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IsoBionics has won the BioBusiness Award 2008
The award was presented at the BioBusiness Event on 21 May by Prof. Dr. Ada Kruisbeek of Life Sciences Center Amsterdam and VU & VUmc Technology Transfer Office. The prize of the award is € 15.000, a combination of in kind and cash.
Isobionics is a new company that will develop and produce flavors and fragrances.
This will be done on the basis of technological knowledge of DSM that is also used
by DSM itself in its food activities, making this a unique example of open innovation.
Isobionics will focus its activities on flavors and fragrances produced by means
of fermentation. Its final products are natural substances, the so-
Toine Janssen, Chief Executive Officer of Isobionics: “The current method
of producing valencene is extremely laborious, uses a lot of energy and is dependent
on seasonal influences and the harvest, among other things. The new production process
will enable us to deliver a better and constant quality, which in particular means
a higher purity. In combination with a substantially lower cost price, this will
give us a decisive edge over existing competitors.” (Bron:
