Medical Delta

Medical Delta is a cluster of universities, medical schools business parks, incubators, companies and regional governments situated in the Province of Zuid-Holland in The Netherlands. Zuid-Holland is with its 3.5 million citizens the most densely populated region of The Netherlands and a motor of the Dutch economy.
Medical Delta was founded in 2006 by the Delft University of Technology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Erasmus University, Leiden University and Leiden University Medical Center. Its mission is to realize breakthroughs in medical sciences and health care, to develop novel technologies and to fuel related economic opportunities.

Medical Delta facts
The Delft-Leiden-Rotterdam region of the Province of Zuid-Holland contains a remarkable and unique concentration of health care centres, technological and scientific expertise and industrial activities. The biomedical industries in the area (employing over 12,000 people and spending over 5 billion euro every year), the concentration of universities and a population of 3.5 million (10 million within an hour’s drive) make this part of the Netherlands a vibrant centre for the health and life sciences. It has the highest concentration of life science activities in The Netherlands and one of the best-educated labour forces in Europe. In the area, approximately 600 companies are active in medical technology and life science of which 65 are concentrated at the Leiden Bio Science Park.
In Rotterdam, Leiden and Delft incubators exist close to the universities that hosted over 40 medical technology start-ups in the last three years. Medical Delta is further solidified by many joint professorships and joint educational programs at the bachelors, masters, as well as PhD level in life sciences, biomechanical engineering, molecular sciences, and entrepreneurship.
Over the last three years, the Medical Delta institutes started around 30 Million Euro worth of extra projects with industry and the Technical University Delft chose Health as one of its main focus areas for the coming decades.

Aims
Medical Delta develops and implements new technologies for personalized healthcare, which contribute to prevention of disease, early and differential diagnosis, and effective treatment resulting in quick recovery.
These ambitions are to be realized in partnership with industry and the entire healthcare sector, spanning the development chain from patient needs to healthcare products or services. Synergy between beyond-state-of-the-art technology and the full healthcare chain is at the heart of our consortium.
Based upon the existing strengths, Medical Delta chose to focus its activities around three technology platforms that will contribute to the before mentioned ambitions, being

• Imaging and image guided medicine
• Interventions and Care
• Targeted Molecular Technology
   

We focus on the integration of science, business, education at different levels, and end-user feedback. Attracting talent, R&D funding, and investments is vital for enduring innovation within a region and therefore we pay much attention to community building and effective communication between all stakeholders.

Links and contact
Medical Delta office
Prof. dr. I. T. Young (Chairman)
Roel Kamerling (program manager)
Lorentzweg 1
2628 CJ Delft
+ 31 15 278 7993
info@medicaldelta.nl
www.medicaldelta.nl