Archive for 'Tag Archives: 'Cancer''

Walloon radioisotope in the fight against cancer

Walloon radioisotope in the fight against cancer

Wallonia can pride itself on harbouring some of the key players in the radiopharmaceutical sector. IRE/IRE-Elit, Trasis and ANMI – to name but three of those in the field – are innovative companies that are applying [...]

All in on cancer immunotherapy

All in on cancer immunotherapy

Founded in 2011, iTeos began its activities at the end of 2012. The company is active in the field of cancer immunotherapy and focuses on the tumor micro-environment to develop innovative drugs. iTeos benefited for its [...]

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 [...]

Dr Martine Piccart: 2013 Recipient of the David A. Karnofsky Memorial Award

Dr Martine Piccart: 2013 Recipient of the David A. Karnofsky Memorial Award

Dr. Martine Piccart, Director of Medicine at the Jules Bordet Institute in Brussels, and Professor of Oncology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) is the first Belgian to have won the David Karnofsky Memorial Award1.  [...]

Belgian Yves Jongen: one of the three nominees for the European Inventor lifetime achievement Award for proton therapy cancer treatment

Belgian Yves Jongen: one of the three nominees for the European Inventor lifetime achievement Award for proton therapy cancer treatment

Yves Jongen a true pioneer in the domain of proton therapy was selected as one of the three nominees for the European Inventor lifetime achievement Award for his development of proton therapy to cure cancer. With his [...]

Prestigious international stem cell award (ISSCR) is granted to Belgian Dr. Cédric Blanpain (FNRS-ULB/WELBIO).

Prestigious international stem cell award (ISSCR) is granted to Belgian Dr. Cédric Blanpain (FNRS-ULB/WELBIO).

The ISSCR (International Society of Stem Cell Research), an organization bringing together top specialists worldwide, has named Dr. Cédric Blanpain as the recipient of the fourth annual ISSCR-University of Pittsburgh Outstanding Young Investigator Award. For the first time, [...]

MDxHealth(Liege, Belgium and Irvine, CA) reaches milestone launching innovative prostate cancer test preventing certain men from undergoing repeat biopsies.

MDxHealth(Liege, Belgium and Irvine, CA) reaches milestone launching innovative prostate cancer test preventing certain men from undergoing repeat biopsies.

MDxHealth, a leading company in molecular diagnostics specializing in the development and commercialization of epigenetic tests to support cancer research, announces major milestone in growth and development with the launch of their first proprietary product: ConfirmMDxTM [...]

Exploratory efforts and supportive networks help IRE-ELiT with investigating a radiopharmacy project on Chinese soil!

Exploratory efforts and supportive networks help IRE-ELiT with investigating a radiopharmacy project on Chinese soil!

The company IRE-ELiT (Fleurus, Belgium) a spin-off of IRE, could be paving the way for potential new innovative opportunities with China. IRE-ELiT has settled an agreement on an innovative project on the Chinese market for a [...]

iTeos Therapeutics (Gosselies, Belgium), kicks-off to develop innovative immunotherapy compounds in an effort to cure certain cancers.

iTeos Therapeutics (Gosselies, Belgium), kicks-off to develop innovative immunotherapy compounds in an effort to cure certain cancers.

The birth of a Belgian company, a joint spin-off of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (LICR) and the de Duve Institute of the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), focusing on new drug discovery, has been made [...]

The power of partnership: Baxter and BioWin find new approach for supporting innovation and scientific excellence

The power of partnership: Baxter and BioWin find new approach for supporting innovation and scientific excellence

In an innovative approach to partnering, Baxter’s European R & D center in Belgium and BioWin, have come together to host a first-of-its-kind networking event aimed at creating new partnerships opportunities focusing on developing innovation. The [...]