Contrastmiddel SPL ontdekt in vroeg stadium uitzaaiingen in de lymfklieren bij kanker

Het Nijmeegse SPL Medical, een spin-off van het Radboudumc, ontwikkelt een uniek MRI-contrastmiddel (Combidex) waarmee in een zeer vroeg stadium uitzaaiingen van kanker in de lymfklieren kunnen worden ontdekt. Het contrastmiddel is in het Radboudumc al succesvol toegepast bij honderden patiënten. Met een nieuwe investering door het Duitse b.e. imaging Gmbh en PPM Oost vanuit Topfonds Gelderland wil SPL Medical een Europese registratie voor de diagnostiek van uitzaaiingen in de lymfklieren bij prostaatkanker financieren.

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SPL Medical kan na registratie – een verplicht testtraject op patiënten dat naar verwachting drie tot vier jaar in beslag neemt – Combidex op de markt brengen. Ari Aminetzah, CEO van het Nijmeegse SPL Medical: ‘We kunnen hiermee Combidex naar de markt brengen. De commerciële beschikbaarheid van Combidex voor kankerpatiënten zal veel betere diagnostiek van kankermetastasen mogelijk maken. Dat zal levens redden en onnodig lijden bij patiënten voorkomen. Om die reden staan partijen uit de hele wereld te dringen om het middel te kunnen gebruiken.’

Kostenbesparing
Volgens Pieter Rhemrev, adjunct-directeur van PPM Oost, kan de maatschappelijke impact van SPL Medical enorm zijn. ‘Prostaatkanker is de meest voorkomende kanker bij mannen. Alleen in Nederland zijn al circa 12.000 nieuwe gevallen per jaar. Veel lymfklier-metastasen worden vaak pas in een later stadium ontdekt, waardoor de overlevingskans daalt. Bovendien is de kwaliteit van leven bij deze groep patiënten erg slecht door bijwerkingen van therapie en emotionele stress. Vroegtijdige inschatting van de kans op lymfklier uitzaaiingen, is cruciaal voor een succesvolle behandeling. SPL Medical kan hierin een cruciale rol gaan spelen.’

Dirkjan Masman, directeur Valorisatie van het Radboudumc: “Innovatief onderzoek is vooral waardevol als het wordt omgezet in producten waar patiënten echt iets aan hebben. Het Radboudumc investeert zo actief mogelijk in dergelijke projecten en het is mooi als ze mede daardoor leiden tot investeringen uit de markt en concrete producten. Europese registratie van Combidex zou daar een prachtig voorbeeld van zijn.”

“We at the Bender Group are convinced that Ferumoxtran-10 will have a significant contribution to improve oncological MRI-diagnostics. On top, due to its Iron basis, Ferumoxtran-10 cannot be involved in the current hot topic of Gd-depositions caused by contrast agents based on Gadolinium.

Together with Radboud University Medical Center and PPM Oost, we are investing in the future of MR imaging agents’, says Dr. Jürgen Feuerstein, Managing Director of B.E. Imaging.

Extreem hoge nauwkeurigheid
Het Radboudumc, waar het contrastmiddel is verder ontwikkeld, heeft als enige ziekenhuis in Nederland toestemming om Combidex te gebruiken. Sinds 2014 is het al op meer dan zevenhonderd patiënten met vooral prostaatkanker toegepast. Bij die patiënten zijn geen noemenswaardige bijwerkingen ontstaan. Deze vorm van diagnostiek is zeer nauwkeurig, betrouwbaar en veilig, stelt Aminetzah. Europese registratie is daarom de volgende stap om het contrastmiddel voor veel meer patiënten beschikbaar te maken.

Combidex wordt bij patiënten, nadat de aanwezigheid van kanker is geconstateerd, via het bloed toegediend. 24 tot 36 uur later kunnen met een MRI de lymfkliermetastasen zichtbaar gemaakt worden. Aminetzah: ‘In vergelijking met bestaande diagnostiek heeft Combidex een extreem hoge nauwkeurigheid. We kunnen al uitzaaiingen zien van slechts 2 mm groot. Met de huidige diagnostische technieken moeten patiënten wachten tot die uitzaaiingen groeien tot 8 of 10 mm voordat ze kunnen worden geconstateerd en behandeld. Met onze Combidex zijn deze patiënten in een vroeger stadium en preciezer te behandelen.’

