Medicon Valley cluster in brief

The Medicon Valley covers the Öresund region (Skåne and Sjaelland).

By Totta Kasemo

November 17, 2009 12:00 AM

The research in Medicon Valley is mainly focused on diabetes, neuroscience, inflammation and cancer. This cluster covers the entire pharmaceutical value chain from target identification in preclinical and clinical development to manufacturing. Here are the most important facts of this cross-border cluster:

12 universities

32 hospitals, of which 11 are university hospitals

Approximately 45,000 students within life science

Approximately 7,000 life science university students graduate every year

Approximately 10,000 life science researchers

3 Approximately 100 (red) biotech companies

Research-based companies:

25 pharma companies

100 medtech companies

International companies:

More than 200 pharma companies

Approximately 170 medtech companies

Six science parks with a significant focus on life science

Six incubators, of which two have a significant focus on life science

Approximately 80 contract research organizations and contract manufacturing organizations

30 investors

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