On 3 April 2026, RED Company submitted the permit application for the construction of Lilly’s production facility to the Municipality of Katwijk. To demonstrate that the development is feasible and complies with all applicable laws and regulations, RED Company has…
Patients with advanced cancer for whom standard treatments no longer work may benefit from off-label medicines: approved drugs that are used for a different disease than the one for which they are officially registered. This means a larger group of…
Leiden, 5 April 2026 at 12:12 p.m. by the editorial team Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) is the first hospital in the region to use an innovative catheter-based treatment for patients with a severe pulmonary embolism. Thanks to a combination…
Company or group introductionLeiden Bio Science Park is described as one of Europe’s leading life sciences and health clusters, bringing together research, education, startups, scale-ups, and multinational companies within a single ecosystem. Foundation year1984 LocationNot discussed in the transcript. Modality…
Querétaro, Mexico — March 24, 2026 Bionomic, a Dutch agritech startup developing biological crop protection solutions, has been awarded the GreenTech Americas Innovation Award 2026. The award was presented during the opening ceremony of GreenTech Americas at the Querétaro Congress…
As antibiotics are losing effectiveness worldwide, bacteriophages are increasingly seen as a promising and targeted alternative. At the same time, access to phage therapy remains limited due to market barriers, regulatory complexity and investment risks. We are proud to share…
When the Netherlands’ most influential science advisory body visits your ecosystem, it is not a coincidence. Today, the Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR – Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy) brought its full council to Leiden Bio Science Park,…
On 18 March 2026, municipal council elections take place across the Netherlands. These elections give residents the opportunity to vote for their local council, the body that makes decisions on housing, transportation, social services, and local investment, including in innovation…
A Crucial Step Toward Introducing Predictive Testing Services into Clinical Practice Leiden, The Netherlands, 10 March 2026 — VitroScan is a Dutch biotech company developing predictive ex vivo micro‑tumor testing to help physicians make informed cancer treatment decisions. Today VitroScan announced that…
The University Sports Centre (USC) has been renovated, and we would love to take you on a quick tour of the building. Whether you are a colleague at LBSP, a student, or an external sports enthusiast: everyone is welcome to…
Exactly one year after the first edition, the second national Skills Heroes Powered By final competition for Laboratory Technicians took place on 4th February 2026. Fifteen students from Intermediate Vocational Laboratory Education (MLO) competed at mboRijnland in Leiden for a…
The Academic Hospital Paramaribo (AZP) and the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) have been collaborating for approximately fifty years in the fields of neurosurgery and heart disease. Vascular surgeons Jan van Schaik and Daniël Eefting (also partly affiliated with Haaglanden…