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EIT Health is supported by the EIT, a body of the European Union
EIT Health Scandinavian CLC
EIT Health
Innovative healthcare solutions of tomorrow
--www.eit.europa.eu
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Content 1. EIT Health .............................................................................................................................................. 2
1.1 EIT Health in Scandinavia ...................................................................................................................... 3
CLC Office ........................................................................................................................................... 4
Scandinavian Campus group ....................................................................................................................... 6
Scandinavian Business Creation group ...................................................................................................... 7
Scandinavian User Driven Innovation group .............................................................................................. 8
CLC Office Liaisons ....................................................................................................................................... 9
2. EIT Health Scandinavian Partners ........................................................................................................ 10
2.1 Core Partners, contacts & Board members. ........................................................................... 10,11 12
Associated Partners ............................................................................................................................. 13, 14
Network Partners ...................................................................................................................................... 16
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1. EIT Health EIT Health mission:
EIT Health promotes entrepreneurship and innovates in healthy living and active ageing, with the aim to
improve quality of life and healthcare across Europe.
Taking off with a brief introduction of EIT Health, the intention with this report is to
explain the set-up of the Scandinavian CLC and to inform about the partners and partner
representatives.
EIT Health is one of the largest healthcare initiatives worldwide. Its goal is to sustainably advance the
foundations of healthcare and thus promote the future conditions for healthier living and wellbeing of
people across Europe. EIT Health is leveraging the expertise of more than 140 leading organizations
spanning key areas of healthcare such as Pharma, MedTech, Payers, Research Institutions and Universities.
EIT Health offers best-in-class research capabilities, higher education and business expertise. With a budget
of €2 billion over the next decade, it will purposefully invest in Europe’s best entrepreneurial talents and
creative minds to foster the development and commercialization of smart product and service solutions in
the health sector, addressing the challenges imposed by demographic change and ageing societies.
Projects, Education activities and Business Creation activities are financed via in-kind contributions from
participating organisations and by funding requested from The EIT. More Information about EIT Health, its
members and activities can be found on www.eithealth.eu
The regional structure of EIT Health extends across Europe. With
its headquarters in Munich (Germany), EIT Health has six co-
location centers in London (UK/Ireland), Stockholm (Scandinavia),
Barcelona (Spain), Paris (France), Heidelberg (Germany) and
Rotterdam (Benelux). All six co-location centers are defined by the
EU Innovation. In addition, a group of InnoSTAR institutions based
in Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, and Wales are
included. These institutions have a high growth potential.
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1.1 EIT Health in Scandinavia
The Scandinavian CLC was established on June 22, 2015 as a Swedish ‘Ideell förening’ (non-profit
association) located in Solna, Sweden. The association is controlled by a board of representatives of the
partners and has employed a full time Managing Director as responsible for running the day-to-day
business in the CLC. Further, the partners provide in-kind resources in form of part-time personnel
populating the CLC office functions and various working groups essential to the activities. Board
representatives and CLC Office staff are presented below.
Scandinavian CLC Vision
In 2025 the Scandinavian CLC is an efficient and recognized contributor to European
citizens being empowered to live active, healthy lives.
Scandinavian CLC Mission
Scandinavian CLC will promote and facilitate networking and activities contributing to
entrepreneurship and innovation within health and social care for healthy ageing,
especially focusing on user driven innovation.
Scandinavian CLC Strategy
Establish a Scandinavian platform for User driven Innovation, including Test Beds (Living
Labs) & Innovation Design, which can benefit all partners and has clear milestones for all
activities.
Use platform for User driven Innovation to generate new project ideas
Focus on projects on early detection, behavioural change and learning from big data
within chronic diseases in order to provide a broader platform for the future activities at
all levels.
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CLC Office
Membership fees finance CLC office operations.
The EIT Health Scandinavian CLC office is located at Tomtebodavägen 23A, SE-171 65 Solna, Sweden and
has a Danish representation office at SUND Vækst Huset, Henrik Pontoppidansvej 4, 2200 Copenhagen N,
Denmark.
Palle Høy Jakobsen, Managing Director,
employed full time by the association.
