The City of Ghent supports future-oriented economic clusters, focusing on the present spearheads biotech & life sciences, cleantech, healthtech and digitech, in their further growth. For the further development of these ecosystems, both locally and internationally, the City of Ghent has established a spearhead fund of €4.9 million.

The GMP facility ‘CellGENTherapies’ at University hospital Ghent was one of the inspiring projects that has been selected by the spearhead fund.

The city of Ghent strongly believes that a GMP facility in Ghent offers opportunities to create spin-offs from UZ Gent and UGent, for both cooperation with and acquisition of companies. Thanks to this facility, various parties from the Ghent ecosystem and beyond, will have access to advanced therapy products and technology. Therefore, the City of Ghent has decided to invest in the GMP unit initiative to stimulate new activities in the Ghent region in the field of novel therapies.