With a well-visited Health~Holland Pavilion and a strong delegation of 130 Dutch biotech entrepreneurs, this year’s BIO International Convention in Boston, Massachusetts, at the epicentre of biotech proved to be a fruitful edition for the Dutch too.
Een samenwerkingsproject waarin patiënten, onderzoekers en bedrijven helpen meerwaarde te halen uit het zelfonderzoek van patiënten naar de beste behandeling van hun chronische ziekte
Vandaag maakte NWO-voorzitter Stan Gielen bekend dat prof. dr. Anna Akhmanova, prof. dr. Marileen Dogterom, prof. dr. Carsten de Dreu en prof. dr. John van der Oost de NWO-Spinozapremie ontvangen, en prof. dr. Beatrice de Graaf en prof. dr. Marion Koopmans de NWO-Stevinpremie. De Spinoza- en de Stevinpremies zijn de hoogste onderscheidingen in de Nederlandse wetenschap. De laureaten krijgen elk 2,5 miljoen euro, te besteden aan wetenschappelijk onderzoek en activiteiten met betrekking tot kennisbenutting.
Oncode Institute has opened a call for applications for our Female Junior Investigator Programme (FJIP). Up to eight young female scientists will each be awarded € 150k,- per year during the first phase of Oncode, ending in 2022. The programme aims to support talented female junior investigators who have established their own line of research. Female scientists from all Dutch universities and research institutes can apply for funding.
One of the projects of InSciTe has been granted permission by the ‘Dutch Health and Youth Care Inspection’ (Inspectie Gezondheidszorg en Jeugd) to enter the clinical test phase. The Ocular Coil Drug Delivery Comfort Trial (OCDC) project developed an innovative way to apply medication to the eye. OCDC is the first public/private collaborative InSciTe project to reach this crucial phase within 3 years. This is an important achievement for the project partners and InSciTe.
As of June 15th, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) starts the voluntary use of its Scientific and Regulatory Evaluation Procedure Support (S-REPS) for Orphan Drug Designation applications. From September 15th onwards, S-REPS will become mandatory for these applications, replacing the current PDF and Word form-based submission.
Minister Bruno Bruins (Medische Zorg en Sport) en partijen in de medisch-specialistische zorg hebben vandaag het hoofdlijnenakkoord 2019-2022 ondertekend. Op 26 april was al een onderhandelaarsakkoord bereikt. Alle achterbannen hebben met het akkoord ingestemd.
Two grant calls have been opened within the Translational Research Programme (PTO2). Submitting a project idea is possible for 'Bench to bedside' projects and multidisciplinary consortia.