+45 30 444 818
Christos Vaitsis, Innovation Project Manager
Part time at the Scandinavian CLC
Christos [email protected]
+46 73 712 15 47
Anita Häggström, Assistant to Palle Høy Jakobsen,
Part time at the Scandinavian CLC
+46 70 351 59 57
Magnus Alsne, Communications Officer
Part time at the Scandinavian CLC
+46 70 425 09 45
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Roles and responsibilities of the CLC office.
Continued support and lobbying for flagship projects such as “User Driven Innovation/Scandinavian Test Bed”.
Support and lobbying for initiation of European project matchmaking events.
Establishment, definition and start-up of Scandinavian working groups/committees for flagship projects and
business creation.
The establishment for improved information flow.
Work for creation of an appropriate process for selection of Campus applications.
Establish a good contact with networking organisations such as SweLife & Copenhagen Health Innovation in order
to identify potential win-win collaborations. Recruit more Associated Partners.
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Scandinavian Campus group
Jan-Olov Höög, Education Manager
+46 8 524 87 740
Name Role
Jan-Olof Höög Chair, link to Karolinska Institutet
Catharina Svensson Link to Uppsala University
Hans Henrik Saxild Link to Copenhagen University
Per Berglund Link to KTH, Royal Institute of Technology
Lena Alksten Link to Stockholm City
Titti Ekegren Uppsala University, Coordinator
Inger Lundqvist Link to Karolinska Institutet, Coordinator
Ulla Bjerre-Christensen Link to Capital Region of Denmark
Palle Høy Jakobsen Scandinavian CLC, Managing director
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Scandinavian Accelerator group
Gustav Notander, Business Creation Manager,
KTH, Royal Institute of Technology
part-time
+46 70 455 98 99
Name Role
Gustav Notander Chair, link to KTH, Royal Institute of Technology
Jørgen Finnemann Link to LEO Pharma
Sven Frøkjær Link to Copenhagen University
Krim Talia Link to Rise Research Institute of Sweden
Mats Ferm Link to Karolinska Institutet
Moa Fransson Link to Uppsala University
Karen Laigaard Copenhagen University tech transfer office
Palle Høy Jakobsen Scandinavian CLC Managing director
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Scandinavian User Driven Innovation group
Name Role
Jan Andersson Chair, link to Stockholm County Council
Krim Talia Link to Rise Research Institute of Sweden
Jørgen Finnemann Link to Leo Pharma
Eva Tiensuu Jansson Link to Uppsala University
Emma Eng Link to Stockholm City
Ozan Öktem Link to KTH, Royal Institute of Technology
Palle Høy Jakobsen Scandinavian CLC, Managing director
Jan-Olov Höög Link to Karolinska Institutet
Anders Nordström Link to Karoliska Institutet Hospital
Annika Remaeus Link to Uppsala City Council
Gerhardt Sittig Link to Tieto Healthare & Welfare AB
Peter Børker Nielsen Link to University of Copenhagen
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CLC Office Liaisons
In-kind contributions from member’s finance CLC managers and Office liaisons. Managers are responsible
for coordination planning of activities within the CLC.
CLC office liaisons support the CLC office concerning local questions in the Stockholm, Uppsala and
Copenhagen regions.
Kresten Dørup, Office liaison,
The University of Copenhagen/ Københavns
Universitet
+45 28 83 75 72
Krister Halldin, Office liaison,
The University of Uppsala/ Uppsala Universitet
+46 70 425 07 53
Inger Lundqvist, Office liaison
Karolinska Institutet
+46 70 528 64 31
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2. EIT Health Scandinavian Partners
2.1 Core Partners, Contacts & Board members
Thermo Fisher Scientific - Phadia AB
As the ImmunoDiagnostic experts within Thermo Fisher
Scientific, we develop, manufacture and market complete
blood test systems to support clinical diagnosis and monitoring
of allergy, asthma and autoimmune diseases.
www.phadia.com
Per Mattson
Chairman and representative of ThermoFisher Phadia AB.
