Three important parts of the Medicon Village concept Listed by Mats Leifland, CEO
Former employees of AstraZeneca back with their own businesses
• Research can be coordinated here, both clinical and preventive, as well as health-promoting research. • As a member of Medicon Village, a small company gets the advantages of a big company. These include unique access to the laboratory equipment left behind by AstraZeneca. This is essential to many small companies. • There is an unbroken chain of research, business development, start-ups, established companies, business-to-business companies and public sector operations here.
The company Truly Translational, which is based in Medicon Village as part of Lund Life Science Incubator, is a living example of the trend for an increasing proportion of the development of new pharmaceutical substances to take place in small companies. Its three founders previously worked for AstraZeneca in Lund. When the company closed down, they joined forces and struck out on their own. The company provides assistance on preparing strategies in connection with the development of pharmaceuticals, from project idea to early clinical trials. “It takes courage, open eyes and a lot of planning. But most of all it’s fun,” says Charlott Brunmark on her journey from employee of a large company to businesswoman. Truly Translational is one of a total of 29 companies started up by former employees of AstraZeneca. Together they have created the Supernova company network.
Medicon Village offers all of this, along with meeting places, conference premises and a restaurant open to everyone. Spontaneous, unexpected encounters that promote growth are created in this unique, dynamic environment.
Life Science Foresight Institute – recently started up The recently established Life Science Foresight Institute also has premises in Medicon Village. The institute analyses trends for 10-20 years into the future for the life science industry and carries out more specific horizon scanning for decisions in individual companies. “The best way of influencing the future is to be involved and shape it,” says Paula Zeilon, the head of the institute.
By this she means, among other things, the ability to use analyses of the future to see which needs will arise so that you can create your own trends. And there is unlikely to be any visitor to Medicon Village who doubts that new trends can be created in this dynamic meeting place at the crossroads of academia, the business community and the public sector.
4 TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL PARTNERING CONFERENCE
CHINABIO
®
PARTNERING FORUM
2012
MAY 23–24, 2012 · SUZHOU, CHINA KEMPINSKI HOTEL SUZHOU
ChinaBio® Partnering Forum is the leading event in China for facilitating partnerships between China-based life science organizations and the international biotech and pharma community. Co-produced by
Find out more: www.ebdgroup.com/cbpf
4 th Annual International Medtech Partnering Conference
EUROMEDTECH
™
2012
MAY 31–JUNE 1, 2012 · GRENOBLE, FRANCE CONVENTION CENTER OF THE WTC GRENOBLE
EuroMedtech™ is the leading European medtech conference that provides networking and collaboration opportunities between medical technology innovators, investors, and other key players in the advanced medical technology industry. Producer
Find out more at www.ebdgroup.com/emt
33