7 BELGIAN SOLUTIONS TO FIGHT COVID-19 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS BRINGING VALUE TO THE CRISIS 7 BELGIAN SOLUTIONS TO COVID-19 Page 4 AMB ECOSTERYL Page 6 ANDAMAN 7 Page 8 CRAFT ENGINEERING Page 10 DIAGENODE Page 12 SOLVAY Page 14 SOTRAD WATER Page 16 ZENTECH Page 18 4 BRINGING VALUE TO THE CRISIS 7 BELGIAN SOLUTIONS TO COVID-19 As the Covid-19 continues to spread across the world, MDB’s and development agencies have taken strong steps to strengthen developing nation’s ability to respond to the pandemic by supporting the health system and infrastructure together with designing and applying socio-economic measures to shorten the time to economic recovery. The top priority is for now to save lives and this is possible through About AWEX the deployment of tools and policies aiming at detecting, preventing The Wallonia Export-Investment Agency (AWEX) is mandated by the and responding to the current health crisis. government of Wallonia-Belgium to promote export and attract investment. Belgium-Wallonia has gathered a series of solution that can help you With more than 400 employees in nearly 100 countries around the world, implementing your fast response package in five specific areas: there is always someone ready to support you and answer your needs. - Testing - E-Health - Prevention and Sanitation - O2 - Medical Waste Management All these solutions are in compliance with the SDG’s and can be fully integrated in the local health system and have a positive impact on a longer term strategy designed by the local health authorities. E-meeting requests by funding and implementing agencies are welcome and can be readily organized with representatives of the listed companies. 6 AMB ECOSTERYL AMB Ecosteryl 250 liquid medical waste, human and animal AMB s.a. is a manufacturer and a pathological waste, sharp containers specialist of the medical waste treatment and prickly hospital waste, cultures and industry. Their innovative equipment and stocks, as well as any other waste listed in machinery are being used for recycling, state and federal regulations as medical recovering and processing medical waste. waste. The company works closely with its customers to provide them with market- By doing this, AMB contributes leading alternative in medical waste to maintaining a safe and healthy treatment equipment. The company environment while promoting sustainable designed four patented systems which development. enable the treatment of medical waste without any polluted discharge, through a continuous microwave technology. Against the Covid-19 Decontamination of medical waste has The company offers a green and clean always been important to preserve technology for the treatment of medical the clean environment of the medical waste combining, in a continuous-flow facilities. Being able to neutralize process, powerful shredding with dry thoroughly contaminated medical waste microwave core-heating of waste is key in ensuring the safety of the medical staff and the well-being patients. AMB’s ECOSTERYL technology was designed to handle a large variety of regulated medical waste, including hospital and laboratory waste, solid and Contact AMB Ecosteryl Avenue Nicolas Copernic, 1 AMB Ecosteryl 75+ 7000 Mons [email protected] Belgique [email protected] +32 65 82 26 81 [email protected] +32 65 82 47 98 http://ecosteryl.com/fr/ 8 ANDAMAN 7 Andaman 7 App Andaman7 is a Belgian-American eHealth company created to Against Covid-19 significantly improve communication The coronavirus (covid19) pandemic between doctors and patients and will last for months, maybe years, and empowering them to work efficiently could lead to millions of people being together. The team of software hospitalized. Andaman7 contributes with engineers and medical specialists is short and mid-term solutions. focused on improving healthcare for everyone. Andaman7 can help patients, healthcare professionals, call centers, hospitals and The aim of Andama 7 project is to authorities to manage the crisis. create a PHR (Personal Health Record) to allow all patients to collect their The company has developed a free in-app health data on their smartphone (no Pandemic Module that can help with: medical data is stored in the cloud). This • Informing patients with trusted sources, PHR is combined with a HIP - a Health • Triage to reduce load on medical staff Intermediation Platform to facilitate and call centers, medical research and care. Data is only • Self-test to reduce the burden on the shared with the patient consent, in full medical infrastructure, respect of his privacy (GDPR and other • Data collection for medical and crisis regulations). management purposes, • Medical research with urgent clinical Andaman7 is a project by patients for trials, PRO, RWE, QoL