Medicon Valley Alliance has historically been very involved in facilitating Medicon Valley – Japan relations, and we have even had our own “MVA ambassador” to Japan stationed in Tokyo.
Geopolitics are bringing EU and Japan closer together. Within life science specifically, we are awaiting The Japan Times Denmark–Japan Life Sciences Report to be published shortly.
“As Japan approaches the EU, we will also know more of each other’s strongholds, The opportunity, ultimately, is to turn familiarity into action. Rather than simply exchanging visits and maintaining courtesy relationships, Medicon Valley sees the possibility of bringing Japanese and European researchers, hospitals and companies together around shared challenges.” says MVA CEO Anette Stenberg.
Read the full interview “Building Bridges for the Next Generation of Life Sciences“.
We also strongly recommend the other two interviews with Thomas Senderovitz, CEO of MVA member Lif, “Building Denmark´s next chapter in Life Sciences” and Oliver Hall, Head of Tech Investments – Europe & Japan, MVA member Copenhagen Capacity “A New Chapter in Denmark–Japan Life Sciences” published in the same series highlighting exploring the potential for Danish-Japanesw life science cross-pollination.