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In December 2022, the European consortium ‘Beyond 1 Million Genomes’ (B+1MG) published the summary paper from the Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) Working Group.

One of the great challenges of medical research is the translation of a laboratory discovery into an effective treatment for patients. At Lygature, we strongly believe that building international, multi-stakeholder partnerships improves and accelerates this process, leading to better outcomes for patients.

January 30 marks World NTD Day, an annual awareness day that draws attention to the inequalities of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). As an organization with projects focused on making a meaningful contribution to Global Health and NTD research, we are proud to show our support.

Four years of FAIRplus has provided academia and industry with tools to start implementing the FAIR Principles. ‘We can now move beyond the need to convince people about the benefits of FAIR, and actually start implementing it.’

The European Lead Factory (ELF) is a pan-European drug discovery project and flagship open innovation resource with the goal of finding high-quality leads for new drug discovery programs. 

The Pediatric Praziquantel Consortium, which Lygature proudly coordinates, has today announced an important new milestone: the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has validated for review the application for the Consortium’s potential new treatment option for schistosomiasis in preschool-aged children (3 months to 6 years of age).  

On November 17th, the first edition of Lygature LIVE took place at Villa Jongerius in Utrecht. Discussing the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead, which we can only address together, was the main goal of the meeting.

Focusing on colorectal cancer as a common theme and inspired by five use cases, Horizon Europe project EOSC4Cancer aims to develop an infrastructure for the exploitation of large datasets to accelerate the fight against cancer.

The Innovative Health Initiative (IHI), a public-private partnership between the European Union and the European life science industries, published information on future calls ahead of publication.

On Thursday 17 November 2022 (from 15:00 until 20:00) we will organize Lygature LIVE: Partnerships for Innovation, Innovation in Partnerships. This special in person event will take place at Villa Jongerius in Utrecht.

TopX, the platform for ambitious women in life sciences, recently organized the two-day summit “Towards a more gender-diverse top in Life Sciences & Health - From Ambition to Action". The event was packed with interesting talks and workshops from successful women with careers in both academia and industry. 

The Dutch National Growth Fund (NGF) has earmarked 20 billion euros for projects that impact structural and sustainable economic growth in the Netherlands. Are you planning to submit a proposal for round 3 in the Life Sciences & Health area?

Lygature’s Strategic Asset Sharing portfolio: an interview with Herman Verheij

The Innovative Health Initiative (IHI) builds on the results of the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) with a broader scope and stakeholder base. IHI just launched its first two calls for proposals and in order to kick start new partnerships, they organized a broker event in Brussels recently.

During a symposium on 1 July on the concept of a self-learning healthcare system, the MLC Foundation announces its integration into Lygature.