Europese registratie
Combidex werkt in principe voor alle solide tumoren die uitzaaien naar de lymfeklieren zoals bijvoorbeeld borstkanker. SPL Medical richt zich in eerste instantie op de registratie van Combidex voor prostaatkanker in Europa. Het Duitse b.e. imaging Gmbh, al aandeelhouder van SPL Medical en onderdeel van de Bender Gruppe GmbH, gaat de contrastvloeistof Combidex leveren in Duitsland, Zwitserland en Oostenrijk. Daarna zullen andere indicaties volgen.

Publication presentations SMB meeting ‘Early stage funding for innovative startups’ and Innoboot 2017

It is commonly known that the Dutch Centre of Entrepreneurship (RVO) offers a large variety of loans and grants for innovative entrepreneurs. But most of us have trouble finding the right loan/grant and hesitate to actually submit an application. Elke van de Graaf gave a good insight of the most suitable instruments for innovative startups and offered inside information and multiple tips&trics on how to increase the success rate of your application. Her presentation is now available on our website, should you have missed the meeting or wish to look at the information again.

We would like to thank the two entrepreneurs, Artur Steffen (GoClinic) and David Uhlenbroich (eDolly), who took the time to inform us of their personal journey in entrepreneurship, their achievements, but also their challenges in securing sufficient funding to meet their goals and targets.

We finished off the meeting with drinks & bites and of course ample room for networking! Please click on this link to look back at the presentations of May 18, 2017 and for the publiation of the presentations from the two key note speakers of the Innoboot 2017 (April 11, 2017).

Science Meets Business; Early stage funding for innovative start ups

Date: Thursday May 18, 2017
Time: 16:30-19:00 hrs (doors open at 16:00)
Location: Novio Tech Campus, in the SMB Meet & Greet, building M, Transistorweg 5 Nijmegen (directions)

Do you have an innovative idea and see opportunities for a new product in the market? Do you have the knowledge, vision and ambition, but lack the financial possibilities? Are you looking for a partner who wants to fund a project or business that is promising but also involves high risks? This May meeting will focus on funding options for innovative start ups by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RvO; Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland). Followed by innovative entrepreneurs that share their experiences with RVO funding options.

Program:
16:00 Registration and Walk-in
16:30 Welcome by John Schalken
16:35 Early stage funding for innovative startups by RvO
17:00 Pitches from innovative entrepreneurs
17:30 Networking, drinks & bites

Presentations are in English and the entrance is free. We welcome new guests, so please feel free to pass on this invitation to relevant people in your network!

The monthly meetings Science Meets Business aim to connect people and exchange knowledge in the world of science and business.

#Innoboot 2017 & Innovation Tour

Date: Tuesday April 11, 2017
Time: 14:00 – 17:30 hrs
Location: Novio Tech Campus, in the SMB Meet & Greet, gebouw M, Transistorweg 5 Nijmegen (directions)

Theme: Nanomedicine
How do you become a successful innovative entrepreneur?

Starting and running a business has many dimensions, especially in the Chemistry, Life Sciences, Health and High-Tech sectors. You are educated as a scientist, but now the external environment and your employees expect that you behave like a real entrepreneur. What does this mean? How and when do you take crucial steps leading to success? Or are you a starting entrepreneur that wants to share you experience?

Come to the #InnoBoot at April, 11th 2017 at the iLab Nijmegen, location Novio Tech Campus. Get inspired by pitches and presentations of experienced entrepreneurs and creative innovators. Ask questions, meet energetic colleagues and learn more by sharing each other’s experiences.

Innovative nanomedicines is the key theme of the #InnoBoot. From the academic as well as the business perspective, different facets of nanomedicine and business development are discussed. During the pitches and the feedback session, we will search for answers to familiar issues and problems, resulting in value for yourself and your associates.

Programme #Innoboot:
13:30  Registration
14:00  Welcome by Rikus Wolbers (director Novio Tech Campus)
14.05h Keynotes led by Rikus Wolbers:
-Mani Diba MSc (Radboudumc); Biomaterials in Nanomedcine
-dr. Christianne Rijcken (CSO Cristal Therapeutics); Nanoparticles in disease treatment
14:45  Pitches & Feedback led by John Schalken:
-Friso van Assema (Rhinehorn initiatief)
-Sander van Asbeck (Mercurnia)
15:45  Break
16:10 Resume Pitches & Feedback led by John Schalken:
-Waander van Heerde (Enzyre)
16:40 Final keynote led by Rikus Wolbers:
-dr. Daniela A Wilson (Theme leader Nanomedicine RU Science)
17:00  Networking with drinks and bites

Presentations are in English and the entrance is free, but please register upfront. We welcome new guests, so feel free to share this invitation within your network.

