Ipsen is sponsoring a competition to award one Golden Ticket at BioLabs Hôtel-Dieu site located in the heart of Paris. The Golden Ticket provides one year of fully paid individual bench space and membership at a fully equipped laboratory designed to accelerate Early-stage startup that is working on research and development of technologies in the fields of Oncology, Neuroscience, Rare Disease and Drug Discovery, etc.
Additional eligibility requirements are listed below.
Application Process
The official application process can be found below. Please read and verify your availability before submitting your application.
Golden Ticket Benefits
Eligibility Snapshot
Companies working on research and development in the fields of:
Innovative therapeutic approaches in
Oncology
Therapeutic approaches with a biomarker strategy for hematology or solid tumors in small patient segments
Neuroscience
Therapeutic approaches for movement disorders, neuroinflammation, neurodegeneration, neuromuscular diseases (rare diseases or small patient populations)
Rare Disease
Therapeutic approaches for rare diseases among liver, gastro-intestinal, bone, renal, metabolic, hematological, autoimmune diseases.
Innovative technology platforms, including
Drug Discovery
Drug Targeted Delivery
Biomarket Discovery
The Application Process
01
Submit the online application by April 30, 2025
02
A subset of applications will be identified as finalist by the contest judges by
June 19, 2025
03
Finalists will present their company & scientific concept at an in-person event on
date TBC
04
One award will be granted
Good luck!
Judging Criteria and Judges
The Committees will judge all Applications based on the following criteria:
Quality of the science and scientific rationale: description of the scientific rationale and of the unique technical features of the proposed solution, summary of proof-of-concept data
Unmet need and differentiation of the proposed approach: (i) description of the problem/unmet need that the technology addresses and of the adequation of the proposed solution to the unmet need and (ii) description of the differentiation of the proposed solution within the international competitive landscape
Execution capabilities of the Participant’s team: biographies of the founders, description of the composition of the Participant’s team, description of a road map for the project
Sustainability and impact of the Participant’s activities on the environment and society
Motivation for coming to BioLabs Hôtel Dieu
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