Take part of the vision to make Scandinavia to biomedicine centre of

Europe

by Creating a common Bio Medical Database in Scandinavia

Jens Gran

Manager Medcoast Scandinavia

Stratinc Seminar Monday, 24th May 2004

Developing a Borderless Bio Medical Region

The GO-regionGöteborg & Oslo

The purpose is to stimulate• economic development• trade and industry• research and education• communications• culture and tourism

Facts of the GO-region

• Sweden and Norway have close relations past and present.

• The region is a gateway to the Nordic Countries.

• There live about 3 million people in the region.

• The closest university for Göteborg University is University of Oslo and vica versa.

• The academic institutions in the region have about 100 000 students and 4 000 researchers.

• There are several Science Parks in the region.

MedCoast Scandinavia• The initiative came from universities in the

region: University of Oslo, Agricultural University of Norway, Norwegian School of Veterinary Medicine, Gøteborg University,Chalmers University of Technology, and the GO partners.

• The cooperation agreement was signed spring 2002.

• The board consists of representative from the academic institutions and the political bodies in the region.

The GO-region and the Scandinavian ArenaPolitically driven mainly for questions related to infrastructure, environment and business in Oslo/Gothenburg/Copenhagen.

Oslo TeknopolDoes innovation and

industry development in Oslo, mainly to increase

foreign investors.

MedCoast ScandinaviaBuilding network in Göteborg-

Oslo between industry, academia and public sector in

order to increase growth within biomedicine. Initiate

cross-boarder projects between research and

industry for development of new products. Does

biomedical bench-marking.Business Region Göteborg

Business area Biomedicine with several projects in

order to enhance the biomedical sector in

Gothenburg.

Uppsala BioDriven by the academia, industry and public sector to enhance growth within biomedicine in Uppsala.

Stockholm BioScienceDriven by the academia to establish an arena for multi-disciplinary research and commercial activities in Stockholm.

Medicon Valley AcademyBuilding network in the Copenhagen/Malmö-region between industry, academia and public sector to enhance growth within life science.

NBA

SwedenBio

Scanbalt

The organisations in the region

International Cooperation

• Medicon Valley Academy (partner agreement)

• Scanbalt (Steering group)• EFB (European Federation of Biotechnology)

• Interreg IIIC Research Competence project

• BioBaltic IIIB Bio Medical Cluster• Scanbalt Academy (6FP)

• Conferences (Scanbalt Forum, ECFG)

Strategies How will MedCoast fulfill its business idea and generate a positive growth environment? The strategies will direct our

activities.

Initiate and facilitate connections for a positive growth environment. Initiate collaborative biomedical projects. Business advisors to members. Supply the latest, relevant biomedical information. Making MedCoast and its members known following a well-defined marketing

communication plan.

Target groups

Public SectorHospitalsPoliticiansRegulators

IndustryLarge companiesSmall companiesStart-upsScience ParksService providers;IncubatorsFinanceIPR advisorsBioBan (Business Angel Network)Institutional investors

AcademiaResearchers InnovatorsTechnology Transfer OfficesFaculties

MedCoast

Target groups’ prioritized need

Industry Academia Public SectorLarge companies Researchers HospitalsInfluence Network co-operations Network co-operationsGood citizen Financing CompetencePersonnel recruitments Company recruitments MarketingNetwork co-operations Marketing Network co-operationsSmall companies Innovators/TTO:s PoliticiansCustomer recruitments Company recruitments Industrial influenceNetwork co-operations Financial support Good citizenSpecialized know-how Network co-operations Network co-operationsMarketing Specialized know-how RegulatorsStart-ups Faculties InfluenceFinancial support Increased knowledge Network co-operations

Network co-operations Personnel recruitments Good citizenSpecialized know-how Network co-operations MarketingScience ParksCustomer recruitmentsIndustrial influenceNetwork co-operationsService providersCustomer recruitmentsNetwork co-operationsMarketing

What can MedCoast do?

How do we satisfy the needs of the target groups – what is our offer?Increased knowledge/Specialized know-how

Newsletter and website publications on studies of trends (benchmarking). Seminars on important issues and workshop on finance, IP, legal etc. The database with company and clinical research information. Financial support Facilitate financial, marketing and administrative services. Organizing joint-marketing activities. Agreements for member advantages.Influence Cooperation with other bio-organizations. Making MedCoast and its members known among leading parties. Member meetings. Exhibitions.Network co-operations Professional selected members. Member meetings.Customer and personnel recruitments The database with company information. Marketing. Positive environment for researchers.