Karolinska Institutet
Karolinska Institutet is one of the world's leading medical
universities. Our mission is to contribute to the improvement of
human health through research and education. The research
covers the entire medical field, from basic molecular biological
research to clinical epidemiology and nursing science. Since
1901 the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has selected
the Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine. With our close
relationship to the clinical milieu, a well-established
infrastructure, a unique innovation system and a stable
financial situation, Karolinska Institutet has excellent
prerequisites for sustaining high quality research and
education.
www.ki.se
Jan-Olov Höög
Board member and representative of Karolinska Institutet
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Novo Nordisk A/S
At Novo Nordisk, we are driving change to defeat diabetes and
other serious chronic conditions such as, haemophilia, growth
disorders and obesity. Headquartered in Denmark, Novo
Nordisk employs approximately 41,000 people globally in 75
countries and markets its products in more than 180 countries.
www.novonordisk.com
Jørgen Dirach
Board member and representative of Novo Nordisk A/S [email protected]
University of Copenhagen (UCPH)
With over 40,000 students and more than 9,500 employees, UCPH – founded 1479 – is among the largest comprehensive universities in Europe. It is ranked No. 7 in Europe and no. 39 in the world in the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2015. The University has an international environment where ambitious researchers and students strive for new knowledge and insights. UCPH is placed at the center of a stimulation entrepreneurial ecosystem in the Greater Copenhagen Area. www.ku.dk
Ulla Wewer
Board member and representative of University of Copenhagen (UCPH)
Uppsala Univeristy / Uppsala Universitet
Uppsala University, the first university established in the Nordic
countries founded in 1477, is an international research
university. Uppsala University is ranked #61 in the Academic
Ranking of World Universities 2014. World-class research and
high at UU benefit society and business on a global level. The
University is characterized by diversity and breadth, with
international frontline research at nine faculties including
40,000 students, 1,800 teachers and researchers whereof about
670 professors. Comprehensive peer reviews and university
rankings consistently show that research at UU is of the highest
international standard. Research, education and innovation
serve as guiding concepts in connection with cooperation with
the business community and society at large.
www.uu.se
Mats Larhed
Board member and representative of Uppsala University
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KTH Royal Institute of Technology / KTH Kungliga Tekniska
Högskolan
KTH is Sweden’s largest technical university with education
and research spanning from natural sciences to all branches
of engineering, including life science, mathematical and
computational sciences, infrastructure in health, and
medical devices.
www.kth.se
Amelie Eriksson Karlström
LEO Pharma A/S
We strive to be the preferred dermatology care partner
improving people’s lives around the world. LEOs
therapeutic focus area for innovation is dermatology with
primary focus on psoriasis, eczema, actinic keratosis, and
non-melanoma skin cancer.
www.leo-pharma.com
Jørgen Finnemann
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden is a network of
research and technology organizations. In global co-
operation with academia, enterprise and society, we
create value, growth and competitiveness
through research excellence and innovation. www.ri.se
Krim Talia
City of Stockholm / Stockholms stad
Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, got a specific interest to
develop elderly care for the benefit of the citizen through
the work of digitization and "user-driven" innovation.
www.stockholm.se
Karin Ekdahl Wästberg
[email protected] Anders Håkansson [email protected]
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Associated Partners
The Capital Region / Region Hovedstadens The Capital Region employs 40.000 people in the Copenhagen area Hospitals and got a broad interest in environmental health, cross-sector treatment and care, digitalization and “user-driven” innovation. www.regionh.dk Rosa Klitgaard Andersen
Stockholm County Council / Stockholms läns landsting
Stockholm County Council is one of Europe's largest
healthcare providers, offering everything from
telephone advice about self-care to advanced specialist
care at the university hospital.
www.sll.se
Maria Söderlund
Tieto Sweden Healthcare & Welfare AB
Tieto Healthcare & Welfare is the leading healthcare
and welfare IT provider in the Nordics, with over 40
years of Nordic well-being expertise. This extensive
experience and our close cooperation with our
customers give us a strong foundation to further
enhance healthcare and welfare services at the
individual, regional, and national levels. We have over
1200 professionals specialized in and focused on
adding value to healthcare and welfare services with
the help of IT.
www.tieto.com/industries/healthcare-and-welfare
Gerhardt Sittig
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University of Tartu / Tartu Ülikool
Estonian Genome Center at the
University of Tartu is population based
biobank, consisting of samples and rich
eHealth data (from national registers) of
52 000 gene donors with genomics
core-facility and strong competence in
genomics, metabolomics etc.
