The award was presented by jury chairwoman Hannie Kunst (alderwoman from the City of Nijmegen) and Anton Franken, vice-chairman of the board of the Radboud University Nijmegen. It is the second time this bi-yearly award is handed out.
The Mercator Award for Knowledge-based Entrepreneurship stimulates knowledge-intensive spin off-companies. Winner NovioGendix impressed the jury with the development of a biomarker for prostate cancer. This marker (for the patient less stressful than the conventional methods) is now already used by 50% of the de Dutch hospitals to determine possible prostate cancer. NovioGendix is now developing similar markers for kidney and bladder cancer.
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