ScanBalt BioRegion
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Nordic-Baltic History
The countries of the Nordic-Baltic region share a history of economic and political cooperation, illustrated by the Hanseatic League of the middle ages and renaissance, and by its present day equivalent, the Hanse Parliament. The Baltic Sea has facilitated social, cultural, and economic integration for more than 1000 years, interrupted only infrequently by political strife. With the recent fall of the Iron Curtain and Berlin Wall in 1989, the strong old ties have merged with eager new ones.
Nordic-Baltic Potential
All the necessary conditions for strong economic growth exist in the Nordic-Baltic Region: stable democracies, institutional structures advantageous to business, large wealthy markets close at hand, world class infrastructure, excellent educational opportunities, strong industrial traditions, good positive work ethic, and a common history of trade and cooperation. With eight of the eleven Nordic-Baltic countries now members of the European Union, the scope for cooperation has also been greatly extended. The Nordic-Baltic Region has a unique opportunity to establish itself as one of the leading growth and trading centre of the world.
ScanBalt BioRegion
ScanBalt BioRegion is composed of life science and biotechnologystakeholders in the Nordic-Baltic region and other important actors within life sciences and biotechnology. There are more than 60 universities and over 2100 life science/biotech companies including ~700 research based biotech SME´s active in ScanBalt BioRegion.
Denmark, Germany, Finland and Sweden are listed among the top 12 biotech locations on a global level. The Medicon Valley bi-national cluster between Sweden and Denmark ranks among the Top 3 clusters in Europe. Life sciences and biotechnology in Eastern Europe enjoys a high level of academic research, combined with an abundance of qualified professionals. Even though the industry is still in its infancy, governments in the East European parts of Nordic-Baltic region calls life sciences and biotechnology for one of the most important factors in their countries growth.
The not for profit association ScanBalt FMBA acts as a service provider for the ScanBalt BioRegion community and is a registered trademark ScanBalt™. Members are regional networks and clusters, universities, companies, hospitals, national innovation agencies, regional and national authorities.
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