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At the crossroads of Nutrition, Biotechnology and Health. Nutrition Health Longevity Cluster. Nutrition Health Longevity Cluster. The Lille – Northern France - Bio-cluster. Competences present in the Nord Pas de Calais have led to the development of excellence :
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At the crossroads of Nutrition, Biotechnology and Health • Nutrition Health Longevity Cluster
Nutrition Health Longevity Cluster The Lille – Northern France - Bio-cluster • Competencespresent in the Nord Pas de Calais have led to the development of excellence : • Nutrition and functionalingredients • Cardiovascular, metabolic, neurodegenerativediseases • Pharmaceutical Industry • Blood relatedactivities • Biomedical technologies • Orthopedics and biomaterials Answer to the French government proposal to build “Pôle de compétitivité” Nutrition Health an Longevity Cluster
Nutrition Health Longevity Cluster • Build to achieve • Prevention Diagnostic Treatment • Multifactorial chronic pathologies • Ageing related diseases • for which diet is acknowledged as a major factor
Cooperate to innovate ! Academics and public actors Healthcare & Biotechnology Companies • Agrifood Industries Extraction & Purification Collaborative projects Screening Test Functional Ingredients Diagnostic solutions Functional Foods Therapeutic solutions Nutritional Improvement Clinical Trials Physiopathological mechanisms Safety Process Risk and protection factors Identification / validation of new biological targets
A Cluster supported by world and European leaders of the Agrifood Industry ECOPSI 6 /
And Healthcare and Biotech Companies Consulting / Service Biotech/pharma Foundations Medical equipments 7 /
The NHL cluster federates 76 members A dedicated team to: Actions for Networking: • Detect and develop collaborative projects • Define your needs • Find your partners • Find specific funding… • Workshops • Brainstorming • Matchmaking of regional, national and international members’ clusters • International events… 105 R&D collaborative projects 230 M€ of R&D investments 40 M€ of public financial aids
PURIFUNCTION • PURIFUNCTION is a technological platform • on extraction and purification processes for health ingredients • The platform gives support to companies by several ways : • Access to lab and pilot equipments • Development of extraction and purification processes • Validation of process scaling-up: sizing, cost, choice of technologies, • Batch manufacturing of products or molecules (10 to 100 kg), • Production controlled by GMP system • Type of contracts : • R&D contract, Access to equipment, Batch manufacturing • => Platform opening in 2010
NHL Cluster: organize 2 international events European event of the research and innovation in Nutrition and health www.nutrevent.com Biofit is a new international event aimed at stimulating and facilitating technology transfer and collaborative projects in the life sciences sector. Academics, industry stakeholders and CEO entrepreneurs, together with practitioners in technology transfer, intellectual property and licensing will share best practices, know-how and will maximize qualified alliances thanks to a cutting-edge partnering platform.
Organized by: In cooperation with : www.biofit-event.com
The Nutrition Health Longevity Cluster Parc Eurasanté - 310, avenue Eugène Avinée 59120 Loos +33.(0)3.28.55.90.60 contact@pole-nsl.org www.pole-nsl.org