Collaboration - June 7, 2022
And the future looks even brighter!
Life science is booming in the Nordics, and although Denmark and Sweden are by far the leading life science nations of the region, the biotech sector in both Finland and Norway are accelerating and contributing to the idea of the Nordics as a life science powerhouse. All the Nordic countries are among the top-20 over-all […]
In a new job - April 20, 2020
Medicon Valley Alliance strengthens its Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of Medicon Valley Alliance (MVA), the Danish-Swedish life science cluster organization, have welcomed new members. At the Ordinary General Meeting, Thursday 16th of April, which was organized as an online meeting, the MVA Board of Directors welcomed Linn Mandahl, General Manager at AbbVie Scandinavia, as a new board member. “It is […]
Collaboration - December 19, 2018
A new German-Scandinavian life science network project
A new EU project in the program area Öresund-Kattegatt-Skagerak (ÖKS) has been approved. Hanseatic League of Science (HALOS) will build a collaboration between Hamburg and South-West Scandinavia, bring together the four research facilities MAX IV, ESS, DESY and European XFEL, and create a centre for integrated, world-leading Life Science innovation and research. 3.6 million EUR […]
Collaboration - November 16, 2018
Medicon Valley: Cross-border strengths
Despite a current slowdown in growth rate, Medicon Valley still ranks high among Europe’s life science clusters. Right now, the region is going through an interesting transition period to remain the key gateway to Nordic life science. “The life science industry in the region has links back to the agricultural industry and breweries, such as […]
In a new job - February 1, 2016
New CEO of Medicon Valley Alliance
The Medicon Valley Alliance board has decided to appoint acting CEO of Medicon Valley Alliance since June 2015, Petter Hartman, as new CEO. Petter Hartman came to Medicon Valley Alliance in 2014 as funding manager from a position as project consultant with the Interreg Secretariat and seven years of in depth experience with Danish-Swedish regional […]
Business Award - July 27, 2015
MVA awarded with Cluster Organization Label Gold
Medicon Valley Alliance has been awarded with ESCA’s quality label GOLD. ESCA has announced that Medicon Valley Alliance has gained 95 % of the cluster management excellence score and consequently has been awarded with the quality label GOLD. The overall assessment among other things points to the high commitment and level of professionalism and ambition […]