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

Groningen company CC Diagnostics wins 'Jonge Ondernemings Prijs'

Friday 4 October 2019

Entrepreneur Nutte van Belzen of CC Diagnostics has won the Young Enterprise Award 2019. This was announced yesterday evening during the final show at Stadsschouwburg De Harmonie in Leeuwarden....Continue reading

Spin-off Philae Pharmaceuticals receives investment from Pharma Connect Capital

Wednesday 2 October 2019

The Groningen-based investment fund Pharma Connect Capital today announced it has made an investment in Philae Pharmaceuticals, a dermatology spin-off company from the University Medical Center...Continue reading