Joris Schuurmans
Chief Executive Officer at Cergentis BV
Network origin in Joris Schuurmans first degree
| Entity | Entity type | Industry | |
|---|---|---|---|
Biocartis SA
 Biocartis SA Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Biocartis SA develops molecular diagnostic solutions. It focuses on Oncology. The firm’s products include Idylla and Oncology assays and mutation tests. It also provides instant access to personalized medicine for patients. The company was founded by Rudi Pauwels in 2007 and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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| Subsidiary | Medical Specialties | 20 |
Cergentis BV
 Cergentis BV Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Part of Solvias AG, Cergentis BV is a Dutch genomics company that develops and commercializes TLA-based diagnostic kits for targeted complete next-generation sequencing of (trans) genes and gene editing events. The company is based in Utrecht, Netherlands. The company also provides commercial services for leading research institutes and pharmaceutical companies worldwide. The company was founded in 2012. Joris Schuurmans has been the CEO of the company since 2020. Cergentis was acquired by Solvias AG on July 12, 2022.
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| Subsidiary | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | 5 |
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Multi-company connection
Companies connected to Joris Schuurmans via their personal network
| Company | Sector | Related people | Main position |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIOCARTIS GROUP NV | Medical Specialties | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Chairman Director/Board Member Chief Executive Officer Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer Director/Board Member | |
| Ghent University | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Graduate Degree Graduate Degree Graduate Degree Graduate Degree Doctorate Degree | |
| MDXHEALTH SA | Medical Specialties | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Chief Executive Officer Chairman | |
| University of Antwerp | College/University | Doctorate Degree Graduate Degree Graduate Degree Graduate Degree | |
| Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | College/University | Doctorate Degree Doctorate Degree Graduate Degree Graduate Degree | |
MyCartis NV
 MyCartis NV BiotechnologyHealth Technology MyCartis NV develops technologies for healthcare personalization needs. It offers Evalution, a multiplex analysis platform to develop protein and nucleic-acid based clinical biomarkers. The company provides disruptive solutions in the fields of clinical and translational research for various applications in the detection of proteins and nucleic acids, such as sandwich immunoassays, antibody assays, genotyping assays, and mutation analysis assays to customers and partners. It offers products for various disease areas, including cell signalling, cardiovascular, oncology, and preeclampsia. The company was founded by Koen Kas in August 2004 and is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium. | Biotechnology | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
Fujirebio Europe NV
 Fujirebio Europe NV Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Fujirebio Europe NV develops and markets diagnostic products to improve therapy management and patient health. It focuses on molecular diagnostics and multiparameter testing. The firm also provides LUMIPULSE G1200, an automated chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay system; LUMIPULSE G600 II, an automated benchtop CLEIA system, routine and novel markers for the oncology sector. The company was founded in 1985 by Philippe Leboulch and is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium. | Medical Specialties | Founder Corporate Officer/Principal Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer | |
Intrexon ActoBiotics NV
 Intrexon ActoBiotics NV BiotechnologyHealth Technology Intrexon ActoBiotics NV manufactures biopharmaceutical products. It focuses on the development and commercialization of a new generation of biological drugs. The company represents a novel concept for oral administration of therapeutic proteins, and is designed to be safer and more effective than injectable biopharmaceuticals. Intrexon Actobioticswas founded by Mark Vaeck, Emil Pot and Bernard Coulie in June 2006 and is headquartered in Zwijnaarde, Belgium. | Biotechnology | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Chairman | |
| ABLYNX | Biotechnology | Director/Board Member Corporate Officer/Principal | |
FlandersBio vzw
 FlandersBio vzw Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services FlandersBio vzw is a life sciences cluster organization based in Flanders, Belgium. FlandersBio creates value by organizing networking and training activities, supporting internationalization, providing services, and building expertise. The Belgian company was founded by Jean Marie Stassen. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Director/Board Member Chairman | |
Advent Venture Partners LLP