studies. patients and free for individuals users. The main office is located in Liege Andaman7 is a trusted and certified (Belgium). A second office is located in partner. We are GDPR, HIPAA, GCP and 21 Redwood city (Silicon Valley, California), CFR part 11 (FDA) compliant. at the center of digital innovation. Contact Andaman 7 [email protected] Andaman 7: the mobile [email protected] application for medical https://www.andaman7.com/ records 10 CRAFT ENGINEERING GAMMES CPO EM CRAFT-ENGINEERING the most severe weather conditions: high INTERNATIONAL SA is a company temperature and high humidity. which develops and builds autonomous production units of medical fluids such Against the Covid-19 as oxygen, air or medical vacuum. Craft® Covid-19 can trigger Acute Respiratory systems offers a two-stage diaphragm Destress Syndrom (ARDS). Providing compression unit for pure oxygen, medical facilities with a steady supply of O2 adapted to the medical or extreme is vital for the survival of the patients (Covid industrial environments. and ARDS alike). The O2 autonomous production unit of Craft-Engineering is the The diaphragm compressor provides ideal solution for communities affected by high volumetric efficiency guaranteeing the lack of regular and reliable O2 supply. optimal production. Its electrical The unit(s) can be fastly deployed and fully consumption and its noise level are low. integrate to long term policy of the local There is limited maintenance and this is health authorities. done at relatively spaced intervals, from 8,000 to 14,000 hours of production. The company is actually operating in Africa, South America & South-East Asia and provide a customized equipment, in conformity with the most demanding specifications tailored to the needs of their clients such as the resistance in Bottle filling station in ISO Contact Cratf Engineering International 20 ’container - Turnkey. Rue de l'Aéroport, 58 4460 Grâce-Hollogne Belgium [email protected] +32 4 366 03 87 https://craft-engineering.com/fr/ 12 DIAGENODE Since 2003, Diagenode Diagnostics the geneLEAD VIII instrument which also MASTER MIX 1-STEP 4X 2020) and the routine experience from has designed, manufactured and allows laboratories to develop and run their many laboratories in Europe. commercialized innovative and trusted own homebrew assays. We also provide RNA EXTRACTION & PCR CE-IVD kits for the detection of pathogens high quality reagents (Primers & Probe INHIBITION CONTROL This Primers & Probe Set amplifies a associated with many infections. Set, Master Mix and Control, see below) specific sequence of the E gene coding to support daily laboratory activities PRIMERS & PROBE SET for the Envelope small membrane Combining a unique expertise in Nucleic in this current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. FOR SARS CORONAVIRUS protein and so allowing the detection Acid Amplification Technologies DETECTION of SARS Coronavirus. This product (NAAT) and IVD processes, Diagenode Molecular Diagnostics is key to provide represents the perfect tool for the first- Diagnostics provides a wide range of the most appropriate patient care and Facing the emergence of Severe Acute line SARS-CoV-2 screening in a routine simplex and multiplex real-time PCR kits support this coronavirus outbreak Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 workflow. to detect bacteria, parasites and viruses. management. (SARS-CoV-2), high-volume respiratory testing is demanded in laboratories Please feel to contact us for any question Diagenode Diagnostics develops RNA EXTRACTION Kit. worldwide. about our in vitro diagnostics solution, sustainable partnerships with clinical Diagenode Diagnostics offers today an we remain your trusted molecular microbiology laboratories and IVD exclusive RNA extraction kit validated Diagenode Diagnostics launches today diagnostics partner especially during companies around the world. on KingFisher™ instruments on more a new Primers & Probe Set to detect by these challenging times than 20.000 samples, daily used by Real-Time PCR the SARS Coronavirus the National Reference Center for (including SARS-CoV-2) based on Diagenode against Covid19 or SARS-CoV-2. This RNA extraction kit the recent publication (Corman et al., SARS-CoV2 (DEXR-10-L100) is based on proprietary Diagenode Diagnostics is offering a magnetic beads and designed for rapid unique all-in-one solution for SARS- high-throughput purification of SARS- CoV-2 coronavirus testing, based on CoV-2 RNA from nasopharyngeal swab samples in 96- well plates (not included). Recently, we validated one protocol to use without Robot for LAtin America. Contact Diagenode [email protected] www.diagenodediagnostics.com 14 SOLVAY Founded in 1863, Solvay is a science Peroxides for Disinfectants, a ACTIZONE®,