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Spin-off of Wageningen University Pepscan celebrates 25th anniversary

For most passers-by on the Zuidersluisweg in Lelystad, Pepscan is an unobtrusive company. Nevertheless, the organization is known in the art as a leading player in enabling new cancer therapies. High-quality production often produces individual vaccines for patients.

Personal vaccine

In collaboration with customers, mostly bioinformatics companies, Pepscan can deliver a personal vaccine within four weeks of taking a biopsy. This vaccine activates the immune system against the mutation from which a tumor originated. That can stop tumor growth in terminal patients, and some even heal completely. Pepscan supplies groundbreaking trials in Europe, the United States and Australia from Lelystad.

anniversary

“Our organization has been enabling life-saving breakthroughs for 25 years, and that’s something to be proud of,” said Hans de Backer, CEO of Pepscan. “Celebrating an anniversary is not only about history, but also about the future. We are going to make the next 25 years as successful as the past years, with many more highlights!”

Peptides

Pepscan’s peptide knowledge and production are widely applicable. For example, the organization has a platform with which a selection from billions of peptides can be made. Peptides that specifically bind to proteins of tumors remain, which makes targeted irradiation possible, for example. Peptides from Pepscan have also been used for years in the development of new medicines in, for example, dermatology (eg against eczema) and neurology (eg against Alzheimer’s).

By: National Education Guide
Image: Pepscan

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