The Erasmus MC has been given a donation of € 7,500,000,- from the Josephine Nefkens Foundation, focusing on the further development of scientific research for better cancer treatments. The Josephine Nefkens Foundation and the Erasmus MC have a long standing commitment. The donation gives a crucial extra impulse to the cancer research.
With this donation the “Josephine Nefkens Cancer Program” is officially initiated. Mission of the program is to develop new forms of patient-specific treatments and to bring them to the clinic as soon as possible.
The Josephine Nefkens Cancer Program is a department-transcendent program in which an even more intensive cooperation between basic, translational and clinical cancer researchers within the Erasmus MC is the central goal. The amount allocated is devoted to the acquisition and development of laboratory equipment for the purpose of the program.