How to get visitors to your booth

Food, ball throwing and laser engraved pens. There are many tricks to attract visitors to the stands at Scanlab.

Take off for this year's fair

More visitors than previously were preregistered when Scanlab and Biotech Forum opened today. But the future of the exhibitions and their design is uncertain.

Showroom for free

The latest equipment with trained staff. Sci Life Lab in Stockholm want to offer top conditions at the new imaging laboratory. But some vendors are skeptical to the idea of supplying test equipment for free.

USA influerar ny stiftelse

Nu startar den nya stiftelsen Forska Sverige som, likt sin amerikanska motsvarighet Research America, ska stärka den medicinska forskningen.

Rapid system for surface hygiene monitoring

The Clean-Trace Surface Testing Instruments are a rapid solution to monitor biological contamination on surfaces in real time to help customers manage their cleaning and protect their samples.

Academia - a strong player on the lab market

While the industry was short of money during the financial crisis, government incentives were in full swing in Sweden during 2009. - Our sales to academia increased ten percent last year, says Håkan Hjortsmark, sales manager at Perkin Elmer.

High hopes for future partnering - the solution for struggling fairs

Business fairs are struggling but the concept of partnering is hotter than ever. By using social media, participants can prepare themselves for the perfect meeting.

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.

Internationella förebilder bland forskningsparker

En forskningspark är idag en del av ett modernt samhälle. Med förebilder från Oxford, Cambridge och Nice har ett speciellt tänk växt fram . Länder med en tydlig forskningsambition satsar iag på nya parker och i Kina växer antalet lavinartat.

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.

Svenskar starka inom FP7

Sverige ligger på åttonde plats när det gäller att kamma hem pengar från EUs sjunde ramprogram, FP7. Men fördelningen i landet är ojämn, både geografiskt och mellan olika forskningsområden, visar siffror från Vinnova.

Vägen ur forskningskrisen

Nedläggningar och uppsägningar till följd av en svag pipeline. Astrazeneaca står inför stora förändringar. Med koncentreration på färre sjukdomsområden och med fler externa samarbeten vill forskningschefen Anders Ekblom ta företaget ur forskningskrisen.

Nobel Biocare får ny marknadschef

Hans Geiselhöringer tar över från tidigare marknadschefen, som istället kommer att fokusera på företagets nyckelkunder.

Inga framsteg utan forskning och utveckling

Airsonett utökar med forskningschef

Simone Grethe Svensson har nyligen tillträtt tjänsten som Clinical Research Manager/Research Analyst för det Ängelholmsbaserade astmabolaget Airsonett.

Ledarskap idag för tillväxt imorgon

Hey there Summer Eriksson......

.....biomedical analysist at Akademsika sjukhuset in Uppsala. Why are you here at Biotech Forum and Scanlab?

New partnering platform

EBD Group's Partnering One is the new partnering platform for Biotech Forum 2009.

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.

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.

Martin Willner, Manager Lab, Nordic Service Manager, Mettler-Toledo AB

Why are you going to Scanlab+Biotech Forum?

Per Norstedt, Regional Manager, AH Diagnostics

Why are you going to Scanlab+Biotech Forum?

Gabor Fischer, Distribution Sales Manager Europe, Ismatec

Why are you going to Scanlab+Biotech Forum?

Young, bright and committed to labtech

Ghazal Voghoui recently bought her first apartment and finally settled in Stockholm again. Last year, she finished her law studies and she is relieved to be back after living in Geneva for four years. On November 10 she will take a big career leap, becoming the new CEO of Swedish Labtech.