Prior to the #InnoBoot, there is an Innovation Tour through Nijmegen. The Innovation Tour will bring entrepreneurs that are interested in settling in the region, by bus along various locations in Nijmegen. It gives them the opportunity to meet each other, the available research facilities and startups active in the Chemistry sectors, such as PharmaCytics and Eucaryo.

Programma Innovatietour:
09.00  Gathering at Novio Tech Campus
09.30  Departure Innovation Tourbus to different iLab locations in Nijmegen (including lunch)
14.00  End of Innovation Tour at Novio Tech Campus

We look forward to see you at April 11th!

#Innoboot and Innovation Tour Nijmegen 2017 were sponsored by:

Innoboot partner logos 2017

 

The monthly meetings Science Meets Business aim to connect people and exchange knowledge in the world of science and business.

Science Meets Business: High Tech meets Health!

Date: Thursday February 23, 2017
Time: 16:30-19:00 hrs (doors open at 16:00)
Location: Novio Tech Campus, in the SMB Meet & Greet, building M, Transistorweg 5 Nijmegen (directions)

Theme: High Tech meets Health!

The February meeting will focus on the impact of High Tech innovations on Healthcare. This inspiring session will showcase young innovative entrepreneurs that actively seek the cross-over from High Tech to Med Tech and Healthcare. Additionally, we welcome a number of students from Radboud University, Panorama Science course that will pitch their innovation. Followed by drinks & bites, with ample room for networking!

Speakers:

-Klaus Werner (PinkRF) a young innovative company focused on system and application (firmware and software) design for the emerging RF-Energy. It recently opened an office at Novio Tech Campus in Nijmegen

-Marc van Barneveld (U Needle) Develops and produces micro-needles employing a unique in-plane silicon etching method. The intended use is any application for which an accurate, quick, pain-free intra dermal and subcutaneous delivery is needed, for example vaccination, drug delivery, and in-skin aesthetic treatments.

-Student pitches from Radboud University (Panorama Science course)

Presentations are in English and the entrance is free. We welcome new guests, so please feel free to pass on this invitation to relevant people in your network!

We are looking forward to meeting you on February 23rd!

The monthly meetings Science Meets Business aim to connect people and exchange knowledge in the world of science and business.

Invitation: National eHealth week 2017 Afterparty @Novio Tech Campus

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Rockstart, Dutch Hacking Health and partners organize the first National eHealthweek Afterparty on Friday evening January 27. We’re hosting a Digital Health Market, talk about the latest digital health initiatives and celebrate a successful closing of the Dutch eHealthweek 2017.

Information
Date and time: Friday January 27, 2017, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM CET
Registration fee: FREE
Location: Novio Tech Campus, Transistorweg 7, Building A, 6534 AT Nijmegen

Program
18:30 – Door opens to the Digital Health Market
19.00 – Rikus Wolbers, Director at Novio Tech Campus
19.05 – Hubert Bruls, Mayor of Nijmegen – interview by Rikus Wolbers, Director at Novio Tech Campus
19.10 – Erik Gerritsen, Secretary General Dutch Ministry Health, Welfare, Sport – e-Healthweek interview by Eva Eikhout – Student Interaction Design and former Chair Childrens Advisory Board Radboudumc
19:20 – Pitu Cabanillas, CEO of Fuelling – Official launch of a new ehealth initiative
19:30 – Ahmed ElMahmoudy, CEO of EyeSense & Connie Haumahu, patient – Machine Learning for the blind
19:40 – Chris Doomernik, Director at Health Valley
19:45 – Sitti Vinayagan Poinen, CEO of healthbit – Machine Learning for cardiology
19:55 – Wouter Heijnen, Co-founder Totem – How to open source wearables?
20.05 – Concha van Rijssel and Robin Hooijer, founders of Dutch Hacking Health – Official launch Dutch Hacking Health 2017
20.10 – Casper Smeets, Program Director of Rockstart’s Digital Health Accelerator – Dutch Digital Health Vision 2020
20.15 – Start after-party

eHealth week 2017

Slides from SMB meeting ‘Crossing borders; boost your health innovations!’ now available

We’re proud of yet another succesful SMB meeting that focused on crossing borders. The meeting was held on Tuesday January 24, 2017 at Novio Tech Campus in Nijmegen in close cooperation with our partners OostNV and Health Valley.

Did you know that OostNV can help boost your health innovation abroad through progams like Boost4Health and Interreg? And Health Valley has an extensive international network as well? All presentations are available on our website should you have missed the meeting or wish to look at the information again.

