Focusing on Medicon Valley

Copenhagen Capacity and Invest in Skåne are hosting a seminar to promote the geographical area known as Medicon Valley. Some of the 350 life science companies from there will give short presentations to attract partners and investors.

Mingling types - who to aim for and who to avoid:

Read about different mingling types - who are you?

Reproducibility and handling in focus with new electronic pipette

The Eppendorf Xplorer electronic pipette has been developed with reproducibility in mind.

Exhibitors

Register of exhibitors and where they can be found.

Your partnering tool - step by step

Profile, agenda and requests. Those are the basic steps to follow to use the partnering tool for Biotech Forum. Follow our guide to successful partnering!

9 steps to perfect partnering

Rigorous planning and a focus on your business plan is essential for successful partnering, accoring to Camilla Huse Bondeson at Conlega. Follow her 9 steps to perfect partnering.

Certifierad infraröd labtermometer

Det börjar bli dags att byta ut de gamla kvicksilvertermometrarna på labbet, och ett nytt bra alternativ kan då vara att investera i en infraröd termometer.

Early stage research and low turnaround dominates

Nordic science parks are full of advanced research performed by small companies but little research is done in later stages. Only a couple of the best performers have companies in phase III, according to Biotech Scandinavia's survey.

Ideon - Sweden's oldest science park

Old is not synonymous with boring. Swedens oldest science park Ideon still manages to attract young companies with big ideas. The recipe for success? To continue to invest in further development.

We are poor lobbyists

I doubt there has ever been a really well thought out Scandinavian campaign with intentions to really change attitudes among both the public and politicians.

De nätverkar med Kina

Kristin Hellman och Dan Walker kommer att sköta Uppsala Bios kontakter i det nya samarbetet med Shanghai.

Uppsala Bio redo för Asien

Life science-klustret har tillsammans med Uppsala Innovation Centre tecknat ett samarbetsavtal med Kinas största nätverk för life science-bolag.

Changeable proteins cause nerve disease

An incorrectly folded protein is one of the reasons behind the nerve disease ALS, according to new research. But the protein does not have structural errors all the time and only certain types contribute to the harmful protein accumulations that cause the ALS disease.

BMAs: Run your own business

After graduation you must decide: be an employee or start your own business. This is not really the situation for BMAs today, but a collaborative project between Swedish public actors and some companies aims to change that and make entrepreneurs of BMAs.

Hey Klementina Österberg ...

... CEO at GU Holding, which awards SEK 120, 000 to three female entrepreneurs.

Mingling do's and don'ts

Linkedin, Facebook, MSN and Gmail are all perfect tools for the urban businessman or woman to keep track of and stay up-to-date with contacts. "But in the end, networking is about meeting and talking to people face-to-face," says mingling expert Mia Forsgren at Begriplig.

Diagnostics for personalized medicine

Per Matsson from Phadia anticipates changes in the standards for health care. Accordiing to him, expensive new drugs will create a market for more extensive diagnostics.

A crash course in IP strategy

"Publish, publish, publish!" Sound familiar? So to meet the researcher's wishes, do you scribble a patent application with lipstick on a napkin and send it in? At the seminar Patent Strategies in the Biotech Company, you will have the chance to find out

Två steg framåt för Bioinvent

Bioinvent och partnern Trombogneics har avslutat fas I studien av cancersubstansen TB-403. Resultaten visar att substansen tolereras väl och endast ger ett fåtal biverkningar. Nyligen slöt också det svenska bolaget ett licensavtal med japanska Daiichi.

Cate Poulsen, Qiagen

Why are you going to Scanlab and Biotech Forum?

How to get the most out of the fair

From planning stage to handshake

"Partnering is an effective tool to get in touch with the decision makers high up in an organization's administration," says Camilla Huse Bondeson at Conlega. And according to her, rigorous planning is the way to succeed.

Uppfinningsrikt företag prisat

Diagenic har utsetts till årets mest innovativa företag av det norska forskningsrådet. Priset är till för att uppmuntra ökad FoU-verksamhet.

Steven Burrill vill starta svensk fond

Investeraren och analytikern Steven Burrill var nyligen i Sverige för besluta om han ska starta en svensk eller nordisk life science-fond. - Det finns mycket större tillväxtmöjligheter här än vad många tror, säger Steven Burrill.