FlandersBio
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Flanders
Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...
life sciences in Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
. The members of FlandersBio are organizations involved with Research and Development, and production in life sciences, or organizations and companies servicing Flemish life sciences. Its mission is to be a driving force for the sustained growth of the knowledge-based bio-economy in Flanders
Flanders
Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...
. Johan Cardoen
Johan Cardoen
Johan Cardoen is a Belgian scientist and businessman. He is Chief Executive Officer of CropDesign and Chairman of FlandersBio. He obtained a Ph.D. in biology at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in 1987....
, who succeeded Staf Van Reet
Staf Van Reet
Staf Van Reet is a Belgian scientist and businessman. Currently he is Managing Director of the biotech company Viziphar Biosciences BVBA, and member of the Board of Directors of Janssen Pharmaceutica and the VIB. He was succeeded as Chairman of FlandersBio by Johan Cardoen.-Education:He obtained a...
, is Chairman of FlandersBio. Ann Van Gysel
Ann Van Gysel
Ann Van Gysel is a Belgian scientist and businesswoman. She was communications manager of the Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology and became the General Manager of FlandersBio on 1 June 2008, where she succeeded Els Vanheusden....
is General Manager and Secretary to the Board since 1 June 2008 and she was preceded by Els Vanheusden
Els Vanheusden
Els Vanheusden is a Belgian physician, businesswoman and from 2004 until 31 May 2008, General Manager of FlandersBio, the cluster of the Flemish biotech industry...
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FlandersBio has created BioScope-IT as a Bioinformatics Service Project in order to lower the threshold for Flemish biotech companies for applying bioinformatics.
Companies
- AblynxAblynxAblynx, a biopharmaceutical company with headquarters in Ghent, Belgium, is engaged in the discovery and development of single-domain antibodies to treat a range of human diseases....
- ActoGeniX
- Bayer CropSciencePlant Genetic SystemsPlant Genetic Systems , since 2002 part of Bayer CropScience, is a biotech company located in Ghent, Belgium. The focus of its activities is the genetic engineering of plants...
- CropDesignCropDesignCropDesign is a biotech company located in Ghent, Belgium. The company develops a portfolio of agronomic traits for the global commercial seed markets. It has developed a technology platform to discover genetic traits for the improvement of corn, rice and other plants...
- DevGenDevGenDevgen is a Belgium-based multinational agricultural biotechnology company. It uses advanced biotechnology and molecular breeding technologies to develop varieties of major food crops with higher yield or superior envirmonental properties. Its technology is marketed by outlicensing or selling seeds...
- Galapagos GenomicsGalapagos GenomicsGalapagos Genomics NV was founded in 1999 as a joint venture between Crucell and Tibotec. The Company later changed its name to Galapagos NV and completed its initial public offering on EuronextAmsterdam and Euronext Brussels in May 2005....
- InnogeneticsInnogeneticsInnogenetics NV is an international in vitro diagnostics company, with headquarters in Ghent, Belgium. The company develops and markets diagnostic assays in the fields of infectious diseases, oncology, neurodegeneration, transplantation and genetic testing, with a special focus on molecular...
- Janssen PharmaceuticaJanssen PharmaceuticaJanssen Pharmaceutica is pharmaceutical company, established in Belgium in 1953 by Paul Janssen. Its headquarters are located in Beerse, in the Campine region of the province of Antwerp, Belgium. It was created not as a subsidiary of a chemical factory but solely with the aim of conducting...
- PeakadillyPeakadillyPronota, formerly Peakadilly, is a biotech company located in Ghent, Belgium. The company works on the development of molecular diagnostics for cancer and inflammatory diseases. This work should lead to improvements in personalized and predictive medicine.-History:The company was founded in August...
- Thromb-XThromb-XThromb-X is a Belgian biotech company. It was founded in 1991 by Professor Désiré Collen, an expert in cardiovascular disease, of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and head of the VIB Departement of Transgene Technology and Gene Therapy, K.U.Leuven....
- TibotecTibotecTibotec is a pharmaceutical company with a focus on research and development for the treatment of infectious diseases such as HIV , and Hepatitis C...
- VircoVircoVirco was a biotech company located in Mechelen, Belgium. It provides a quantitative phenotype prediction for HIV resistance testing. The prediction is achieved by performing a search in a database of genotype-phenotype pairs and matching the mutations in the database with those of the sample of...
See also
- Belgian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyBelgian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyThe Belgian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is a Belgian non-profit organization, concerned with biochemistry and molecular biology....
- BIO.be
- European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and AssociationsEuropean Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and AssociationsEuropean Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations is a Brussels-based trade union founded in 1978 representing the research-based pharmaceutical industry operating in Europe....
(EFPIA) - EuropaBioEuropaBioEuropaBio is Europe's largest and most influential biotech industry group, whose members include Monsanto, Bayer and other biotechnology companies...
- Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB)
- Flanders Investment and TradeFlanders Investment and TradeThe Flanders Investment and Trade was founded by the Flemish government in 2005. The FIT agency helps both Flemish companies with expanding their business abroad as well as to assist foreign companies sourcing Flemish suppliers of quality goods and services. The FIT agency is headed by Christ’l...
- Flemish institute for technological researchFlemish institute for technological researchThe Flemish institute for technological research or VITO, is a research centre, located in Mol, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium. The institute performs contract research and develops products and processes in the fields of energy, environment and materials, for both the public and the private sector...
(VITO) - GIMVGIMVGimv is a European investment company with experience in private equity and venture capital. The company is listed on Euronext Brussels. Gimv currently manages around EUR 2.0 billion of assets ....
- Institute for the promotion of Innovation by Science and TechnologyInstitute for the promotion of Innovation by Science and TechnologyThe Agency for Innovation by Science and Technology is a public institution in Flanders to provide R&D and innovation support. The institute was established by the Flemish government in 1991...
(IWT) - Participatiemaatschappij VlaanderenParticipatiemaatschappij VlaanderenThe Participatiemaatschappij Vlaanderen is an independent organization owned by the Flemish government which supports economic investment initiatives in Flanders.-History:...
- Pharma.bePharma.bePharma.be or Belgian Pharmaceutical Industry Association, is a Belgian non-profit organization which represents the Belgian pharmaceutical industry. Its headquarter is located in Brussels....
- Science and technology in FlandersScience and technology in FlandersScience and technology in Flanders, the northern region of Belgium , is well developed with the presence of several universities and research institutes...