Professor Marianne Verhaar, leading internist specialized in kidney disease, head of the Nephrology Department at UMC Utrecht, led the UMCU’s strategic program Regenerative Medicine & Stem Cells, Regenerative Medicine Utrecht for over 10 years, and one of the leaders of the RegMed XB Kidney Moonshot.

After Maastricht and Utrecht, the new workspace at Bio‑Incubator 4, Leuven, is also dedicated to advancing biomedical life sciences, supporting both start-ups, and innovators.

On 2 July 2025, François Alabrune, the French Ambassador to the Netherlands, welcomed Didier Samuel, Chairman and CEO of Inserm, to the French Residence in The Hague for a working visit focused on strengthening scientific collaboration in biomedical research.