Examples of biotech IPOs that quickly went public2020 was a record year for biotech Initial Public Offering (IPOs), with over 100 IPOs raising an aggregate $12B– nearly doubling the number of IPOs and the aggregate proceeds recorded in 2019. In this article we show...
PRECIOUS has successfully recruited the first patients for Phase-1 clinical trialsThe Phase 1 clinical study of PRECIOUS will investigate the safety and efficacy of nanovaccines composed of PLGA particles that contain tumour antigen and adjuvant.First-in-human trial...
Launch of the new EIC: 18 & 19 March 2021The European Innovation Council will be launched on 18 March as a key novelty of Horizon Europe. To mark the publication of the Work Programme and the first calls, the Commission is organising a two-day event.About EIC The...
Interview with Prof. Bert Windhorst of the Immune-Image projectttopstart is a proud partner in the Immune-Image consortium from the beginning of the project. We talked to Prof. Bert Windhorst (Amsterdam UMC), project coordinator of the Immune-Image project, about the...
ERC publishes work programme 2021Today ERC presented its work programme for 2021. It is the first approved programme under the 2021-2027 European Union Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, Horizon Europe. This year you can send in your application for the...
Free online 5-day workshop about immunotheranosticsFrom 19th until the 23rd of April the Medical Imaging Research Group of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) in Belgium organizes a workshop, with support from the EU-funded Immune-Image consortium that ttopstart is a...
Sietske Zagers appointed as managing director of ttopstartttopstart is proud to announce that, as of February 1st, 2021, Sietske Zagers has been appointed as its managing director. As such, she will direct and control the company’s operations and give strategic...
Part I: How to successfully commercialise a molecular diagnostic productFor diagnostic companies to successfully commercialise their first product, they will have to navigate through a plethora of decisions that are essential to enable market entry. To enable these...
BIGPICTURE: The biggest database of pathology imagesWith the growing competitiveness in the funding arena, researchers are now more than ever expected to realise impact for science, industry and society. To take AI development in pathology to the next level, a...
ttopstart responsible for the sustainability of IMI consortium ‘Immune-ImageAt ttopstart, we are really excited to contribute to Immune-Image. The Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) invests 30 Million Euro in research towards novel tracer strategies for clinical...
NWO’s KIC has been simplified: an explanation of the new structureNWO has changed the structure for funding public-private partnerships in fundamental and practical research (Knowledge and Innovation Covenant, KIC). The new, thematic missions attract more parties and...
Digital care: signal COVID-19 with a braceletA bracelet that continuously monitors your body temperature and breathing pattern and thereby can detect symptoms of COVID-19 at an early stage. Rick Grobbee, Professor Clinical Epidemiology at UMC Utrecht, and his team...