The mission of MedCoast

Initiate and facilitate collaborations, connections and exchange of competence between the parties.

This will increase knowledge, improve understanding and create a platform for fruitful

relations.

Public Sector

Industry

Academia

On-going projects

Scandinavian Database Microarrays Bioinformatics Proteomics Biobank and genetic epidemiology MarEGene Protein structure and spectroscopy Ethics Bioimaging

Long-term goalsWhat shall MedCoast achieve within 10 years?

MedCoast long-term goals are to: – become a strong trademark associated with professional collaborations, frontline research, high innovations and leading companies within biomedicine.

– establish the region as a biomedicine centre, well-respected in Europe.

– become the preferred option for industry, academia and hospitals when connecting biomedicine parties for successful co-operations and when searching the latest information in the field of biomedicine.

Short-term goalsWhat shall MedCoast achieve within the following years?

Strengthen the biomedical research. Enhance entrepreneurship and commercialization of innovations. Attract seed fund and venture capital. Strengthen the region’s position internationally. Influence governmental bodies to support the vision of MedCoast.

ALL THIS NEED ACCESSABLE INFORMATION!

Database project vision

Improve Information availability Stimulate cross border cooperation Reduce cost by working together Standardisation / Common network

standards add new features Link the organisations (KI, MVA, Bio

Uppsala BioSweden and Scanbalt) closer together

Add value for our members

Database should be based on: Existing available infomation, if possible Single registration of data Include national information in the

Scandinavian region Internet access and searchable Regional monitoring and individual

updating of information Access control for strategic information

Database project group:

Medicon Valley Academy Scanbalt BRG/Sahlgrenska Science Park Uppsala Bio Karolinska Institutet Medcoast Scandinavia Sweden Bio

Project Phases:

1. Company Database Demo Feb.2004 for MCS region

2. Launch of Company Database at Bio2004 in San Fransisco (2 June 2004)

2. Common system layout for Scandinavian Bio resource database 2004/2005

3. Updated data structure and project admin. Dec. 2004

What do we want to achieve?Add value for our members and collaboration partners

Generic model of the KI system

Web-server(database)

ODBCLocal Database

Scandinavian Common Database

ODBC

Local web portal

Web portal

What is available today?

• Administration• Maintenance system for updating information by

the users (Companies)• Search applications

– KI– SwedenBIO– Biosweden– MedCoast– Uppsala– Medicon Valley Academy

+ Scandinavian Common Corporate DB

The current database

• General – Company name– Org. number– Address, tel, fax– E-post, Web-address– Description of Company– Established– Co-names– Key words

• Key personnel– Title– Position– E-mail– Div– (Boards, Scientific founders,

Advisory Board)

• Classification– 35 main categhories (MeSH)– 26 Productt areas– Activity

(Market/sale, Service, Production, R&D, div)

– Financial information

– Annual• Turnover (+ % Medical, %

F&U, Asset turnover)• No. Of emloyees• Profit (+EBIT)

• Others– Administartion– Acadermic partners– FDA approvals

Classification System

• Tripple searchable• Unlimited entities for

each company• Dynamic

• Activity– R&D– Sale– Production– Services

• Medical Areas (MeSH)– 35 # such as

• Allergy & immunology• Medical Oncology• Neurology• Surgery

• Product– 26 #,such as

• Biomaterial• Biomedical knowlegde • Diagnostics• Pharma• IP advisors

MeSH-Index:

Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) Launched by National Library of Medicine

(NLM, USA) Structure standard for indexed databases

as MEDLINE 22,500 Descriptors (main headings)

133,000 Supplementary Concept Records

Hierarchical and ranking structure

Strategic info in demand:

IP-project database for outlicensing/industrial patrnership/investigations

Competence collaboration/mobility Info channel for Governmental and public

use (Bibliometric and statistical data) Funding sources (both public and private) Interactive investment partnering

Scandinavian DB status:

Approx. 2000 companies included Free search application Basic information available Links to participants DB for more details Official Launch at Bio 2004

Best way to find us is at

www.medcoast.org