Will the industry follow the economic revival?

Welcome to the eleventh Biotech Forum + Scanlab Fair!

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.

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!

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.

International models among science parks

Science parks have become a part of modern communities. With science parks in Oxford, Cambridge and Nice setting good examples, a special potential emerged. Countries with a clear research goal are investing in new parks, and in China, the number is growing exponentially.

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.

Ojämnt pris på klinstudier

Det går inte att jämföra kostnader för kliniska studier i olika landsting. Bolagen famlar i blindo när det gäller kostnader och drabbas ofta av varierande priser på grund av de extraavgifter som sjukhusen tar ut.

Letar efter genetiska hoppjerkor

White glove IS detection är ett kit från Scarab Genomics som innehåller primers och kontroller för att söka efter insertionselement i bakteriellt DNA.

Biotech halkade efter under 2009

Samtidigt som Nasdaq steg med 44 procent under 2009 halkade biotechbolagen efter och den totala värdeökningen i den globala life science-branschen var bara 17 procent.

Clinical trials in large scale to Stockholm

Karolinska Trial Alliance, KTA, will open a medical clinical for clinical trials in Phases II-IV. The clinic will be able to accommodate up to 150 patients per study, so that companies do not have to go abroad for clinical trials.

75 million for research schools

Gothenburg University, Karolinska Institutet, Linköping University and Umeå University have received SEK 75 million from the Research Council. The money will be used to build five national clinical research schools. The research schools will receive 15 million each over five years.

Cell incubator with built-in microscope

InCu-view live is an incubator from Sanyo for cell or embryo culture with documentation functionality.

Rapid and thorough homogenization of samples

MP Biomedicals presents the Fasprep-24 instrument, a new high-throughput model of the earlier Bio 101 Systems Fastprep homogenizer.

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.

Filter tips for safer pipetting and better accuracy

Biohit has launched new Safetyspace Filter Tips that have more space between the sample and the filter than conventional filter tips usually have.

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 why this might not be the best idea.

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.

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.

Enjoy Stockholm - the capital of Scandinavia

Welcome to Stockholm! Built on 14 islands, you are never far from the water in the capital of Sweden. Stockholm offers a wide range of museums, theaters, and attractions. Whatever your interest might be: history, art, music or design, you can find it here!

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.

Anything is measurable

At the seminar "Du är vad jag mäter - hjärnans kemi i ett provrör", Jonas Bergquist, professor of analytical chemistry and neurochemistry, will dig deep into the research of analyzing markers in body fluids.

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.

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