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Below you will find the latest news from MVA. You can also sign up to our newsletter MVA Update.
MVA Update is an electronic newsletter providing you with news about MVA and an overview of our events and other relevant events in Medicon Valley. You can also check out our calendar for more information about life science events in the region.
If you have any questions regarding our news section or media inquiries then please contact David Munis Zepernick, Head of Press on +45 2498 1668.
“Think global, think big” interview with Medicon Valley Alliance chairman of the Board of Directors, Søren Bregenholt
"Think global, think big" is the title of the interview with MVA chairman of the Board of Directors, Søren Bregenholt, CEO of Alligator Bioscience AB, in the special "Life Science" magazine distributed with Berlingske Wednesday 22nd of September. Key message: We should replace the more narrow national perspective and protectionistic approach by increased collaboration and networking in the Danish-Swedish Greater Copenhagen Region for our life science cluster to be able to compete globally....
“The Oresund region aims at becoming Europe’s microbiome Mecca” interview with MVA Senior Strategy and Project Manager, Sarah Lidé in Life Science Sweden
The Medicon Valley Alliance’s ambition is for Skåne and the Copenhagen region to become world leaders in microbiome research. No less! In the recently published article in Life Science Sweden "The Oresund region aims at becoming Europe’s microbiome Mecca", MVA´s Sarah Lidé elaborates on the ambitions and activities of the Microbiome Signature Project which, together with MVA´s Microbiome Network, form the core of MVA´s microbiome related activities. The Microbiome Signature Project is funded...
Interview with, Frederik Rahl, from MVA-member, Spotlight Group, about IPO in Sweden for Danish life science companies
In today´s edition of Øresund News, we strogly recommend the interview (in Danish/Swedish) with Fredrik Rahl, Director of Sales & Capital Markets i Sedermera Fondkommission, about IPO in Sweden for Danish life science companies. If you are curious to know more about life science across the Øresund, you can download the latest published results of the Greater Copenhagen Life Science Analysis project and/or visit/revisit the latest State of Medicon Valley analysis on MVA´s webpage.
MVA-facilitated roundtable discussion with Swedish Minister for Foreign Trade and Nordic Affairs, Anna Hallberg
Today Medicon Valley Alliance, Embassy of Sweden in Copenhagen and Business Sweden had the opportunity of welcoming the Swedish Minister for Foreign Trade and Nordic Affairs, Anna Hallberg to a roundtable discussion with business leaders in the region. The MVA moderated discussion highlighted the importance of a strong cross border collaboration within life science and how we can increase our competitiveness by reducing cross-border obstacles and create stronger incentives for research...
The Øresund Experiment – new book on cross-border cooperation
Without the Øresund Bridge the idea of Medicon Valley would have been stillborn, and the bridge and the visions for political, cultural and economic cross-border cooperation associated with it is key for any ambitious Medicon Valley aspirations. Consequently, we have co-sponsored and agreed to promote the new book, "The Øresund Experiment" which will hopefully help increase understanding of not only the history, but also the potential of our joint Danish-Swedish region. "Anyone interested in...
Become a sponsor of the 2021 MVA Annual Meeting 8th of November
Medicon Valley Alliance (MVA) is offering a limited number of sponsorship opportunities for this year´s MVA Annual meeting scheduled for the 8th of November at Clarion Hotel Copenhagen Airport. MVA´s annual meeting – our flagship event of the year – normally gathers 250 – 300 life science key opinion leaders, academia, hospital and industry professionals from existing and potential MVA-member companies and organizations for a ½ day conference, networking and discussion of key challenges and...
“Our investments should improve people´s everyday lives”, interview with Medicon Valley Alliance CEO, Petter Hartman, in Life Science Sweden
MVA CEO, Petter Hartman, was recently asked by "Life Science Sweden" how the strategic ongoing and potential future projects that Medicon Valley Alliance is involved in, managing or planning add value to the regional, bi-national Danish-Swedish life science ecosystem of Medicon Valley. Read the full interview here and consider registrering for this year´s edition of "The Future of Swedish and Danish Life Science" the 2nd of September to learn more. Among the projects explicitly mentioned are...
The Valley of Life: Let´s get back together! New business column in Copenhagen Post by MVA chairman, Søren Bregenholt
As documented in the recently published analysis ‘Life Science across the Øresund’, from a life science perspective we could do so much more to work together and boost the region. Perfectly aware that time travelling is not actually possible, in his recently published business opinion in Copenhagen Post, MVA chairman, Søren Bregenholt, nevertheless suggest that we go back to the ‘90s and revisit some of the optimism of that decade when it comes to the visions and ambitions for regional...
Scotland’s Top Ten Biotech Companies to Watch Out For
Among the growing number of MVA-member companies and -organizations are also a handful of embassies working specifically with life science and the promotion of life science collaboration and partnerships. As part of the British Embassy-membership, MVA also works with and actually has a special relation to, Scottish Development International, and as such, we would like to highlight the recently published article in the European online biotech media, Labiotech.eu (another MVA-partner) titled...
“Life Science across the Øresund” – new analysis about life science commuting, workforce, investments, businesses and research launched today
How far have we come? Where are the bottlenecks? How can we realize the full potential of Danish-Swedish life science collaboration in the Medicon Valley life science cluster, which has grown to become the largest life science cluster in the Nordics? These are some of the questions asked, discussed, and answered in the “Life Science across the Øresund-analysis" launched today and the live streamed panel discussion this morning 8:00 – 9:00 with Niels Abel Bonde, Managing Director, Novo...