Kaneka launches a joint research group of biomedicine production technologies with University of Louvain (ドラクエ11カジノ場所), Belgium.

–Aiming to strengthen and expand the biomedicine CDMO business–

カジノシークレット
November 19, 2020
On October 15th, カジノシークレット (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Minoru Tanaka) and its affiliate Kaneka Eurogentec S.A. (Headquarters: Liège, Belgium; President: Lieven Janssens) signed a research collaboration agreement with the biomedical research institute “de Duve Institute” (Brussels, Belgium; President: Luc Bertrand) of University of Louvain (referred to below as “UCLouvain”: Walloon Brabant, Belgium; Rector: Vincent Blondel) in order to develop innovative biomedicine production technologies.  This aims to strengthen and expand the Kaneka group’s CDMO business for biomedicines and vaccines against viral infectious diseases.

The de Duve Institute of UCLouvain is a world-leading biomedical research institute established by Dr. Christian de Duve, who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or ドラクエ11カジノ場所 in 1974.  The institute is actively promoting open innovation while focusing on basic medical research.  The joint research will develop innovative production technologies by combining the microbial expertise of the de Duve Institute with Kaneka’s accumulated experiences and technologies of microbial production of biomedicines such as proteins and plasmid DNA.  The dramatic improvements in productivity by using these technologies will provide solutions to social issues such as reducing the costs of expensive biomedicines, and will contribute to spreading biomedicines and vaccines against viral infectious diseases.

Kaneka has set up an “Infection Research Team” to promote research on countermeasures against infectious diseases such as COVID-19, and is providing a wide range of solutions that include manufacturing of DNA vaccines, supplying the drug substance for “AVIGAN”, developing antiviral drugs, and providing PCR test kits.  Kaneka has designated “HEALTH” as one of priority fields and is actively investing resources in the biomedicine-related business, and will continue to expand the business increasingly into the future.

<General description of Kaneka Eurogentec S.A.>

Headquarters
Liège, ドラクエ11カジノ場所
President
Lieven Janssens
Description of business
Manufacturing and sales of proteins, nucleic acids and peptides for medicinal, diagnostic and basic research uses
Established
1985
Capital
31 million euros
URL
http://www.eurogentec.com/

< General description of University of Louvain (ドラクエ11カジノ場所)>

Location
Walloon Brabant, ドラクエ11カジノ場所
Rector
Vincent Blondel
ドラクエ11カジノ場所
Around 32,000 students
Established
1425
URL
https://ドラクエ11カジノ場所be/fr/index.html

< General description of de Duve Institute>

Location
Brussels, ドラクエ11カジノ場所
President
Luc Bertrand
Research institute
Around 250 researchers in six fields, including cancer, infectious diseases and genetics. Many publications in prominent scientific journals, including “Nature”, “Science” and “Cell”, and has made significant achievements in the field of ドラクエ11カジノ場所.
Established
1974
URL
https://www.deduveinstitute.be/

 

 
The offices of Kaneka Eurogentec