 Advent Venture Partners LLP Investment ManagersFinance Advent Venture Partners LLP (AVP) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 1981 by David James Scott Cooksey. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom. | Investment Managers | Private Equity Investor Private Equity Investor | |
| GALAPAGOS NV | Biotechnology | Chairman Founder | |
deVGen NV
 deVGen NV BiotechnologyHealth Technology deVGen NV provides biotechnology services for the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries. It innovates in crop protection research and environment induced stress tolerance for its own crops and provides technology to corporate partners. The firm produces and sells its hybrid seeds in field crops such as rice, sunflower, sorghum and pearl millet in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. The company was founded by Thierry Bogaert on September 10, 1997 and is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium. | Biotechnology | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
ViroClinics Biosciences BV
 ViroClinics Biosciences BV Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology ViroClinics Biosciences BV engages in the provision of diagnostic and clinical trial solutions. It offers research and development, preclinical, clinical trial operation, diagnostic testing, virus discovery, and quality assurance services. The company was founded by Albert Osterhaus in 2001 and is headquartered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Founder | |
Erasmus MC
 Erasmus MC Hospital/Nursing ManagementHealth Services Erasmus MC operates as an academic hospital. It is affiliated with the Erasmus University of Rotterdam, and home to its faculty of medicine. It has special units such as Neurosurgery, Cardiograph surgery, Neonatal and pediatric surgery and intensive care, Pediatric oncology and Level I trauma center. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Rotterdam, Netherlands. | Hospital/Nursing Management | Corporate Officer/Principal | |
| AKZO NOBEL N.V. | Industrial Specialties | Corporate Officer/Principal | |
Agendia, Inc.
 Agendia, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Agendia, Inc. operates as a molecular diagnostics company. It develops and markets FFPE-based genomic diagnostic products, which help support physicians with their treatment decisions. Agendia?s tests can help physicians assess a patient?s individual risk for metastasis, it benefits from chemo, hormonal or combination therapy. The company was founded by Laura van't Veer and Ren? Bernards in 2003 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA. | Pharmaceuticals: Major | President | |
| IBL International BV | Director/Board Member | ||
Chroma Therapeutics Ltd.
 Chroma Therapeutics Ltd. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Chroma Therapeutics Ltd. engages in the discovery and development of therapies for the treatment of cancer and inflammation. It focuses on the discovery and development of novel small molecule drugs based upon chromatin biology and novel cell accumulation approaches. The firm uses chromatin biology, drug accumulation approaches to discover and develop cancer, inflammation treatments and small molecule drugs. The company was founded by David Allis, Alan Hornsby Davidson, Alan Hastings Drummond, Anthony Kouzarides and Paul Workman in September 2001 and is headquartered in Abingdon, the United Kingdom. | Biotechnology | Chairman | |
| ANGLE PLC | Medical Distributors | Chairman | |
Novigenix SA
 Novigenix SA Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Novigenix SA develops molecular diagnostics for cancer. The firm specializes in new generation liquid biopsy tests for early detection of cancer and precision medicine. The company was founded by Sahar Hosseinian in 2014 and is headquartered in Epalinges, Switzerland. | Medical Specialties | Director/Board Member | |
Destina Genomics Ltd.
 Destina Genomics Ltd. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Destina Genomics Ltd. is engaged in development of molecular diagnostic products. Its products include pipeline assay kits and liverace. The company was founded by Hugh Llyine, Juan J. Diaz-Mochon and Mark Bradley in 2011 and is headquartered in Edinburgh, the United Kingdom. | Biotechnology | Director/Board Member | |
Agendia NV
 Agendia NV Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services Agendia NV discovers and develops products for clinical management of cancer. It operates as a commercial-stage molecular diagnostic company that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of products to improve the quality of life for cancer patients. The company was founded by Rene Bernards and Laura van't Veer in 2003 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. | Medical/Nursing Services | Chief Operating Officer | |
Saving Patients' Lives Medical BV
 Saving Patients' Lives Medical BV Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Saving Patients' Lives Medical BV develops and manufactures nano-sized iron oxide particles for effective diagnostics of cancer metastasis. The company was founded by Ari Aminetzah and Patrik Zamecnik in 2015 and is headquartered in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. | Medical Specialties | Director/Board Member | |
| Intravacc BV | Biotechnology | Chief Executive Officer | |
OxDX Ltd.
