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.
Central Mission: +5, -30 Doing much more against health inequalities
Mission I: Lifestyle and living environment
Industrial
Healthcare
Exoskeletons might Arm-support exoskeletons may lower the biomechanical load on low back and shoulders, but this is highly depending on the type of tasks and postures and movements involved
Central Mission: +5, -30 Doing much more against health inequalities
Mission I: Lifestyle and living environment
Industrial
Healthcare
Arm-support exoskeletons may lower the biomechanical load on low back and shoulders, but this is highly depending on the type of tasks and postures and movements involved
Central Mission: +5, -30 Doing much more against health inequalities
Industrial
Healthcare
Prevention
Strengthening the sustainable employability (SE) of temporary workers by developing an approach and an inventory of the preconditions for the temporary employment sector and bringing about behavioral change to invest in this
Mission III: Participating with a disease or disability
Fundamental
(Bio)pharma
Cure
The project aims to develop humanised mouse models for pediatric cholestatic diseases which will facilitate the development and testing of novel therapeutic strategies