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LS@W alumnus Khondrion Receives Rare Pediatric Disease Designation for Sonlicromanol from US FDA
Designation granted for the treatment of MELAS (mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes) syndrome. Khondrion, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company discovering and developing therapies targeting mitochondrial dise
Venture Challenge Finals Summer 2020 big succes despite COVID restrictions
On September 18 the participants of the Venture Challenge Summer 2020 presented the result of their efforts to the Venture Challenge jury consisting of Carine van den Brink, Geert-Jan Mulder, Eline Vrijland-van Beest, André van de Sande and Kim Lucassen in t
Venture Challenge Summer 2020: Meet the teams
Three months later than planned, due to COVID-19, the Venture Challenge Summer 2020 kicked off last week with five Life Sciences & Health startups participating in the first bootcamp at Pivot Park.
Venture Challenge alumnus Sirius Medial raises €4.4M Series A funding to launch their Pintuition System for cancer localisation
Sirius Medical is excited to announce that it has successfully raised €4.4M to accelerate the commercial launch of the Sirius Pintuition System for cancer localization and to develop a pipeline of complementary products and indica
EUROSTARS grants ATRO Medical funding for first lateral meniscus prosthesis
An international consortium led by the Dutch med-tech startup ATRO Medical receives over € 800,000 EUROSTARS funding to address an unmet need for Knee Osteoarthritis patients.
Stevin Prize for Immunologist Ton Schumacher
Immunologist Ton Schumacher of the Netherlands Cancer Institute, also Professor at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), is being awarded the Stevin Prize.
Fall edition Venture Challenge now open for applications
As of this week, enterprising researchers can submit their candidacy for the Fall edition of the Venture Challenge, which NWO organises on behalf of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate.