Koen Kas

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.

Galapagos is a discovery company focused on the identification of disease modifying drug targets by functionally screening human disease models and the subsequent progression of these targets into drug discovery. Galapagos is a genomics based drug discovery company with programs in osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, Alzheimer's disease and asthma.

Tibotec-Virco NV develops drugs and individualized disease management products. The firm also offers early stage research programs concentrating on the development of treatments for cancer, hepatitis C, and other infectious diseases. The company also provides HIV drug resistance testing and other analytical services in the United States, Japan, Europe, Canada, and Australia. It has operations in Belgium, North Carolina, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. It was founded in by Paul Stoffels in March, 2001 and is headquartered in Mechelen, Belgium.