Life Cooperative

Impact through real cooperation

SMEs determine the course of the Healthy Ageing theme. LifeScience and Medical Technology SMEs unite to increase the innovativeness of the Northern Netherlands. The Healthy Ageing Business Cooperative has been active since January...More information

Worldewide market at LIFE Cooperative's feet

A delegation of SMEs in the Life Science and MedTech sector in the North is participating in Europe's largest BIO & Life Sciences conference in Copenhagen. Alderman Joost van Keulen (Economy & Innovation, International Trade &...More information

Lobbying together

Increased strength In order to influence policy makers of regional governments and institutes, Life Science and Medical Technology SMEs in the Northern part of the Netherlands are uniting in the Healthy Ageing Business Cooperative.

Organising together

Increased efficiency The cooperative develops solutions to meet shared challenges. Collective training, combined purchasing of laboratory equipment and materials, and shared visits to international fairs and congresses are some of the current examples of efficiency measures.

Developing together

Increased innovation Together, the cooperative SMEs developed research-, development- and supply-chains that result in efficient innovations, i.e. in the field biomarker validation, biomaterial development and 3D imaging and printing.

Latest news

MercachemSyncom closes acquisition of Alcami Weert

Tuesday 14 January 2020

Expands portfolio of chemistry services from compound design to clinical proof of concept. Continue reading

Polyganics Achieves CE Mark Certification for LIQOSEAL®

Tuesday 7 January 2020

Groningen, The Netherlands, 07 January 2020 – Polyganics, a medical technology company developing, manufacturing and commercializing bioresorbable medical devices, announced today that it has...Continue reading