Our mission

Crucell’s mission is to bring meaningful innovation to global health. We do this by discovering, developing, manufacturing and marketing products that combat infectious diseases.

Our focus

We target major health threats that demand innovative solutions, striving to lead rather than follow. We focus on infectious diseases because these pose an increasingly serious threat to the health of people worldwide—and we have the expertise to make a real difference in this disease area.

We are dedicated to saving lives and preventing illness around the world. We focus strongly on unmet medical needs in developing countries, where infectious diseases exert their greatest toll. At the same time, we work to protect travelers and vulnerable groups living in industrialized countries.

An increasingly urgent mission

Global trends highlight the importance of bringing innovation to the fight against infectious diseases:

• Globalization and urbanization are promoting infectious diseases that are spread by insects or water, such as cholera and typhoid fever. Respiratory diseases like tuberculosis thrive among the urban poor.
• Climate change and weather extremes are changing the incidence and geographical distribution of diseases like malaria and dengue fever, which are transmitted by insects.
• Greater mobility and global travel are promoting the worldwide spread of diseases like tuberculosis and influenza, as well as increasing the risk of a ruined holiday—or worse—for travelers to exotic locations. 
• Population growth and aging are encouraging the rise of intestinal infections carried in food and water, such as cholera, typhoid fever and hepatitis A.