ScanBalt BioRegion-

Top of Europe

Elise Kvarnström, ScanBalt

ScanBalt BioRegion is the meta-region ScanBalt™ is a not for profit member

association founded 2004 ScanBalt™ focus on Life Sciences and

Biotech ScanBalt™ is a bottom up organisation The project ScanBalt initiated 2002 co-

funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers through the Nordic Innovation Center

ScanBalt™ – Network of Clusters

GöteborgBio

Other members

Institutions: Universities, Hospitals, Science Parks and Research Institutions

Private entities: Industries, Tech Transfer organisations, service providers

Public authorities: Innovation agencies, regional authorities

ScanBalt BioRegion - Companies

Biotech671

Pharma323Device

370

BioIT 163

Clinical Research116

Diagnostics148

Service providers358

Biotech

Pharma

Device

BioIT

Clinical Research

Diagnostics

Service providers

Source: ScanBalt Yellow Pages, Oct. 2006

(absolute numbers)

Key Reasons for ScanBalt BioRegion► Combine-Create-Remove-Attract ◄

Combine fast growing highly educated countries in ”East” with established industrial, academic and financial resources in ”West”

Create critical mass and global visibility Remove barriers for mobility of human,

financial and industrial resources Attract human, industrial and financial

resources

The development of ScanBalt BioRegion

2004-2006

2001-2003

2001-2003•Establishment of contacts•Vision development•One-stop entry

2004-2006•Transparency•Cluster formation•Infrastructure

2007-2010•Innovation•Mentoring•Shared services•Talents

2007-2010

ScanBalt Network of Networks (NICe)

ScanBalt Campus (Interreg111B)

ScanBalt Competence Region (EU FP6)

Boosting Baltic FP6 (EU FP6) Communication in ScanBalt

BioRegion (NIC) Bridge BSR

ScanBalt IP Knowledge Network (EU FP6)

ScanBalt Marine Biotech (NorFA)

•ScanBalt Clinical Research Network (NIC)

ScanBalt AgroBiotech (NorFA) ScanBalt Stem Cell Network

(NorFA) Boost BioSystems (EU FP 6) Trayss Prime(FP 6)

Identity and infrastructure

Specific thematic projects

Co-funded ScanBalt Projects

ScanBalt –a string of competency

clusters

-North-West Russia Biotech Cluster

-Lithuania Biotech Cluster

-BioCon Valley-BioTeam-South

-North Poland Biotech Cluster -MedCoast

Scandinavia

-Bio Turku-Kalmar BioScience

-Estonia Biotech Cluster

-Medicon Valley

Current Impact

Biotech Workforc

e

Human Capital

Risk Capital

R&D Input

-Latvia Biotech Cluster

ScientificFountains

Co-location clusters

Mode 3 clusters

Competence Analysis (Benchmark)

 

Bioregion 

Quantity (P)* Quality (P10)**

Quality (P10/P)***

ScanBalt BioRegion

29.136 1287 4,4%

Boston 16.805 1.549 9,2%

London 15.551 851 5,5%

* Total number of publications** P10: top 10% of most cited publications*** P10/P: Calculated Competence Indicator

Regenerative medicine

Environmental Biotechnology

Molecular Diagnostics

Informational Biology

Process Analytical Technology

Intellectual Property and Bio-entrepreneurship

Education and training of leaders for the life science industry

Baltic Entrepreneurship Training

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Campus BoardCompetence Region

Boosting Baltic

ScanBalt Campus

Communication

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Uni

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Indu

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Bridge BSR

Marine Biotech

Clinical research

IPKN

Agro biotech

StemCells

Boost Biosystems

ScanBalt Executive committee

Intellectu

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LigniMach

Trayss Prime

Scanbalt Projects

Infrastructural

Thematic

ScanBalt

ScanBalt CampusThe Scanbalt Campus project will support Innovation

and sustainable development by:

Training, attract and enhance mobility of talents through e.g. SBC Knowledge Networks, ScanBalt Academy and SB

Raise the awareness of young scientists of the opportunities in commercialisation of research results

Break down the barriers to cooperation between BSR universities, early SME´s and industry for external funding of R&D projects for innovation and sustainable development

The ScanBalt BioRegion Innovation Model

Fig. Frank Graage, Ulf Petrusson, Bo Heiden, Lise Vinkel, Stina Gestrelius, Peter Frank: Innovation in ScanBalt Bioregion, December 2006

Tech transfer Center

Bridge, boost and coordinate trans national tech transfer

Roadmaps for commercialisation for KN’s

enhance competitiveness, create new companies and jobs

Create a Top of Europe Funding

Network/Foundation Gap in the financing market between

public pre-seed and private venture capital

Lack of financing in Baltic countries, Poland, NW Russia

Ideas bought and exploited outside the region

Shared SME support

Putting cluster theories into practice

Facilitate SME participation in EU programmes

Promote integration and coordination between clusters

ScanBalt BioRegion :

The Big FishSmall Fish Model

Asia

Silicon ValleyUS

ScanBalt BioRegion

Elise Kvarnström, ek@scanbalt.org

www.scanbalt.org