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ZenTech Biotechnology, an example of international development!

ZenTech Biotechnology, an example of international development!

Over the past 8 years, ZenTech Biotechnology, a company headquartered in Liège Science Park and specializing in the diagnostic of pathologies occurring in prenatal, neonatal and pediatrics stages, deployed a strong internationalization strategy and is now [...]

Bioxodes to develop antithrombotic peptide derived from tick saliva following €2.6 million seed funding round

Bioxodes to develop antithrombotic peptide derived from tick saliva following €2.6 million seed funding round

Bioxodes SA, (Marche-en-Famenne, Belgium) a company developing products derived from natural sources, has completed a €2.6 million ($3.5 million) seed funding round thanks to a consortium of business angels and Belgian investment funds. €1.6 million of [...]

Marie Curie research grant awards €3.8 million in funding to Bone Therapeutics (Gosselies, Belgium) and partners

Marie Curie research grant awards €3.8 million in funding to Bone Therapeutics (Gosselies, Belgium) and partners

As part of an expert pan-European consortium* BONE THERAPEUTICS has been awarded a share of the highly competitive Marie Curie grant1 in the amount of €3.8 million. The grant will fund a four-year project entitled BIO-INSPIRE [...]

XFFLEXX bets on cryotherapy to tackle the leading cause of death in the world

XFFLEXX bets on cryotherapy to tackle the leading cause of death in the world

XFFLEXX, located in Liège (Belgium),  is developing CRYO MORPHOTM, an innovative technology based on early therapeutic hypothermia (cryotherapy) aimed at reducing the neurological damage risks for patients suffering from cardiorespiratory arrest and cerebral vascular accidents. Today, XFFLEXX is [...]

Rosellini Scientific Benelux SA Joins Walloon Region Consortium to Help Develop Implant System for Glaucoma Treatment

Rosellini Scientific Benelux SA Joins Walloon Region Consortium to Help Develop Implant System for Glaucoma Treatment

An exciting new medtech player in Belgium’s Walloon Region – Rosellini Scientific Benelux SA (RSB) – joins the consortium to develop a novel implant system for treating and monitoring glaucoma. The 4-partner consortium, led by iSTAR [...]

Further collaborations: UCB (Belgium) and Oncodesign (France) combine strengths in neurology

Further collaborations: UCB (Belgium) and Oncodesign (France) combine strengths in neurology

A recent collaboration between Belgian pharmaceutical group UCB and France-based Oncodesign aims at the development of innovative therapeutic treatments in neurodegenerative diseases. Within the framework of this collaboration, Oncodesign will apply its Nanocyclix technology* to identify next generation kinase inhibitors [...]

Belgium’s Promethera Biosciences and St. Luc University (UCL) receive praise in Japan

Belgium’s Promethera Biosciences and St. Luc University (UCL) receive praise in Japan

An article in the Japanese press is praising the quality of research in cellular therapy at the UCL within the laboratory of Prof. Etienne Sokal and at Louvain-born spin-off Promethera Biosciences. The article on regenerative medicine, [...]

Quality Assistance (Thuin, Belgium) faces challenge of attracting qualified personnel

Quality Assistance (Thuin, Belgium) faces challenge of attracting qualified personnel

Now hiring! Quality Assistance (QA), a contract research organization (CRO) dedicated to 3rd generation medicines, has announced a €4.5 million investment over the next 18 months and a commitment to creating 15 new jobs by the [...]

Dr. Andrei Turtoï of the “Metastasis Research Lab” (ULg): laureate of the ASIP 2013 Experimental Pathologist-in-Training Award

Dr. Andrei Turtoï of the “Metastasis Research Lab” (ULg): laureate of the ASIP 2013 Experimental Pathologist-in-Training Award

Dr. Andrei Turtoï is the 2013 recipient of the prestigious “ASIP Experimental Pathologist-in-Training Award”, presented by the American Society for Investigative Pathology  (http://www.asip.org/awards/epit.cfm). The EPIT Award1 is presented to an ASIP trainee member who is a post-doctoral [...]

From Belgium to Boston: Ipratech (Mons) storms the American biocellular market!

From Belgium to Boston: Ipratech (Mons) storms the American biocellular market!

Since January of 2013, a commercial subsidiary of Ipratech(Mons, Belgium) has been up and running on America’s east coast. Thanks to the support of Sofinex, (subsidiary of the group Sowalfin,Wallonnia Region), a group endorsing the internationalization [...]