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Van Houten stepping down as Philips CEO after 12 years
2 years, 4 months ago

Van Houten stepping down as Philips CEO after 12 years

NL Times  

Frans van Houten is stepping down as CEO of Philips. “The Supervisory Board and Van Houten have agreed that with the end of his third term in sight, the time is right for a change of leadership,” the company said in a statement. “I would like to thank Frans for his transformational leadership of Philips over the last nearly 12 …

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Coronavirus advisor: “It’s not going well”; Second wave concerns mounting
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus advisor: “It’s not going well”; Second wave concerns mounting

NL Times  

The Dutch government’s special coronavirus envoy, Feike Sijbesma, has advised the Cabinet to take swift, visible actions now to prevent the possibility of a second coronavirus wave as the number of daily infections uncovered continues to rise. “We are hardly keeping our distance anymore, there is a lack of clarity about face masks and we are not getting tested very …

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Dutch have one million tests to check for coronavirus immunity
4 years, 8 months ago

Dutch have one million tests to check for coronavirus immunity

Dutch News  

The Netherlands has a million blood tests at its disposal to find out if people have immunity to coronavirus, blood bank organisation Sanquin has confirmed. The tests were ordered together with the health ministry from China and measure three different types of antibodies, which makes them extra useful, the government’s testing representative Feike Sijbesma told broadcaster NOS. ‘Because it is …

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Dutch blood bank to test a million people for coronavirus
4 years, 8 months ago

Dutch blood bank to test a million people for coronavirus

NL Times  

Sanquin ordered a million new test kits to test for coronavirus antibodies in blood- and plasma donors, the Dutch blood bank announced after a working visit from Minister Hugo de Jonge of Public Health and coronavirus envoy Feike Sijbesma on Tuesday. The tests produced by Chinese company Wantai were ordered by Sanquin, paid for by the Ministry of Public Health, …

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Dutch looking to expand coronavirus blood testing; Nasal swab capacity is "enough"
4 years, 8 months ago

Dutch looking to expand coronavirus blood testing; Nasal swab capacity is "enough"

NL Times  

With reporting by Jamie de Geir. Laboratories in the Netherlands have the capacity to do 17,500 coronavirus tests per day, as cabinet ministers and health authorities previously told parliament, but this only involves polymerase chain reaction tests, in which swabs of a patient's nasal and throat mucus are tested, the RIVM confirmed to NL Times. Two weeks ago a laboratory …

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Municipal health services to do more coronavirus tests from next week
4 years, 8 months ago

Municipal health services to do more coronavirus tests from next week

NL Times  

Starting on May 6, the municipal health services GGD will test more people for the coronavirus, Jan Woldman of GGD GHOR Nederland said in a briefing to parliament. The Netherlands' special coronavirus envoy Feike Sijbesma told the parliamentarians that Dutch laboratories have enough capacity to test everyone in the Netherlands with coronavirus symptoms today. A spokesperson for the Ministry of …

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Netherlands contributes €50 mil. to international research for coronavirus vaccine
4 years, 8 months ago

Netherlands contributes €50 mil. to international research for coronavirus vaccine

NL Times  

The Dutch government is contributing 50 million euros to international research into a vaccine for the coronavirus, Minister Hugo de Jonge of Public Health, Welfare and Sports announced in a letter to parliament. CEPI expects to need around 875 million dollars, or around 804 million euros, this year for research. According to De Jonge, the development of a vaccine in …

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Healthcare giant Roche gives key Covid-19 test formula to government
4 years, 9 months ago

Healthcare giant Roche gives key Covid-19 test formula to government

NL Times  

Swiss pharmaceutical and diagnostics giant, Roche, has made the formula of a key coronavirus test component available to the Dutch government, the company announced on Friday. Roche said in a statement that it is aware of the “huge demand” for coronavirus tests in the Netherlands, and that it “wants to do everything in its power to support patients and caregivers.” …

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Former DSM boss appointed coronavirus special envoy
4 years, 9 months ago

Former DSM boss appointed coronavirus special envoy

NL Times  

The government appointed Feike Sijbesma, former CEO of biochemistry multinational DSM, as the special envoy for various aspects of dealing with the coronavirus, the Ministry of Public Health announced. In a recent letter to parliament, Public Health Minister Hugo de Jonge said that the scarcity of Covid-19 tests in the Netherlands has to do with a worldwide shortages of certain …

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