23/04/2026
The EIC - The European Innovation Council Board President Michiel Scheffer’s visit to RS Research, shortly after the successful completion of our lead candidate’s Phase 1 clinical trial, was deeply meaningful.
We especially valued the opportunity, within such a demanding agenda, to share not only our clinical milestone but also the broader RS Research platform story, including our GMP capabilities, the next stage of our international growth and the momentum now building around our Series B discussions.
Start-ups lead new ways of thinking and turn bold ideas into real outcomes. A comment from President Scheffer stayed with us: “Learning from each other is very important. Keeping each other sharp is crucial”.
The growing momentum from Boğaziçi Üniversitesi and Center for Targeted Therapy Technologies - CT³ to Koç Üniversitesi and Teknopark İstanbul, the visit brought together innovators, researchers and EIC beneficiaries around a shared question: how can we continue strengthening our contribution to European innovation?
EIC - The European Innovation Council and its ambition to become a truly global innovation instrument, resonates strongly with RS Research. We are scaling with the ambition to become a European success story that reaches patients globally. For us, Prof. Rana Sanyal's European Prize for Women Innovators was never the final chapter of the story. It rather marked the beginning of a greater responsibility.
We thank President Scheffer for his visit and thoughtful exchanges, and we are equally grateful to Deputy Minister Kasım Gönüllü and TÜBİTAK delegation, as well as Mr. Bulent Ozcan together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Directorate for EU Affairs team who supported us throughout this journey and, in many ways, stood with us as hosts in this memorable occasion. We leave these two days even more motivated for the steps ahead.
Join us in celebrating the successful completion of our lead drug candidate’s phase 1 clinical trial: https://rsresearch.net/2026/rs-research-announces-successful-completion-of-phase-1-clinical-trial-of-rs-0139-in-solid-tumors/
T.C. Sanayi ve Teknoloji Bakanlığı | Sena Nomak, PhD | Gulsah Nomak, MD | Tarık SAHIN | Çağrı YILDIRIM | Alp Eren Yurtseven, PhD | Hande Merçan Aygen | Dr. Ferda Akgül | Zelal Şen | İdris Hocaoğlu | MURAT TOPALFAKIOGLU |