The MedCoast region has a strong academic sector and a broad and growing industrial sector. However, there are areas which stands out in international comparison and within thesis field both academia and the industrial sector is at the forefront. Biomaterials and Cell TherapyGöteborg is one of the leading European centres within the fields of biomaterials and cell therapy. It has a long history of academic achievement and industrial implementation dating back to Per-Ingvar Brånemark´s breakthroughs in the 1960s, which today have led to a number of successful offspring companies within the medical device area.Read more at www.goteborgbio.se Cardiovascular and metabolic diasesesCardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases Network in Göteborg is a knowledge and management network focusing on stimulating innovation and growth within the segment by supporting projects and companies with commercialisation expertise in the early research phase.Read more at www.goteborgbio.se
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| Cancer Therapy and TreatmentOslo Cancer Cluster aims to assemble the Life Science companies and academic research institutions in the greater Oslo region to join forces and to work single mindedly in developing this collaboration. They will gather strength and support to reach our ambition which is to become the most attractive research based industrial cluster in Europe for cancer diagnostics and treatment innovations. Read more at www.oslocancercluster.org Marine Life SciencesGlobal aquaculture has been growing tremendously over the last decade, now amounting to almost 40 million tons and a corresponding value of approx. 350 billion NOK (Source: FAO 2004). New biological insights are resulting in quantum leaps in breeding, fish health and sophisticated disease control systems - to the extent that we are experiencing a paradigm shift in aquaculture. Norway and especially the Oslo region are playing a pivotal role in this development, contributing with scientific and commercial innovations that are changing the whole premise of global aquaculture.Mare Life
mare novum Medical Technology and Analytical ToolsMedical technology, diagnostics and analytical tools and methods are a large and growing sector in the whole MedCoast region. The sector is of great importance both for academia and other industrial niches and therefore of strategic importance for the development of the biomedical sector as a whole. |
