Top Sector Life Sciences & Health (LSH ) works together with public and private parties within the Dutch cabinet’s Mission-driven Top Sectors and Innovation Policy. The coalition does this on the basis of the Health & Care missions, formulated by the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, the central mission entails five more years of healthy living and reducing socioeconomic health differences by 30%. To achieve these missions, Top Sector LSH is active in different research areas, such as medical technology, biopharma and health care. By funding multidisciplinary public-private partnerships (PPPs) that contribute to the missions, the Top Sector aims to facilitate innovation. Here we give an overview of a number of funded R&D projects by Top Sector LSH. The page is updated continuously.
Centrale missie: +5 -30, veel meer doen tegen gezondheidsverschillen
Missie I: Leefstijl en leefomgeving
Missie III: Meedoen en ertoe doen met een ziekte of beperking
Missie IV: Kwaliteit van leven voor mensen met dementie
This project will develop bioengineered extracellular vesicles as a proof of concept novel modality to deliver therapeutic anticancer nucleic acids. We will optimize scalable bioreactor production and establish their bioactivity in vitro. Efficacy and biodistribution will be evaluated in preclinical animal models of prostate cancer.