• To connect industry and knowledge, by bringing together entrepreneurs, scientists and related parties active in the life sciences;
• To support and represent the life sciences sector in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area;
• To promote the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area (internationally) as preferred destination for life sciences activities.

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• Continuing building a supportive and comprehensive platform of regional commercial, public sector and academic life sciences organisations;
• Mapping the regional knowledge base; identifying and exploiting promising themes for innovation and new business activity;
• Cherishing the pearls in the region;
• Zooming in on common pain points that hold up technology transfer and innovation;
• Actively promoting the Cluster and its strongholds;
• Extending the range of the network, e.g. by furthering the cooperation between the various regional life sciences clusters;
• Organising and participating in (international) life sciences conferences;
• Setting up a Life Sciences Monitor for the Amsterdam region.

The following examples of activities carried over the past period illustrate how the Cluster facilitates and accelerates the life sciences:

• Organisation of Life Sciences Cafés;
• Organisation of knowledge-based meetings at various life sciences companies;
• Launch of the Amsterdam BioMed Cluster website www.amsterdambiomed.nl;
• Publication of the brochure Life Sciences in Business, and the flyer Find your life sciences partner in the Amsterdam BioMed Cluster
• Coordination of the collective attendance at international conferences, such as the Bio International Conventions;
• Assist universities and research institutes with their technology transfer activities (“Subsidie Kennis Exploitatie” arrangement);
• Facilitation in the creation of flexible office/ business accommodation including laboratory space;
• Redirection of foreign technology matchmaking requests and advise in fact finding missions;
• Assisting in establishing the Life Sciences Centre Amsterdam and Life Sciences Fund Amsterdam.

In the entire region you can find nineteen hospitals, two dedicated science parks and numerous facilities to support R&D.

Many life sciences support organisations accompany the dedicated life sciences companies, We have only started to get an idea of these, and count over hundred such organisations supplying and servicing the sector to date. Amongst these are twelve contract/ clinical research organisations (CRO) and over ten investors.

The Amsterdam Metropolitan Area attracts a wide range of nationalities from all over the world. Innovation, creativity and commercial spirit are among its core values. These same values apply to the Amsterdam BioMed Cluster.

Ten reasons for Life Sciences companies to come to the Amsterdam region:

• Fast approval processes for clinical research;
• Fast patent proceedings;
• Extensive knowledge/access to knowledge;
• Professional and well-educated workforce;
• Access to large numbers of patients;
• Favourable tax system;
• Availability of venture capital;
• Top-class technical infrastructure;
• Highly effective patent protection enforcement mechanisms;
• Quality of life.

• Dedicated life sciences company, e.g. pure BioTech, R&D based Pharma: companies with R&D and/or production facilities (in or outside the Amsterdam region);
• Diversified life sciences company, i.e. traditional companies using life sciences as part of their R&D or manufacturing;
• Research, educational and governmental institute involved with life sciences R&D;
• Supply company, e.g. lab equipment, lab consumables;
• Service company, e.g. CRO, Regulatory, IPR, Legal, Finance, HR, IT, infrastructure;
• Investor.

The size of the Cluster is chosen in function of the labor market mobility and the perception of proximity. As our focus is on providing as complete a picture as possible from the life sciences organisations present in the area depicted below, we pro-actively identify and approach these to join. However, any life sciences organisation based in the Netherlands is very welcome to complete and submit a company profile!

Upon completing a company profile form, the Cluster’s management team will review your application. If approved, your organisation will become a registered partner in the Cluster and its profile will be added to the Know-who Know-how Directory.

Are you wondering whether your organisation qualifies or do you have other questions, please contact us by sending an e-mail.

Should you know of any life sciences (associated) organisation that is not yet a registered partner in our life sciences network, do tell them about the Amsterdam BioMed Cluster.

In order to give the Amsterdam BioMed Cluster, including your organisation, as much (international) visibility as possible, we kindly ask that you create a link to www.amsterdambiomed.com from your company homepage, including our logo.

The activities and direction of the Amsterdam BioMed Cluster are coordinated by a select group of people, from organisations representative of the field.

Cluster sponsoring

The Amsterdam BioMed Cluster is an independent knowledge and innovation network hosted by the Amsterdam Innovation Motor, a not for profit organisation.

Amsterdam Innovation Motor
City of Amsterdam
Ministry of Economic Affairs
Province Noord-Holland
Municipality of Almere

Initially the organisation of the Cluster was taken on by the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce with the help of knowledge institutes and a selected group of life sciences companies, such as Avantium and Agendia. In 2006, the Amsterdam Innovation Motor took over.

The Amsterdam Innovation Motor is an initiative of the “Kenniskring Amsterdam” (Amsterdam Knowledge Network), and aims to promote innovation and cooperation in knowledge intensive sectors in the Amsterdam region by executing and encouraging concrete projects. The Amsterdam Innovation Motor is a not-for-profit organisation, founded by both public and private parties. It successfully bids for funds to undertake projects such as the Amsterdam BioMed Cluster.

Since the Amsterdam BioMed Cluster’s inception, more than 90 organisations decided to become part of the network. New members are joining as the Cluster gains momentum.

For questions and comments you can reach us at :
E info[at]amsterdambiomed.nl or info[at]amsterdambiomed.com
W www.amsterdambiomed.com

Sandra Migchielsen PhD Life Sciences cluster manager E sandra[at]aimsterdam.nl T +31 (0)20 524 11 23 M +31 (0)6 2919 9794
Anne de Graaf MSc Project manager Life Sciences E anne[at]aimsterdam.nl T +31 (0)20 524 11 22 M +31 (0)6 2412 8745
Thijs Boutkan MSc Project manager Life Sciences/Human Capital T +31 (0)20 524 1122 M +31 (0)6 2337 4043 thijs[at]aimsterdam.nl
Josje Spinhoven MSc Web editor T +31 (0)20 524 1120 josje[at]aimsterdam.nl

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