 OxDX Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services OxDX Ltd. builds instant pathogen test detection using resolution microscopy and machine learning. The company is based in Headington, UK. The British company was founded by Alex Batchelor, Nicolas Shiaelis, and Nicole Robb. Alex Batchelor has been the CEO since incorporation. | Packaged Software | Chairman | |
| TELENET GROUP HOLDING NV | Major Telecommunications | Director of Finance/CFO | |
| DXOrange BV | Founder | ||
DoseVue NV
 DoseVue NV Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology DoseVue NV is developing innovative technologies for convenient and accurate in-vivo dosimetry. It offers DoseWire Series 100 & DoseWire Series 200. The company was founded by Emiliano D Agostino in March 2013 and is headquartered in Turnhout, Belgium. | Medical Specialties | Chairman | |
| Erasmus University Rotterdam | College/University | Doctorate Degree | |
| Viziphar Biosciences BV | Chief Executive Officer | ||
| Cambenes SA | Director/Board Member | ||
| Riverwells Investments SA | Director/Board Member | ||
| Calimontes SL | Real Estate Development | Director/Board Member | |
| Caruso Inversiones SL | Director/Board Member | ||
Smile Invest Management Co. NV
 Smile Invest Management Co. NV Investment ManagersFinance Smile Invest Management Co. NV (Smile Invest) is a private equity firm founded in 2017 by Urbain Vandeurzen. The firm is headquartered in Linden. | Investment Managers | Private Equity Investor | |
ANeuroTech
 ANeuroTech Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services ANeuroTech is a Belgian mental health company that specializes in developing innovative treatments with minimal or no side effects. ANeuroTech is located in Belgium. The private company's lead asset, ant-01, is an adjunctive anti-depression drug that has shown positive results in late-stage clinical trials. The drug is a low-dose of an existing substance, pipamperone dihydrochloride, and has an excellent safety profile. ANeuroTech plans to begin a pivotal phase iiib clinical trial of ant-01 as an adjunctive anti-depression drug for major depressive disorder (MDD) in 2023. The company was founded by CEO Dr. Erik Buntinx, an experienced clinician and key opinion leader in the field. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Chairman | |
| The Janssen Research Foundation | President | ||
Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
 Janssen Pharmaceutica NV Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Janssen Pharmaceutica NV engages in the development of medical solutions. It offers research and development services in the field of mental illness, neurological disorders, anesthesia, analgesia, gastrointestinal disorders, fungal infection, allergies and cancer. The firms products include Zytiga, Caelyx, Dacogen, Edurant, Fentanyl-Janssen, Intelence, Leustatin, , Pariet, and Reminyl. The company was founded in 1953 by Paul Janssen and is headquartered in Beerse, Belgium. | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Chief Executive Officer | |
| OXURION NV | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Chairman | |
Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie - Flanders Institute
 Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie - Flanders Institute Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie - Flanders Institute operates as a non-profit organization, provides research and development services. It specializes in translating basic scientific results into pharmaceutical, agricultural and industrial applications. The company was founded on January 1, 1996 and is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium. | College/University | Director/Board Member | |
Quest Diagnostics Infectious Disease, Inc.
 Quest Diagnostics Infectious Disease, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Quest Diagnostics Infectious Disease, Inc. provides diagnostic services. It offers anti infective surveillance and consultative services to the diagnosis, treatment, and management of infectious diseases. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Cypress, CA. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer | |
| Vivactis NV | Miscellaneous | Director/Board Member | |
Johnson & Johnson Innovation - JJDC, Inc.
 Johnson & Johnson Innovation - JJDC, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Johnson & Johnson Innovation JJDC Inc (Johnson & Johnson Innovation JJDC) is a venture capital subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson founded in 1973. The firm is headquartered in New Brunswick, New Jersey. | Investment Managers | Corporate Officer/Principal |
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| Belgium | 27 |
| Netherlands | 10 |
| United Kingdom | 6 |
| United States | 5 |
| Luxembourg | 3 |
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| Health Technology | 21 |
| Consumer Services | 6 |
| Finance | 6 |
| Commercial Services | 6 |
| Health Services | 3 |
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| Director/Board Member | 147 |
| Corporate Officer/Principal | 42 |
| Chairman | 30 |
| Independent Dir/Board Member | 23 |
| Founder | 23 |
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