Highly Innovative Cancer Treatments with Viruses 

Erasmus MC & EIT Health

<H2 CLASS="MsoNormal">Disruptive Innovations in Healthcare Highly Innovative Cancer Treatment with Viruses </H2>
<H3 CLASS="MsoNormal">Everyday 8 people in The Netherlands die because of pancreatic cancer. All over the world >300.000 new cases are diagnosed annually. This needs to change! How? What about attacking the malignant tumour cells with viruses and activating healthy cells to beat the cancer? </H3>
By not focusing any longer only on the disease but on the strength of the patients and their ability to use their own body against the malignant tumour, the idea is that the patient will be cured. The therapy activates the own healthy cells of the patient to conquer the malignant tumour cells with the help of viruses. This can be achieved with the help of virotherapy in combination with immunotherapy: a completely new, innovative approach that looks highly promising for the treatment of pancreatic cancer and other tumours that are difficult to treat. This is what we call: oncolytic viro-immuno therapy (OVIT). 
To make this new kind of treatment possible, Professor Casper van Eijck cooperates closely with a multidisciplinary team that includes virologists, immunologists, oncologists and neurosurgeons from Erasmus MC, LUMC and UMC Utrecht. On the 14th of December professor Casper van Eijck and professor Ron Fouchier from the Department of Viroscience of Erasmus MC will give you all the insights you need to know about this new kind of treatment. Of course, more people need to have access to this highly innovative treatment. So how to accelerate the outcomes of this research? 
<H2 CLASS="MsoNormal">PROGRAMME</H2>
10.00 – 10.30 – Coffee & Tea 
Disruptive Innovations in Healthcare
10.30 – 10.40 – Welcome Astrid Joosten
10.40 – 10.45 – Introduction & Welcome EIT Health Bence Kiss - Strategic & Government Relations - Global Growth Organization - GE Hungary
Research & Impact: Treating pancreatic cancer with oncolytic viruses
10.45 – 11.10 – Prof.dr. Casper van Eijck, Rotterdammer van het Jaar, Erasmus MC
11.10 – 11.35 – Prof.dr. Ron Fouchier, Department Viroscience, Erasmus MC 
Acceleration from an Entrepreneurial perspective
11.35 – 11.50 – Ronald Brus, MyTomorrows Zie bijv.: <A HREF="https://www.deondernemer.nl/nieuwsbericht/170792/airbnb-voor-pati-nt-en-medicijn" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="deondernemer.nl" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">deondernemer.nl</A> 
11.50 – 12.05 - Simon Hamer, FitForMe 
Call to Action – discussion 
12.05 – 12.30 – Panel discussion 
Wrap up 
12.30 – Astrid Joosten 
Please feel very much invited for the Christmas lunch!

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