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Tips en Tricks: Thuis én op Kantoor Gezond Blijven

Heb jij ook wel eens geen tijd om te sporten en gezond te eten? Je vraagt je af hoe je dit kunt balanceren met het dagelijks leven, zonder compleet te stoppen met gezond en fit blijven. In dit artikel ontdek je de tips en tricks van gezond blijven thuis én op kantoor.
Kantoor

MIMETAS and Roche Enter into a Collaboration to Develop Human Disease Models for Drug Development

MIMETAS, a leader in organ-on-chip-based disease models and technology, and Roche, a world-leading pharmaceutical company, announced that they have entered into a collaboration to develop human disease models to characterise novel compounds in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and hepatitis B virus infections (HBV).
Microscoop

Healthy Working as Part of a Healthy Lifestyle

‘The working environment is a very important aspect of the living environment: about half of the Dutch population is employed’, says Anne van Putten. How does the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (SZW) stimulate a healthy working environment and prevent health problems?
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Zeven Consortia over Stamcellen, Genetische Zieken en Embryomodellen van Start

In juni 2021 maakte ZonMw bekend welke 7 consortia zullen starten binnen het programma PSIDER. Met een budget van 3,5 tot 4 miljoen gaan de consortia de komende 5 tot 6 jaar in multidisciplinair verband samenwerken.
Research

Orchard Therapeutics and Pharming Group Announce Collaboration on Therapy for Hereditary Angioedema

Orchard Therapeutics and Pharming Group N.V. announced a strategic collaboration to research, develop, manufacture and commercialise OTL-105, a newly disclosed investigational ex vivo autologous hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) gene therapy for the treatment of hereditary angioedema (HAE), a life-threatening rare disorder that causes recurring swelling attacks in the face, throat, extremities and abdomen.
Lab

MSD Spin-Off Organon Launches in the Netherlands and Worldwide

As a spin-off of US-based MSD, Organon & Co. celebrated its launch as the only global company to focus on women’s health on such an extensive scale. The completion of the spin-off, first announced by MSD in 2020, is good news for women worldwide and for life sciences & health innovation in the Netherlands.
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En de winnaar is... SARA Robotics!

De winnaar van alweer de derde editie van de Health Impact Accelerator is bekend: SARA Robotics! Het team, bestaande uit Maartje Claassen, Emmy Hendriks, Floor Ruyten, Annabelle Hermans en Evelien Hopman, werd tijdens het Slotevenement op 2 juli uitgeroepen tot winnaar.
Maartje Claassen en Emmy Hendriks

Cytek Biosciences Moves to Amsterdam Life Sciences District

US-based Cytek Biosciences is moving its regional headquarters for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) to the Ada Health & Technology Center in the Amsterdam Life Sciences District. As a specialist in full spectrum flow cytometry, Cytek joins a growing number of innovative companies to settle in the office campus as part of the Netherlands’ life sciences & health ecosystem.
Amsterdam

Lifestyle and Living Living Environment: Continuing the Success-story of Prevention

The story of large-scale preventive interventions and the great health gains they have caused, is an underexposed story. In this interview, Jochen Mierau (University of Groningen) and Hanneke Molema (TNO), tell this story.
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Lonza and Moderna Expand Collaboration to Produce COVID-19 Vaccines in the Netherlands

Swiss multinational Lonza is strengthening its existing collaboration with US-based Moderna by launching a new COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna production line in the Netherlands. The biotech and pharmaceutical company will now manufacture up to 300 million doses at its site in the Brightlands Campus in Geleen.
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