Immuno Valley received over € 1.5 Million of funding to roll-out their viPps programme 2011-2014

Immuno Valley viPps aims at developing the network of knowledge institutions, multinational pharma and SME in the Netherlands into a permanent life sciences cluster. Knowledge intensive companies nowadays bundle their R&D activities and seek strong connections with high-end knowledge regions. viPps will realize this connection on the unique domain of human and veterinary infectious diseases.

viPps focuses on three action points:
­ Connect: Promote the active interaction between professionals of the network
­ Coordinate: Stimulate innovation through collaborative projects of private and public partners
­ Commercialize: Accelerate the commercialization of existing and inventive knowledge

The funding approved is part of the Pieken in the Delta program by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation and is co-funded by the provinces of North Holland, Flevoland and Utrecht and cities Amsterdam, Utrecht and Lelystad.

For more information go to Executive Summary