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The Netherlands remains the best European country according to the European Health Consumer Index

Het Nederlandse zorgstelsel scoort het hoogste van Europa in de Euro Health Consumer Index (EHCI). Dit is de jaarlijkse vergelijking van gezondheidssystemen. In de categorie geneesmiddelen scoort Nederland een 8,9.
The Netherlands remains the best European country according to the European Health Consumer Index

Oncode Institute: samen kanker te slim af

Met de lancering van Oncode Institute verenigen Nederlandse toponderzoekers op het gebied van kanker zich om het verschil te maken voor de patiënt. Dit onafhankelijke instituut, richt zich op drie pijlers: excellent onderzoek, intensieve samenwerking en behandelmethoden sneller in de kliniek krijgen. Het doel is om fundamentele inzichten over kanker zo efficiënt mogelijk te vertalen naar betere en meer betaalbare zorg. De komende vijf jaar investeert KWF Kankerbestrijding, samen met de ministeries van Economische Zaken en Klimaat (EZK), Onderwijs Cultuur en Wetenschap (OCW) en Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport (VWS), Health~Holland, NWO en ZonMw in totaal €120 miljoen in Oncode Institute.
Oncode Institute: samen kanker te slim af

SPERATUM selected as best start-up at Innovation for Health 2018

SPERATUM has won the AXON Innovation for Health Award 2018 for the best start-up pitch at the fifth edition of Innovation for Health and the second edition of Global Investor Forum in WTC Rotterdam on 1 February.
SPERATUM selected as best start-up at Innovation for Health 2018

The Dutch Kidney Foundation and Health-Holland open the Public-Pivate Projects Call for pre-prosals

Met deze call steunen we publiek-private samenwerking die leidt tot concrete oplossingen met impact op (het voorkomen van) nierziekten.
The Dutch Kidney Foundation and Health-Holland open the Public-Pivate Projects Call for pre-prosals

Health~Holland publishes Year in Review 2017!

We are pleased to send you the Health~Holland Year in Review 2017, the yearly magazine that reflects on the developments from Top Sector Life Sciences & Health.
Health~Holland publishes Year in Review 2017!

Bridge-builder Leufkens strengthens Lygature

Starting February 1, 2018, Professor Bert Leufkens will further strengthen the scientific leadership team at Lygature. For the last ten years, Professor Leufkens has been chairman of the Dutch Medicines Evaluation Board (College ter Beoordeling van Geneesmiddelen). He has also played several leading roles at the European Medicines Agency, which will move to Amsterdam in 2019.
Bridge-builder Leufkens strengthens Lygature

Research funding by NWO will be simplified

Per 1 augustus 2018 voert NWO een grote vereenvoudiging door. Al haar financieringsinstrumenten brengt NWO terug tot een handvol ‘hoofdvormen’. Deze vereenvoudiging is een technische ingreep die verder geen invloed heeft op de invulling van de onderzoeksprogramma’s. Wat met de oude instrumenten kon, zal na 1 augustus nog steeds kunnen. Het verschil zal zijn dat het gehele palet instrumenten veel overzichtelijker wordt.
Research funding by NWO will be simplified

InSciTe experiences growth spurt

Based at the Brightlands Chemelot campus, InSciTe (Institute for Science and Technology) supports scientists and starting businesses to translate medical innovations to practical applications, among other things. Three years after it was founded, the biomedical department of the institute has outgrown its location. Construction will start this year on new labs and cleanrooms.
InSciTe experiences growth spurt

Benefit Call open for Belgium-Netherlands Funding of International Trials

The aim of the call is to provide funding for clinical trials that compare the effectiveness of existing health care interventions that are already in use in a given indication, e.g. comparisons between two medications, medical therapy versus surgery, trials investigating optimal timing of surgery etc.
Benefit Call open for Belgium-Netherlands Funding of International Trials

Read the special Health~Holland Update featuring the BIO-Europe Spring

The Top Sector LSH presents this special edition of the Health~Holland Update featuring the latest developments of the BIO-Europe Spring 2018. Read the magazine to get information on the programme, registration, side events and Dutch strengths. And see how to have a chance on winning a ticket!
Read the special Health~Holland Update featuring the BIO-Europe Spring