opportunity!
IMS Health
IMS Health is the leading provider of information, services and technology for the healthcare industry around the world. The company draws on its global technology infrastructure and unique combination of in-depth, sophisticated analytics, on-shore and off-shore commercial services, and software platforms to help clients better understand the performance and value of medicines. With a presence in 100+ countries and more than 55 years of industry experience, IMS serves leading decision makers in healthcare, including pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors, providers, payers, government agencies, policymakers, researchers and the financial community. Additional information is available at http://www.imshealth.com.
Naturejobs
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ProductLife BVBA
ProductLife is a proven European provider of process and business services as well as consulting for Life Sciences companies. Product Life's mission is to assist its Clients to adapt to regulatory changes and ever-increasing requirements for information exchange, especially regarding safety and efficacy, throughout the product lifecycle.
We provide one-stop regulatory advice and operational services: 1. Regulatory services, documents and data management 2. Assistance for dossier preparation, production, submission and maintenance 3. Quality, Safety and Risk Management
To support our double-digit growth we are continuously looking for consultants with ambition and potential for growth in our dynamic organization:
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Qualival
Qualival is a young and dynamic consultancy company, searching for young and experienced professionals with knowledge of Validation, Qualification but also Quality Assurance.
Randstad Professionals
An array of opportunities Access to top employers! Fix job or multi-purpose projects? We analyse, develop and implement your expectations. Randstad professionals: a reliable partner in recruiting Life Sciences, ICT, Technology and Finance specialists.
Thema Group BVBA
If you take your career in the Life Sciences seriously, you should choose a professional recruitment agency that can coach you and offer you the best possibilities. For both entry-level candidates as those with professional experience, we create access to new exciting opportunities at leading and innovative organizations. And we do so successfully: 95% of the projects we cover will be fullfilled and after one year 98% of the placed candidates are still employed.
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ThromboGenics NV
ThromboGenics NV is a dynamic and expanding integrated biotech company with Global Headquarters in Leuven (Belgium), a branch office in Dublin (Ireland) and with our US Commercial Operations based in Iselin, New Jersey (USA).
To continue our expansion, we are continuously looking for enthusiastic professionals wanting to be part of an innovative company specialized in biopharmaceuticals. Your expertise, experience, creativity and positive attitude will contribute to the success of ThromboGenics.
We offer a challenging environment, where you can accomplish your career goals while keeping a healthy work/life balance. In addition, we provide a competitive compensation and benefits package, and the necessary tools to achieve your professional objectives.
