Archive for 'Diagnostics'

Personalised arthritis medicine saves lots of money

Personalised arthritis medicine saves lots of money

Detecting arthritis early on is one of the key challenges facing rheumatology. However, some patients present with undifferentiated arthritis, meaning that it is not possible to establish a diagnosis from the initial assessment. By analyzing our [...]

ADHD, a disorder cured by play

ADHD, a disorder cured by play

In 2013, a new BioWin project, NeuroAtt, was launched to enable making a reliable diagnosis for ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) and to find the least invasive treatment for children. Now the project is nearing completion, [...]

VolitionRx a drop of blood to detect colorectal cancer

VolitionRx a drop of blood to detect colorectal cancer

Belgian Volition – a subsidiary of Volition Rx – is a life sciences company located in Namur (Belgium) focused on developing blood-based diagnostic tests for a broad range of cancer types and other conditions. By bringing [...]

Tools4Patient: design and delivery of personalized pain treatments

Tools4Patient: design and delivery of personalized pain treatments

Tools4Patient, a company founded in 2013 and located in Gosselies (Belgium) is specialized in the development of multimodal companion diagnostics. This creative company recently met its first challenging milestone and thus delivered as planned its first [...]

KTO’s and their spin-offs playing a key role in the land of innovation (Part1/2)

KTO’s and their spin-offs playing a key role in the land of innovation (Part1/2)

NautaDutilh, a law firm involved in the various development stages of spin-offs conducted a survey entitled “Belgian TTO’s and their spin-offs: a match made in heaven?”. One of the main goals of the survey was to [...]

KTO’s and their spin-offs playing a key role in the land of innovation (Part2/2)

KTO’s and their spin-offs playing a key role in the land of innovation (Part2/2)

NautaDutilh, a law firm involved in the various development stages of spin-offs conducted a survey entitled “Belgian TTO’s and their spin-offs: a match made in heaven?”. One of the main goals of the survey was to [...]

ImCyse plans first-in-human-therapy(FIHT) with disease-modifying vaccine to treat multiple sclerosis

ImCyse plans first-in-human-therapy(FIHT) with disease-modifying vaccine to treat multiple sclerosis

Belgian-based ImCyse, a spin-off originally from the Catholic University of Leuven (KUL), but now established at both KUL and University of Liège (ULg), was founded in July 2010 by Prof. Jean-Marie Saint-Remy to valorize discoveries made [...]

Coris BioConcept partnership with American company Covaris leads to €500,000 in combined funding through grants and investments

Coris BioConcept partnership with American company Covaris leads to €500,000 in combined funding through grants and investments

Coris BioConcept (Gembloux, Belgium), a SME specialized in the development of diagnostic kits, has recently signed a partnership with Covaris (Massachusetts, USA), and is investing €100K alongside a DG06 grant of €150K in combined funding from [...]

OncoDNA: Selected to be NBCC’s (Riyadh, Saudia Arabia) preferred supplier of clinical grade molecular diagnostics for cancer

OncoDNA: Selected to be NBCC’s (Riyadh, Saudia Arabia) preferred supplier of clinical grade molecular diagnostics for cancer

OncoDNA SA expands its territory with the recent announcement of a supplier agreement with NBCC (National Blood and Cancer Center); a specialized centre for diagnosing and treating blood diseases and cancers located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, [...]

Belgo-American partnership between Promethera Biosciences and EMD Millipore to develop pre-clinical liver pharmaco-toxicological testing assay

Belgo-American partnership between Promethera Biosciences and EMD Millipore to develop pre-clinical liver pharmaco-toxicological testing assay

  The recent Belgo-American partnership between Promethera® Biosciences (Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium), and EMD Millipore (Billerica, MA USA) to develop an improved ready-to-use microfluidic perfusion liver assay, is BioWin’s latest ‘Success Story’. The initiative behind this strategic project [...]