EXPAND YOUR MEDTECH BUSINESS IN EUROPE lifetech.brussels: your one-stop shop solution

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YOU ARE A MEDTECH START-UP AND WANT TO EXPAND YOUR BUSINESS IN EU? We help you, with the support of our partners, to: - Find a price-competitive office/lab - Beneficiate from regional subsidies and other financial opportunities - Identify the best experts and local partners to help you with:

- Regulatory affairs/CE marking - Legal environment - Distribution - Logistics - Access to hospitals

- Find an ad-hoc solution to the specific challenges you may face and not listed above

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Infrastructure � Brussels Life Science Incubator (BLSI):

� From $446 (€350) per month � Administrative AND lab spaces � www.blsincubator.com

� European Erasmus Business Incubator Center (EEBIC)

� www.eebic.be

� Galactic Innovation Campus � www.lactic.com/en-us/services/galacticinnovationcampus.aspx

� Regional Institution: reception facilities for companies - industrial parks, science parks, centers for SMEs, buildings for businesses. � www.citydev.be 3

WE WORK CLOSELY WITH LOCAL PARTNERS TO OFFER YOU A PRICE-COMPETITIVE OFFICE

WE HELP YOU BENEFICIATE FROM THE PARTICULARLY FAVORABLE LOCAL TAX AND FINANCIAL INCENTIVES For instance, did you know that choosing Brussels for expanding your business in Europe allows you to benficiate* from:

¾ Financial support to patent costs going up to 70% of the costs

¾ CAPEX: subsidies up to 35% ¾ Consulting activities: 2 studies/years, 50%, max. 15k€/study ¾ Recruiting: up to 25k€/year during 2 years ¾ Exporting to other EU countries, Asia,…: promotion

materials, prospection, participation to fairs, … ¾ …

* We help you check the eligibility conditions and we help you through the process.

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BELGIUM COMPETITIVE TAX ENVIRONMENT

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Withholding tax exemptions

Tax rulings with

emphasis for multinationals

Special tax regime for

expatriates

No capital duty

VAT grouping

R&D tax incentives

Notional Interest

deduction

Belgian tax incentives

9 80% patent income reduction (maximum tax is 6.8%, lowest in the EU) 9 80% exemption payroll withholding tax for scientific researchers 9 Refundable R&D tax credit system 9 Increased investment deduction and flexible depreciation rules for R&D

9Tax-free return on 9qualifying equity

HOW TO FIND THE BEST PARTNER FOR EXPANDING YOUR BUSINESS? We work with: - a network of 50 experts in the field, having a scope of activities going

all over Europe and sometimes beyond - the most important national professional federations having relays all

over Europe and representing the sector in EU professional federations

For instance we work with: • UNAMEC, professional association of med-tech large businesses • Agoria e-health, professional association of e-health large

businesses • Essenscia, professional association of pharma large businesses

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WHO ARE WE? A CLUSTER & A VIRTUAL INCUBATOR

since 2010

More than 100 members

� Medical devices � E-health � Biopharma

Project-based services � Financing � CE Marking � Health economics � Intellectual Property � Research projects � …

Team (4,5 FTEs) Board (President, entrepreneurs, R&D support, academic, incubators)

>20 events a year � Workshops & training

programs � Networking Events � Events with partners

� International Missions

50 Partners � Universities (ULB, VUB, UCL

Indutec) � Hospitals (public, private, academic) � Professional organizations

(essenscia, Unamec, Agoria) � Internationalization support (BIE) � Incubators (BLSI, ICAB, EEBIC)

In 2014: � 65 entrepreneurs

coached � Out of which 30 new

projects � 8 companies launched

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All our services are free

Biopharma MedTEch E-health Services & expertises

Academic & Hospitals

Federations & Associations Partners

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