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International InterconneXions Partners
Québec (Canada) |
BiopolisQuébec is the alliance of leading life sciences regions in the province of Québec (Montréal, Québec and Sherbrooke) dedicated to promote the expertise of this major sector internationally.
In Québec, Life Sciences and Health Technologies provide employment to nearly 43 000 people in 620 organizations, including 150 research centers and 80 subsidiaries of foreign companies. Québec companies’ investments in Life Sciences R&D represents about 30% of all Canadian R&D expenditures in the sector. The significant presence of multinationals subsidiaries reflects a very favourable business climate in Québec for R&D investments as well as for market access.
Québec is one of the few regions of the world where a company can undertake all development stages of a life science product, from basic research to the final product, including preclinical, clinical, manufacturing and marketing stages. |
Catalonia (Spain) |
ACC1O is the economic development agency of the government of the Catalonia region, with capital city Barcelona, in Spain. ACC1O is headquartered in Barcelona and has 35 offices around the world. With a focus on trade, investment, innovation and internationalization, ACC1O offers practical assistance to Catalan companies expanding in international markets and helps foreign companies grow their business in Catalonia by providing advice and practical support. Our expert services are tailored to the needs of individual businesses to maximize their international success and increase their competitive edge in the global market.
Biocat, BioRegió de Catalunya
www.biocat.cat
Biocat is the organization that coordinates, dynamizes and promotes biotechnology, biomedicine and medical technology sector in Catalonia. It is fostered by the Government of Catalonia and the Barcelona City Council and, since it was created in 2006, has included companies and organizations from this sector in its governing bodies.
Biocat works to achieve the following goals:
- Facilitate relationships and synergies among members of the BioRegion of Catalonia.
- Drive the sector to make it an economic engine in this country.
- Promote the sector on an international level.
- Improve the public’s knowledge and perception of biotechnology.
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Italy |
Promos is the Special Agency of the Milan Chamber of Commerce committed to the development of international activities. Its mission on the one hand is to promote the local entrepreneurial sector abroad, facilitating the penetration of Milanese and Lombard companies in foreign markets and on the other hand, to strengthen the competitiveness of the economic system at an international level, encouraging the attraction of foreign resources into the area.
Sardegna Ricerche is the regional agency that assists the local government in the implementation of research and development policies; its aim is the support and innovation of the production system, fostering the set up of innovative enterprises and attracting high-tech companies to Sardinia, promote, manage and develop Polaris, the Science and Technology Park of the island, deliver services to Sardinian SMEs aimed at the introduction of new technologies and products and modernisation of corporate organisation. |
Canada |
Ontario Bioscience Industry Organization
obio.ca
The Ontario Bioscience Industry Organization (OBIO) is a private sector, membership-based organization that is Ontario’s leading advocate for the life science sector. OBIO is engaged in policy and government relations activities to enable the successful development and commercialization in Ontario of life science technology through investment, strategic alliances, stakeholder engagement and industry promotion.
As Manitoba’s bilingual trade agency and through a network of local and international partners, ANIM focuses on:
- promoting Manitoba’s advantages on export markets;
- maximizing the province’s investment attraction;
- identifying and developing targeted trade opportunities in synergy with Manitoba businesses;
- facilitating the strategic recruitment of French-speaking immigrants.
Life Science Association of Manitoba
www.lsam.ca/
The life science industry in Manitoba is dedicated to making life better for everyone. The Life Science Association of Manitoba (LSAM) represents all those involved in the life science industry in Manitoba. As a society we feel the benefits of these companies we use it to heal, fuel and feed ourselves each day. The life science sector focuses on the use of innovative biological tools and products, in the production of medical treatments, diagnostics, more-nutritional foods, bio energy and bio materials, all while improving the quality of the environment. Manitoba is home to over 200 life science related companies. |
London
Cambridge
Oxford (UK) |
One Nucleus is a membership organisation for international life science and healthcare companies. We are based in Cambridge and London UK, the heart of Europe’s largest life science and healthcare cluster.
Vision: For One Nucleus and our members to be the top European life science and healthcare network.
Mission: We will achieve this by maximising the global competitiveness of our members. |
Sweden |
Established in 2008, Invest in Skåne, is the official regional promotion agency for southern Sweden. Part of Medicon Valley with more than 350 R&D companies active in the field of Life Science, one of the most dynamic R&D regions in Europe. Invest In Skåne’s mission is to facilitate international business collaborations with companies and organisations located in Southern Sweden: facilitating inward investment (company set-up and capital investment), strategic alliances and promoting exports. Invest In Skåne provides free professional advice and services to companies considering the region of Skåne for future investment, expansion and/or collaboration.
Invest Sweden act on behalf of the Swedish government to support international companies doing business with Sweden. Starting out in 1995 we offer you specialist insight to Swedish technology and business service sectors to companies worldwide. Our staff has a solid background in the corporate sector and expertise in the investment process. Our services are free of c harge. |
Denmark |
In the beginning of 2010, the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation established Netmatch as a unifying platform and a support function for the innovation networks/clusters in Denmark.
The objective of Netmatch is to develop and provide a number of services for the innovation networks in order to ensure optimum working conditions. By means of internationalization and competence development, and by assisting the innovation networks on operational and administrative tasks, Netmatch makes it easier for the innovation networks to focus on matchmaking and networking.
BIOPEOPLE IS THE DANISH INNOVATION CLUSTER FOR THE LIFE AND HEALTH SCIENCE SECTORS
WE HELP ACADEMIA AND INDUSTRY TO CO-CREATE AND DEVELOP IDEAS INTO NEW PROJECTS, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES TO BENEFIT GLOBAL HEALTH AND WELFARE
Biopeople is part of the permanent Danish infrastructure for innovation established and co-funded by the Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation and the Danish Council for Technology and Innovation.
Biopeople brings Danish and international researchers and stakeholders together in a unique collaboration for life science, food, biotech, biomedical and medtech innovations.
As a triple-helix organisation, Biopeople embraces universities, research organisations, and hospitals, the Danish Medicines Agency, industry associations as well as pharma, medtech, food and biotech companies.
Our aim is to stimulate innovation through activities that bring researchers and stakeholders together across disciplines, sectors and public-private boundaries |
Europe |
The Enterprise Europe Network brings together business support organisations from across 49 countries. With more than 580 member organisations we are always close to where your business is based. Working through local business organisations, we can help you develop your business in new markets, source or license new technologies and access EU finance and funding. The Sector Group Biotechnology, Pharma and Cosmetics is an active workgroup within the Enterprise Europe Network and provides a niche service to one of Europe’s most important sectors. This includes a comprehensive and high-quality European knowledge transfer, information and business support service for organisations, particularly SMEs.
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Holland |
Syntens is the Dutch business and innovation network, and supports entrepreneurs in small and medium-sized enterprises through a large range of activities and projects in the broadest sense of the word. The aim is to increase the revenue of Dutch enterprises by means of innovation and improvement.
Life Sciences Health aims to support, connect and strengthen the innovative Dutch life sciences health sector. We facilitate access to knowledge, funding and networks for SMEs and coordinate the representation of the sector under the flag of “The Dutch Masters of Life Sciences Health”. |
Israel |
MATIMOP, the executive agency of the Office of the Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor of Israel (OCS), is the official national agency for industrial R&D cooperation, tasked with generating and implementing international cooperative industrial R&D programs between Israeli and foreign enterprises |
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