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Denmark can become a “European beacon” in health tech Danish health research is world-class. But not enough of it is translated into entrepreneurship and startups, according to BioInnovation Institute, which works to mature life science and health tech startups and promote the Danish ecosystem.
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enmark is a world leader in many areas of healthcare: life science, medicine and biotechnology. Here, large Danish companies set the direction for the rest of the world. But in health tech, we are lagging behind the countries we normally compare ourselves with. Several studies show
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that we hatch too few startups compared to the scientific level of Danish health research. But we can change that if we create the right culture, says Jens Nielsen, researcher, professor and CEO of the BioInnovation Institute. “We are here to change that. We believe that we need to educate the next generation of entrepreneurs in the
Jens Nielsen CEO, BioInnovation Institute
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