www.ut.ee/en
Merike Leego
Andres Metspalu,
City of Uppsala / Uppsala stad
Uppsala City council works with world
leading actors as innovation partners to
form a testing and evaluating node for
business and public good. Suitable
results are used in quality assured
procurement and implementation
processes.
www.näringsliv.uppsala.se
Henrik Cyrén
Uppsala County Council / Uppsala läns
landsting
Uppsala County Council is working with health care, dental care, public transportation and culture. Politicians are governing the County council and officials take responsibility that the county council are executing what the politicians have decided. www.lul.se
Annika Remaeus
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MSD/ Merck Sharp & Dohme (Sweden)
AB
MSD Sweden is a Swedish subsidiary of
Merck & Co., Inc., with headquarters in
Kenilworth, N.J., USA. We are a research
intense health care company that
discover, develop and provide society
with medicines and services that
improves people’s health. Through our
prescription medicines, vaccines,
biologic therapies, and animal health
products, we work with customers and
operate in more than 140 countries to
deliver innovative health solutions. We
also demonstrate our commitment to
increasing access to healthcare through
far-reaching policies, programs and
partnerships.
For 125 years, we have been a global
health care leader working to help the
world be well.
Fredrik Söder
Copenhagen Business School
Copenhagen Business School (CBS) is
one of the largest business schools in
Europe and hosts more than 20,000
students and 1,500 employees.
CBS aims to become a world-leading
business university with teaching and
research excellence in classical
management disciplines and in
disciplines that place business in a wider
social, political and cultural context. CBS
has extensive research and teaching
activities in the management and
economics of innovation in health care.
Finn Valentin
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The City of Copenhagen/ Københavns
Kommune
The City of Copenhagen aims to develop a better and more efficient elderly care, in order to keep a growing population healthy and independent in the future. We have special interests in innovative technology, digitalization, intersectorial cooperation and user-driven innovation. Nanna Skriver
Network Partners
Below listed organisations have signed a memorandum of understanding to act as network partners within
EIT Health Scandinavian CLC.
Copenhagen Capacity
We support foreign companies, investors and talent in making a successful start in Greater Copenhagen, free of charge. www.copcap.com DanAge is / Ældresagen DaneAge is a non-profit association whose aim is that everyone should be able to live a good and long life. www.aeldresagen.dk
Danish Cancer Society
The Danish Cancer Society objectives are to combat cancer and their associated consequences including research, patient & relative support and public contact to the relevant Danish authorities. www.cancer.dk
Folkuniversitetet i Uppsala
Folkuniversitetet, a study Association engaged in adult education in Sweden. Our idea is that through knowledge and creativity we can give people the opportunities for a richer life. Knowledge changes. www.folkuniversitetet.se
HealthCap
HealthCap is a family of venture capital funds investing globally in life sciences. www.healthcap.eu
Novo Seeds
Our pre-seed grants and seed investments provide scientific and commercial support to promising early-stage life science projects in Scandinavia. www.novo.dk/seeds
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Science for Life Laboratory
Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab, is a national center for molecular biosciences with focus on health and environmental research. SciLifeLab is a national resource and a collaboration between four universities: Karolinska Institutet, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm University and Uppsala University. www.scilifelab.se
Stockholm Business Angels
Stockholm Business Angels is a Venture Finance and Expertise house which is started by business angels to invest in young, innovative companies with growth potential. www.stoaf.se
Stockholm Innovation and Growth
The business incubator STING offers startups a faster path from idea to global company. www.stockholminnovation.com
Sweden Bio
SwedenBIO is the national non-profit association for the life science industry in Sweden, with nearly 200 members. swedenbio.se The Danish Heart Association / Hjerteforeningen The Danish Heart Association is a private organisation working with research and prevention activities
within cardiovascular diseases and patient support.
www.hjerteforeningen.dk
Uppsala BIO
Uppsala BIO is a life science pathfinder. We build new ways to make life science flourish, in close
collaboration with industry, academia, society and healthcare.
www.uppsalabio.com
Uppsala Innovation Centre
Uppsala Innovation Centre (UIC) is one of the leading business incubators for growth companies in
Sweden.
www.uic.se
Uppsala Regional Council / Regionförbundet i Uppsala län
The eight municipalities together with the County Council constitute the Uppsala Regional Council. We focus on the development and the future of the region. www.regionuppsala.se/in-english