{"id":2073,"date":"2018-06-23T09:21:22","date_gmt":"2018-06-23T09:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benoit.esslive.localhost\/?page_id=2073"},"modified":"2026-09-21T13:31:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T11:31:46","slug":"accueil","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.essenscia.be\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Page"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2073\" class=\"elementor elementor-2073 elementor-5680\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c710ef5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c710ef5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d0b719\" data-id=\"5d0b719\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72564ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"72564ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In the news<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f59be8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"1f59be8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><div class=\"home-featured layout-3\"><article class=\"post-68581 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-bio-be-en category-biotech-en category-life-sciences category-pharma-en communication-press-release expertise-communicatie-en entry\" aria-label=\"Belgium is world champion in vaccine exports, even post-covid\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essenscia.be\/en\/belgium-is-world-champion-in-vaccine-exports-even-post-covid\/\" class=\"entry-image-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.essenscia.be\/en\/belgium-is-world-champion-in-vaccine-exports-even-post-covid\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"830\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.essenscia.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/241007_jaarevent-biobe_1-830x360.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-home-featured size-home-featured wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><p class=\"entry-meta py-1\"><time class=\"entry-time\">07.10.2024<\/time><span class=\"entry-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essenscia.be\/en\/communication\/press-release\/\" rel=\"tag\">Press release<\/a><\/span><\/p><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essenscia.be\/en\/belgium-is-world-champion-in-vaccine-exports-even-post-covid\/\" class=\"entry-title-link\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"https:\/\/www.essenscia.be\/en\/belgium-is-world-champion-in-vaccine-exports-even-post-covid\/\">Belgium is world champion in vaccine exports, even post-covid<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"featured__excerpt\">Belgium is the world&#039;s leading exporter of vaccines, generating 22 billion euros by 2023, ahead of the United States and Ireland. This world-leading position was highlighted by the bio.be\/essenscia industry federation at its annual event held today at Egmont Palace. After supplying a large part of the world&#039;s population during the Covid-19 crisis, thanks to the export of billions of vaccines, these figures once again demonstrate Belgium&#039;s status as the undisputed world leader in vaccines. To maintain this position of international leadership in the development, production and distribution of vaccines and medicines, bio.be\/essenscia advocates the deployment of an ambitious pharma and biotech strategy covering the entire value chain, from lab to patient.<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post-60208 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-bio-be-en category-biotech-en category-life-sciences category-memorandum category-pharma-en communication-press-release expertise-communicatie-en entry\" aria-label=\"bio.be\/essenscia: &#8216;With the right policy choices, we will keep Belgian biotech at the global forefront&#8217;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essenscia.be\/en\/bio-be-essenscia-with-the-right-policy-choices-we-will-keep-belgian-biotech-at-the-global-top\/\" class=\"entry-image-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.essenscia.be\/en\/bio-be-essenscia-with-the-right-policy-choices-we-will-keep-belgian-biotech-at-the-global-top\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"830\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.essenscia.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/biobe-jaarevent-2024-830x360.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-home-featured size-home-featured wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><p class=\"entry-meta py-1\"><time class=\"entry-time\">28.09.2023<\/time><span class=\"entry-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essenscia.be\/en\/communication\/press-release\/\" rel=\"tag\">Press release<\/a><\/span><\/p><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essenscia.be\/en\/bio-be-essenscia-with-the-right-policy-choices-we-will-keep-belgian-biotech-at-the-global-top\/\" class=\"entry-title-link\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"https:\/\/www.essenscia.be\/en\/bio-be-essenscia-with-the-right-policy-choices-we-will-keep-belgian-biotech-at-the-global-top\/\">bio.be\/essenscia: &#8216;With the right policy choices, we will keep Belgian biotech at the global forefront&#8217;<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"featured__excerpt\">In the presence of Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, bio.be\/essenscia, the Belgian sector federation for biotech and life sciences, presented its memorandum with policy proposals entitled: &#039;Belgian biotech for a better world&#039;. The essential point? With the right policy choices, we can keep Belgian biotech and biopharma at the world&#039;s top.<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post-51663 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-bio-be-en category-biotech-en category-life-sciences category-pharma-en category-talent-en communication-press-release expertise-talent-en entry\" aria-label=\"EU Biotech Campus: construction works have begun to build and develop the biotech sector and talents of the future in Wallonia\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essenscia.be\/en\/eu-biotech-campus-construction-works-have-begun-to-build-and-develop-the-biotech-sector-and-talents-of-the-future-in-wallonia\/\" class=\"entry-image-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.essenscia.be\/en\/eu-biotech-campus-construction-works-have-begun-to-build-and-develop-the-biotech-sector-and-talents-of-the-future-in-wallonia\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"830\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.essenscia.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/eu-biotech-campus-groupe-830x360.jpg\" class=\"attachment-home-featured size-home-featured wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><p class=\"entry-meta py-1\"><time class=\"entry-time\">13.12.2022<\/time><span class=\"entry-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essenscia.be\/en\/communication\/press-release\/\" rel=\"tag\">Press release<\/a><\/span><\/p><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essenscia.be\/en\/eu-biotech-campus-construction-works-have-begun-to-build-and-develop-the-biotech-sector-and-talents-of-the-future-in-wallonia\/\" class=\"entry-title-link\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"https:\/\/www.essenscia.be\/en\/eu-biotech-campus-construction-works-have-begun-to-build-and-develop-the-biotech-sector-and-talents-of-the-future-in-wallonia\/\">EU Biotech Campus: construction works have begun to build and develop the biotech sector and talents of the future in Wallonia<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"featured__excerpt\">In the heart of the BioPark in Gosselies (Charleroi) the construction of the EU Biotech Campus has begun. This state-of-the-art training centre with business accelerator \u2013 supported by essenscia \u2013 has an ambitious mission. Train more talent and support more start-ups and scale-ups to further strengthen the leading international position of the Belgian and Walloon biotech and biopharmaceutical sector, in order to welcome the next generation of biomanufacturing processes with the newest digital skills.<\/div><\/article><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8c7fcdb\" data-id=\"8c7fcdb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04885fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"04885fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title 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