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UPPSALA BIOLIFE SCIENCE PATHFINDER
Madeleine Neil, Dir of Communications
Rest of Sweden
Göteborg
Malmö/Lund
Stockholm/Uppsala
Umeå
Source: VINNOVA
Life science regions in Sweden
Stockholm-Uppsala 1) 2010
Number of life science companies 750
Number of employees 23 574
Turnover 179 159 MSEK
Development in Uppsala 2003 – 20101) Change
Number of life science companies + 74 %
Number of employees + 15 %
Turnover + 84 %1) CIND, 2011
19 % of all jobs in Uppsala are in life science
Stockholm-Uppsala
A dense life science region
• 3 million inhabitants
• 26 % with university degree
• 750 life science companies with a workforce of over 23 000
• 7 universities
• 6 000 persons active in academic life science
research
• 4 university hospitals
• GRP/capita 49 000 USD
Research turned into innovations and growth
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Phadia 255 MUSD
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Pharmacia Biotech
Amersham
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GE Healthcare
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Biacore (Part of GE Healthcare)
Q-Med 118M
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Biotage 46 MUSD
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AMO Uppsala 69 M
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Uppsala BIO is a
life science pathfinder.
We build new ways to make
life science flourish in Uppsala,
in close collaboration with industry, academia, society and healthcare.
• Identify gaps
• Mobilize networks partners
• Define and launch actions
• Review and control deliverables
• Needs driven
• Build relations industry – universities – healthcare – society
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Our offerings
BIO-X
A bridge between academic results and proof-of-concept.
Support in kind and with finance.
Needs driven.
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Innovation Akademiska
• Innovations made by employees
• The hospital as a testbed
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Uppsala Innovation Centre
Uppsala’s incubator for growth companies.
Strong ties with Uppsala BIO since our start.
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Educate
Bridge schools to life science industry and academic research
BIO Competence Forum to monitor and express educational needs
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Network
Meeting places such as BIO-PUBs, seminars and conferences
Stay in touch via newsletters and our web www.uppsalabio.se
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Reach Out
Facts and figures on life science in Uppsala
Regional marketing via Stockholm-Uppsala Life Science
Global links
Connect young companies with few international connections to credible “door-openers”.
Safe and quick access to global markets.
Inactive for lack of resources.
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Members and partners
• Acure Pharma AB
• ALMI Företagspartner Uppsala
• AMO Abbott Medical Optics AB
• AroCell AB
• Biotage AB
• Chamber of Commerce
• Connect Uppsala
• Denator AB
• Doxa AB
• GE Healthcare Biosciences AB
• Innovationsbron Uppsala
• Innoventus Project AB
• Isconova AB
• Kemwell AB
• Kibion AB
• Mercodia AB
• National Veterinary Agency
Members Partners
• Olink AB
• OncoTargeting AB
• Orexo AB
• Phadia AB
• Pharma Consulting Group AB
• Q-Med AB
• Quintiles AB
• Regional Development Council
• Semcon AB
• Statisticon AB
• Svanova Biotech AB
• Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
• City of Uppsala
• Uppsala University
• Uppsala University Hospital
• Uppsala University Holding AB
• Atea
• Devex Mekatronik
• Klövern
• Proffice Life Science
Financial support from
• VINNOVA, The Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems
• European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)