SPEAKERS

IntroductionLars Erik Edholm, MentLife

State of Medicon ValleyPetter Hartman, CEO at Medicon Valley Alliance

Medicon Village; the science park of opportunitiesKerstin Jakobsson, Executive VP, Business Development Medicon Village

Entrepreneurship, not a linear process!Lars Hedbys, CEO at Idogen AB

Curiosity did not kill that catKarin Bryder, CEO at Invent Medic

Petter Hartman CEO at MVA

Medicon ValleyThe life science cluster of Greater Copenhagen

Photo: News Oresund – Johan Wessman

“A change in Danish and Swedish life science and a new period of

transition is here”

Life science employment in Sweden and Denmark 2008-2014

Denmark is the fourthlargest exporter of lifescience products per capita, while Swedenis the tenth largest

There are signs of change for the better in Lund, Södertälje, Stockholm and Uppsala

New biotech companies are emerging after the financial crisis

New investments in the R&D of biological medicine creates substantial opportunities for both Swedish and Danish life science

A powerful rebalancing between Sweden and Denmark within natural science lies ahead with the investments in the new materials research facilities

A new period of transition

“Medicon Valley has grown to be the leading life science cluster in

Scandinavia”

35 700Number of employees at Life science companies in Medicon Valley

53% of the total

number of employees in the life science industry in Denmark and Sweden are based in Medicon Valley

4%The number of employees In Medicon Valley has increased by 4% since 2008

124 500 Number of employees in the health care sector

2xMedicon Valley is on top in Denmark and Sweden, submitting the greatest number of patent applications to EPO and with more than two times as many patent applications thanStockholm-Uppsala region

“The beacons of Medicon Valley”

4 leading pharmacuticalcompanies

The life science industry dates back a century and is the home of strong and global companies such as Novo Nordisk, LEO Pharma, H Lundbeck and FerringPharmaceuticals

Medicon Valley – home to a leading life science industry

6 Science parksWith a major life science focus in Medicon Valley

500 Life science companies with 4000 employees

10 IncubatorsOf which 3 have a major life science focus in Medicon Valley

Photo: News Øresund

Medicon Valley – home to a leading life science industry

Excellent research in Diabetes and neuroscience.Cancer, reproduction, structural biology, bioengineering and biological surfaces are also some examples of strong research areas in Medicon Valley.

9 universitiesThere are a total of 9 universities and learning institutions in Medicon Valley that perform life science research

QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS 2016

Medicon Valley - home to the leading universities in Scandinavia

2.3 Billion EUR Is invested in Medicon Valley’s latest beacon, comprised

of the material research facilities MAX IV and European Spallation Source

European Spallation Source & MAX IV

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Petter HartmanCEO, Medicon Valley

Alliance

E-mail:ph@mva.orgPhone: (M) +45 2371 5577