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InnoBaltica - Building the Pomeranian Centre of Innovation

InnoBaltica focus on innovation in the Baltic Sea Region. The main goals are (1) To create strong links and effective cooperation between academic and business entities toward implementation of innovative products; (2) To increase the competence level of the regional innovative processes’ managers and the cooperation networks’ leaders; (3) To attract investors for the Pomeranian innovation offer. The core activities focus on inspiring and stimulating the development processes as well as the implementation of key projects. InnoBaltica is administrator and coordinator of two major Pomeranian clusters BioEkoChem & KlimaPomerania.

MEDTECH WEST

MedTech West is a Swedish network and collaborative platform for research, education, development and evaluation of new biomedical concepts and technologies. MedTech West was founded in 2009 by Chalmers University of Technology, University of Gothenburg, University of Borås, Region Västra Götaland, and Sahlgrenska University Hospital. MedTech West initiates, facilitates and promotes increased research collaboration between the industry, the health care sector and the academia. Some of the focus areas for MedTech West´s research are medical image analysis, microwave technologies, smart textiles, sensor technologies and eHealth.

Turku Science Park

BioTurku® is the leading biotechnology cluster in Finland. It is part of Turku Science Park, one of Finland’s oldest and largest science parks. Around half of Finland’s pharmaceutical and diagnostics industry is located in Turku region. BioTurku® also co-ordinates the national HealthBio cluster of the national Centre of Expertise programme. The key competence areas of BioTurku® are preclinical and clinical drug research and development, diagnostics and biomaterials. The three therapeutic areas are cancer and hormonal diseases, inflammatory and infectious diseases and diseases of the nervous system. Innovate to accelerate – Turku Science Park