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Bio-ExTRAKT

FlandersBio has initiated its Bio-ExTRAKT programme (Biotechnology Expansion Through Regional Awareness and Knowledge Transfer) for the benefit of R&D intensive biotechnology firms in Flanders and the regions surrounding it (INNET project - in collaboration with IWT).

Innovation is essential for the development of a vibrant regional economy. It is at the basis of the Lisbon Strategy setting the strategic goal for the EU to become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world by 2010. However, the innovation process has become more complex and interdisciplinary and as such requires more collaboration between scientists, engineers and end-users.

Indeed, international co-operation agreements have taken an increasingly important role in the R&D activities of biotech firms during recent decades. However, despite highly improved communication possibilities, the choice of R&D partners seems to privilege those that are geographically close. Therefore FlandersBio has initiated its Bio-ExTRAKT programme (Biotechnology Expansion Through Regional Awareness and Knowledge Transfer) for the benefit of R&D intensive biotechnology firms in Flanders and the regions surrounding it.

This programme is supported by IWT via INNET "Innovation Express".

Partners

TI Pharma, Top Institute Pharma, The Netherlands
BMM, The BioMedical Materials program, The Netherlands
ctmm, Center for Translational Molecular Medicine, The Netherlands
CIB2021, Cluster for Industrial Biotechnology, Germany
BioWIN, Walloon CLuster for Human Health, Belgium
Theodorus, ULB spinoff Fund

Objectives and scope of the Bio-ExTRAKT programme

FlandersBio’s Bio-ExTRAKT project aims to:

0. Support the further growth of the biotech industry by broadening their knowledge base on the business opportunities that exist within the perimeter of a half day travel from Brussels, thus defining the Bio-ExTRAKT region.
0. Enlarge the critical mass of scientific and business expertise within the biotech industry in Flanders and the surrounding regions and hence increase the impact of the specific interactions that take place during meetings, workshops and networking events on companies’ performance.
0. Ultimately leading to the prime success factors of Bio-ExTRAKT, i.e. an increase in the number of transnational R&D co-operations and/or business deals.

This will be achieved through a complementary set of focused actions in a well defined geographical context, limiting the scope of the project to the immediate surrounding regions of Flanders.