We would like to thank the two entrepreneurs, Laszlo Bax (Braingaze) and Ypke van Oosterhout (Xenikos), who took the time to share their international experiences (tips & trics, do’s and don’ts) with regards to venturing abroad. We would have never guessed it would take more than 5 months to open a bank account in a foreign country. Improvement is much needed here!

We finished off the meeting with drinks & bites and of course ample room for networking! Please click on this link to look back at the presentations of January 24, 2017.

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Science Meets Business: ‘Crossing Borders: Boost your health innovation!’

Date: Tuesday January 24, 2017
Time: 16:00-19:00 hrs (doors open at 15:30)
Location: Novio Tech Campus, in the SMB Meet & Greet, building M, Transistorweg 5 Nijmegen (directions)

Theme: ‘Crossing Borders: Boost your health innovation!’
In close cooperation with OostNV and Health Valley

We will start the new year with an inspiring session on international growth by sharing information on the international programs Boost4Health and Mind Interreg. And of course we will be sharing experiences with and from other entrepreneurs.

Both programs have the objective to link international innovative entrepreneurs and SME’s to each other and to knowledge institutes to enable cooperation between suitable partners and to accelerate the development in the area of validation and market access. OostNV is looking for parties that are interested in this type of cooperation and/or open to contribute to the growth of SME’s from other countries. Both programs offer (small) grant opportunities to enable international cooperation.

Program:

15:30 Registration and Walk-in

16:00 Welcome and start event

-Laszlo Bax (Braingaze) a Spanish startup that develops next-generation Mind Tracking Solutions that predict and identify personal behavior for clinical and commercial applications. It recently opened an office at Novio Tech Campus in Nijmegen

-Ypke van Oosterhout (Xenikos) that develops a combination of two toxin-loaded anti-T-cell antibodies, T-Guard™, as a therapeutic tool for resetting the body’s immune system in T-cell mediated diseases

-Boost4Health program by Adinda Woelderink and Friso Hennings Backer (OostNV)

-Mind Interreg program by Niek Wellink (OostNV)

-Cluster and internationalization by Victor Haze (Health Valley)

17:30 Networking, drinks & bites

Presentations are in English and the entrance is free. We welcome new guests, so please feel free to pass on this invitation to relevant people in your network!

We are looking forward to meeting you on January 24th!

The monthly meetings Science Meets Businessaim to connect people and exchange knowledge in the world of science and business.

Braingaze; new start-up addition to Novio Tech Campus

Good news! From February 1, 2017 onwards Novio Tech Campus welcomes a new tenant: Braingaze.

Braingaze, founded in 2013, develops next-generation Mind Tracking Solutions that predict and identify personal behavior for clinical and commercial applications. The unique method of Braingaze (patented in 44 countries) is based on the predictive power of small eye movements as a marker for cognitive visual processing. They call this eye movement ‘Cognitive Vergence’. The Braingaze method is non-invasive, fast and robust, and does not require expensive hardware. As a first commercial application Braingaze has clinically validated a unique solution to more objectively diagnose ADHD in children.

Braingaze will present itself and its business case during the next SMB meeting on January 24, 2017 (Crossing Borders; Boost your Health innovation). For more information, click here.

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Nieuwe editie MercatorNovioTech

Onlangs verscheen er weer een nieuw nummer van Mercator NovioTech Magazine*. De uitgave geeft onder meer voorbeelden van verbindingen tussen kennis en maatschappij (Science Meets Business).

Een greep uit de inhoud:
– Het succes van 3 jaar Novio Tech Campus
– Het nut van investeren in kennis en innovatie;
– Big Data: nieuwe ICT-kennis met grote maatschappelijke impact;
– The Economic Board als verbinder en aanjager;
– Radboudumc valorisatiebeleid ‘van idee tot spin-off’
– Succesvolle Gelderland Valoriseert projecten.

Klik om het magazine te downloaden: in het Nederlands and in English.

* Mercator NovioTech Magazine – Science Meets Business Nijmegen – is een uitgave van CCM&C in samenwerking met Mercator Incubator Nijmegen, BV Campus Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, Novio Tech Campus, SMB Life Sciences en Radboudumc. De uitgave verschijnt twee maal per jaar in een oplage van 4.500 exemplaren en wordt o.a. verspreid naar een gericht bestand van innovatieve bedijven in de regio Nijmegen en Arnhem en grootste (inter)naionale bedrijven in Nederland op het gebied van onder meer life sciences, food technology, farma, ICT en de medische sector.