Type: Biobank Project page: Access page Country: Belgium Synopsis: The Biobank Antwerpen builds upon the existing Tumorbank@UZA, which was set up in 2009 in the context of the Belgian National Cancer Plan Initiative as an integrated part of the Multidisciplinary Oncological Center of Antwerp (MOCA). It also integrates with the Center for Medical Innovation (CMI)...
Type: Government Project page: Access page Country: Belgium Synopsis: The Federal Agency for Medicins and Health Products, as the competent authority, is responsible for ensuring the quality, safety and effectiveness of medicines and health products (medical devices and accessories, raw materials, blood and its components of human origin, human bodily material), for both human and...
Type: Research Project page: Access page Country: Belgium Synopsis: VIB (Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie) is a research institute located in Flanders, Belgium. It was founded by the Flemish government in 1995, and became a full-fledged institute on 1 January 1996. The main objective of VIB is to strengthen the excellence of Flemish life sciences research...
Type: Cluster Project page: Access page Country: Belgium Synopsis: MEDVIA is the Flemish spearhead cluster on health tech. It stimulates unique innovations in healthcare by facilitating and supporting collborations between companies, knowledge centers, universities and healthcare institutions.
Type: Platform Project page: Access page Country: Belgium Synopsis: Sciensano is a public institution performing public and animal health assignments. They are currently supporting the development of a national health data platform, through the following specific activities: Characterisation and documentation of the Belgian health information system (WP1); Development of a business case built around prospective...
Type: Platform Project page: Access page Country: Belgium Synopsis: The Belgian Cancer Registry collects information about all new cancer diagnoses in Belgium and their follow-up. Based on this information it maps out the nature and extent of cancer in Belgium. It regularly bundles this information in a publication.
Type: Government Project page: Access page Country: Belgium Synopsis: In the first place, the department of Economy, Science and Innovation (EWI) seeks to achieve this through the preparation, monitoring and evaluation of policy. The established policy is carried out by the agencies, while the advisory councils provide competent advice.o stimulate developments in personalised medicine and...
Type: Research Project page: Access page Country: Belgium Synopsis: The detection of diseases at an early stage of development has many advantages, such as timely and specific treatment, which means significant cost savings, and the ability to trace the cause of a disease more quickly and efficiently. To support the progress of early diagnostics, VITO...