02/05/2023

2

Horizon 2020 / INNOSUP-1-2015• Topic• Cluster facilitated projects for new value chains

• Aims• Development of new cross-sectoral industrial value chains across the EU by

building upon the innovation potential of SMEs• Promotion of cross-border and cross-sectoral collaboration, innovation and

entrepreneurship across different regions and value chains• Coordination and facilitation by cluster organisations

3

Digitalization everywhere – also in Biopharma• Personalized Medicine is the most promising approach

to develop therapies for severe diseases• Advancing Personalized Medicine requires solutions

from IT sector • e.g. big data, machine learning, IT security, data protection,

and cross-enterprise collaboration• Biopharma and IT SMEs have a high innovation

potential, but lack knowledge about each others’ needs and potential solutions innovation barriers

Cross-sectoral collaboration to overcome innovation barriers and increase innovation potential of SMEs

SMEs: small- and medium-sized enterprises, http://ec.europa.eu/growth/smes/business-friendly-environment/sme-definition_en

4

Teaming up to advance digital innovation

EUR 3,7 MIO for directinnovation support for SMEsEU Horizon 2020 ConsortiumAttracted EUR 4,8 MIO for PERMIDESprojcect

5

Personalised Medicine Innovation through Digital Enterprise Solutions - PERMIDES• Aims• Identification of innovation barriers regarding digitalization of the

biopharmaceutical value chain in personalized medicine• Development of solution strategies• Cross-linking of biopharma and IT SMEs to overcome these barriers

Building a joint cross-sectoral and cross-boarder

understanding

Innovation support• Open Calls• Matchmaking Event• Semantic Online Matchmaking

Platform• Innovation Vouchers for

Innovation Projects

Follow-up coaching and transfer to other SMEs

Stage 1(Month 0-6)

Stage 2(Month 7-18)

Stage 3(Month 19-24)

7

Value Chain Challenges• Data gathering and exchange – Provide access to

broad an complete data in real-time• Big Data analytics & Machine Learning - Generate

actionable insights from massive data-sets• Development of novel data storage and mining

solutions• Create novel production and supply solutions for

Personalised Medicine products• Development of new business models and

marketing methods for Personalised Medicine products

8

Digitalize biopharma SMEs via partnerships• Open collaboration space: workshops,

semantic matchmaking portal, matchmaking events and support• Innovation voucher scheme: funding for

cross-sectoral collaborations • 90+ innovation projects between IT and

biopharma companies• Up to 60.000 EUR per project

9

Direct support for SMEsCategories

• Travel voucher up to 1,800 €Biopharma and IT SMEs can participate in matchmaking events to find suitable partners

• Consultancy voucher up to 5,000 €A biopharma SME can make use of an individual consultation by an IT SME, regarding a specific challenge in its value chain that could be improved via IT

• Prototyping voucher up to 30,000 €A biopharma SME will order a prototype of a solution for a specific challenge

• Customized solution voucher up to 60,000 €A biopharma SME will receive a customized IT solution adapted to its specific competitive situation

10

Direct support for SMEs• Follow-up Coaching• Provide access to further support measures and

other regional and national funding programs

• Dissemination• Opportunity to present project results at

conferences (Digital Health Forums, Cluster conferences)• Press activities by the consortium

11

What’s next?• Winter 2016/17 Workshops in Germany, Norway and

Austria

• Spring 2017 PERMIDES Platform launched, matchmaking starts,

first calls for innovation projects

• Summer 2017 1st innovation voucher funding granted

Website will be online in December: www.permides.eu

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 691546