Research, educational and governmental institute

Academic Medical Center (AMC)

Business focus: AMC is one of the largest medical centers in the Netherlands. It employs over 6,500 people, of whom more than 1,400 are scientifically involved.

AMC Medical Business Park

Business focus: The AMC Medical Business Park (MBP) is a park where development and planning for the future go hand in hand. The park will be an attractive option for various partners in the Life Sciences, mainly for those companies who are working in the field of biopharmaceuticals, medical devices and patient care systems. It will facilitate start-up’s as well as established companies.

Australian Trade Commission

Business focus: Matchmaking on behalf of the Australian business community.

Central Veterinairy Insititute of Wageningen UR

Business focus: The Central Veterinairy Insititute of Wageningen UR is an independent research institute and the national reference laboratory that, operating in the field of veterinary science, contributes to protecting the health of animals and humans in the Netherlands.

Erfocentrum

Business focus: Education of the general public on genetics, genetic diseases, risk factors, genetic research, medical biotechnology.

Hans Mak Institute

Business focus: The Hans Mak Institute aims to improve quality of care of renal patients by supporting clinical and biomedical research in kidney disease.

Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystems Dynamics (IBED) - UvA

Business focus: IBED is a multidisciplinary research institute with a mission to increase our insights in the functioning of ecosystems in all their complexity.

KIT Biomedical Research

Business focus: KIT Biomedical Research focuses on essential diagnostics by addressing problems through a comprehensive combination of basic science, product development and implementation.

Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN)

Business focus: Fundamental neuroscience research with special emphasis on the brain and the visual system.

Netherlands Institute for Systems Biology (NISB)

Business focus: The Netherlands Institute for Systems Biology (NISB) focuses on the integrated functioning of metabolic, signal-transduction and genetic networks in combination with systems that drive the generation of shape and force in living cells.

NKI-AVL

Business focus: Creating new opportunities for patient tailored cancer treatments through basic, translational and clinical research.

NWO awards 14 Rubicon grants

The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded 14 Rubicon grants in the area of life sciences.

Nyenrode Life Sciences & Healthcare Institute

Business focus: Executive and Managerial level Business Education and International Leading Research for the Life Sciences and Healthcare Sectors.

Progressare BV

Business focus: Development, outsourced manufacturing, licenses of medical products between cosmetics and pharmaceutical categories. Products are registered as medical devices or combination products (medical device and pharmaceutical mode of action). Most products are OTC (over-the-counter) sold.

Sanquin Blood Supply Foundation

Business focus: Sanquin’ s business areas are blood and blood products, cellular therapies, therapeutic proteins, monoclonal antibodies, diagnostic service testing, typing and immunology reagents for research and in vitro diagnostic use. In addition, Sanquin performs contract research and development work in collaboration with third parties. Sanquin offers licensing opportunities for biomaterials and specific technologies.

Science Park Amsterdam Center for Entrepreneurship (SPACE)

Business focus: Science Park Amsterdam Center for Entrepreneurship (SPACE) fosters education in entrepreneurship, stimulate and support innovative startups based on research done at Science Park Amsterdam institutes and at the Faculty of Science of the University of Amsterdam. SPACE aims to attracts students, researchers, entrepreneurs, investors and companies to start and support new ventures.

Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (UvA)

Business focus: The Swammerdam Institute of Life Sciences (SILS) brings together more than 200 researchers with knowledge from many areas of science, amongst others: biology, (bio)chemistry, (bio)physics, medicine and data analysis- and information technology. Systems Biology is our focal point of attention, essential to reach our final goal i.e. understanding life processes in organisms and cells.

Syntens

Business focus: Syntens focuses on helping medium and small sized enterprises to innovate quicker, better and sooner, by being a full partner to the management and R&D directors in health-related companies.

TNO Quality of Life

Business focus: TNO brings multidisciplinary teams toegether to develop, integrate and apply knowledge. As a partner for policy makers and industry, TNO gauges its impact in commercial and public sector.

Turing Institute Almere

The overall goal is to provide an optimal setting for interdisciplinary collaboration between biomedical-, neuropsychological-, and computational (Artificial Intelligence) science with external parties which will lead to improved understanding of disease processes and allow personalized methods of diagnosis and treatment.