Health-Holland

Leiden Bio Science Park The Leiden Bio Science Park is a leading location for biotechnology and pharmaceuticals businesses to thrive and prosper. This dynamic and rapidly-growing hub ranks amongst the top-5 science parks in Europe and is currently home to 195 organisations employing over 18,000 people. With 106 biomedical companies, dozens of innovative bioscience start- ups, and several research institutions, educational institutions, and healthcare organisations, the Leiden Bio Science Park provides a fertile environment for collaboration and knowledge exchange and is a significant global R&D cluster. Pivot Park Founded in 2012, Pivot Park is a relatively-new initiative and is currently home to some 50 companies, including start-ups, scale-ups, contract research and contract management organisations and service providers all active in pharmaceutical R&D. Medicine development at this location, however, stretches back almost a century. The park is located in the city of Oss, former home of the pharmaceutical company Organon, which started operations there back in 1923. Organon made a significant contribution to modern medicines, and Pivot Park builds upon that impressive legacy, providing an outstanding pharma R&D infrastructure that helps start-ups to flourish, grow and contribute to a healthier world by developing new and innovative medicines. The Pivot Park initiative is spearheaded by pharmaceutical company MSD, in collaboration with the Province of Noord Brabant, the municipality of Oss, the Ministry of Economic Affairs & Climate, the Ministry of Health, Welfare & Sport, and the Brabant Development Agency (BOM). Active ecosystems One of the key success-factors contributing to the booming Life Sciences & Health sector in the Netherlands is the thriving community formed by a number of specialised Science Parks spread throughout the country. Each Science Park is an active ecosystem that is home to a cluster of small-, medium-, and large-sized businesses, start-ups, a university, and a University Medical Centre. Each park’s governing body supports its local businesses and facilitates networking and cooperation. This enables high levels of seamless cross- fertilisation and collaboration, allowing people to work together to develop joint solutions for emerging and urgent matters in the field of Life Sciences & Health. The clusters are often in close proximity to each other (the farthest apart being roughly 2.5 hours’ drive), and the flat Dutch topography and excellent road and rail networks mean that your close collaborators are never that far away. Below are some examples of science parks located in the Netherlands. 14