Interactive timeline: 20 Years of Pioneering Medicine Together in 20 Milestones
Click the coloured dot next to each milestone year to learn more about the context and impact behind each milestone.
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2006: Foundations for National Health Innovation Established
Cover article NRC Handelsblad 18 augustus 2005: Rijk investeert in medicijnonderzoek. Source: NRC2007: Catalyzing Collaboration in Global Health
Trevor Jones at “the new landscape of neglected disease drug development” partnering event in January 2007.2009: Addressing Regulatory Gaps for Complex Medicines
Cover of Non-Biological Complex Drugs: The Science and the Regulatory Landscape. Source: Springer Nature2010: Laying the Groundwork for the Dutch LSH Ecosystem
Cover of Topsectorplan Life Sciences & Health. Source: overheid.nl2011: Pioneering Health Data Infrastructure
Cover of TraIT booklet. Source: Lygature2012: Transforming Drug Discovery Through Shared Assets
Screening robot at the Pivot Park Screening Centre robot in Oss, the Netherlands.2013: Guiding Health Foundations in Public-Private Partnerships
Cover of TI Pharma Report: Health Foundations Facilitate Translational Research Through Public-Private Partnerships. Source: Lygature2014: Making Patients Partners in Collaboration
Article “Making the patient voice heard in a research consortium: experiences from an EU project (IMI-APPROACH)”. Source: Springer Nature2015: Catalyzing Regulatory Collaboration
Screenshot of the RSNN 10 Years animation shown at the RSNN Annual Workshop 2025.2016: One Organization to Bridge Pharma and MedTech
Reveal of Lygature brand name at merger event in Utrecht in June 2015.2017: Operationalizing a National Oncology Ecosystem
Logo of the Oncode Institute. Source: Oncode Institute2019: Scaling Collaboration Against Antimicrobial Resistance
Screenshot of the GNA NOW Innovative Health Initiative project page. Source: IHI.2021: Strengthening National Health Data Coordination
Screenshot of news article on Health-RI NGF grant. Source: NGF2023: Creating a Shared Home for Life Science Collaboration
Picture of partner organizations’ logos at entrance of HI-FIVE office space in Utrecht.2023: Milestone in European Health Innovation Partnerships
Logo of the IHI IDERHA project. Source: IDERHA2025: From Partnership to Patient Impact
A preschool-aged girl receives treatment with arpraziquantel in Bugiri District in Uganda. Photo credit: Kibuuka Makisa/Candid Local
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