PROJECTS AND COLLABORATIONS ACROSS THE BORDER

Cross-border collaborations between industry, hospitals, and universities are key to creating a strong innovation community, ensuring a more efficient use of our common resources, and strengthening Medicon Valley’s competitiveness. We can work together across borders and disciplines to create better conditions for life science research and innovation based on the area’s strongholds.

MVA has a strong track record when it comes to project development (including helping secure public and/or private funding) and project management of such cross-border collaborations. MVA facilitates and actively participates in various project constellations, initiatives and working groups that strengthen Swedish and Danish life science, and which often are supported by regional public funding (EU Interreg ÖKS, Region Skåne, and Region Hovedstaden) and private funding (foundations and companies)

CURRENT COLLABorations

Firstly, as of Q1 2025, MVA is a leading or facilitating partner for these projects:

• The DiaUnion partnership around screening for type 1 diabetes
• The HALRIC consortium for utilizing highly-specialized life science research infrastructures
• The ReproUnion consortium for research and innovation around infertility

Use the links or the menu “Projects” at the top of the page for more details about these projects led or facilitated by MVA. You can also see notable previous collaborations, including projects such as the Microbiome Signature Project for building the region’s unique microbiome position.

Secondly, MVA is involved as a participating partner in these collaborations:

• Dent2Health – bridging oral and systemic health
• Life Science Academy for Startups – providing startups with coaching and network
• Cross-border Talent Bridge – strengthening international talent attraction and retention

Combined, this means we are in active collaborations with partners from all three sectors – including MVA members such as Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Københavns Universitet, Lunds Universitet, Malmö Universitet, Medeon Science Park, Medicon Village, Region Hovedstaden, Region Skåne, and SmiLe Incubator. A map with current collaboration partners can be seen below (or at this link).

Thirdly, MVA supports other initiatives or activities that strengthen Medicon Valley’s ecosystem, contribute to collaborations, and help build the talent pool – such as through student network Synapse, fellowship programs BRIDGE, CanFaster and INTERACT, industrial mentorship MentLife, and open innovation program ODIN.

COLLABORATE WITH US

In cross-border collaborations, MVA can contribute with:

• project management of joint projects (incl. project finance, project communications)
• network among our 300+ member organizations (companies, universities, hospitals, regions)
• communication and outreach in the joint life science sector and its stakeholders
• expert knowledge and competences on life science ecosystems

For any questions or ideas about mutually-beneficial cross-border collaborations in Medicon Valley, feel free to reach out! 

Picture gallery

While projects themselves are hard to photograph, here is a selection of pictures of different project partners, events and collaborations in recent years. Click images to enlarge.