{"id":7709,"date":"2016-03-03T12:00:27","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T12:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/innovationsupport.net\/en\/?p=7709"},"modified":"2016-06-06T11:16:03","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T11:16:03","slug":"danish-life-sciences-in-copenhagen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/innovationsupport.net\/en\/danish-life-sciences-in-copenhagen\/","title":{"rendered":"Life sciences in Copenhagen"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"1stLife sciences in Greater Copenhagen<\/h1>\n
Greater Copenhagen\u2019s life sciences industry is world leading for R&D spending, clinical testing and drug development.<\/div>\n

Denmark is number two in the world for developing biotechnology and number one in Europe in number of clinical trials per capita, owing to a strong life science industry employing more than 40,000 people.<\/p>\n

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Medicon Valley in Greater Copenhagen has:<\/h3>\n
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  • 4 life science universities with 50,000 students, producing 2,000 PhDs every year.<\/li>\n
  • 22 hospitals of which 11 are university hospitals.<\/li>\n
  • More than 150 biotech companies and 200 medtech companies.<\/li>\n
  • Leading researchers, clinicians and academics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

    Medicon Valley is based on close collaboration between industry, academia and the public sector, and has Scandinavia\u2019s best knowledge transfer between the public and the private sector, providing excellent R&D opportunities.<\/p>\n

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    No. 1
    \nDenmark is the best country in Europe (no. 2 in the world)
    \nfor the development of biotechnology<\/strong>
    \n\u2013 Scientific American, 2015<\/p>\n

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    Short processing time for drug trial applications<\/h1>\n

    A single-point-of-entry system ensures that drug trial applications are processed within six weeks with parallel submission to the Danish Medicines Authority and European Medicines Agency (EMA). And there is a 95% approval rate on drug trial applications.<\/p>\n

    Medicon Valley strongholds<\/h3>\n
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    • Electronic health data, such as personal registries (CPR), available from several decades past, allowing researchers to follow the course of disease.<\/li>\n
    • Accurate and comprehensive medical databases of clinical trials provide researchers with a rich source of medical and genetic information.<\/li>\n
    • The Danish Cancer Registry dating back to 1942 is among the world\u2019s best cancer registries.<\/li>\n
    • Therapeutic strongholds include cancer, metabolic diseases, inflammation and neurology research.<\/li>\n
    • Medicon Valley ranks no. 1 in Europe for drug pipeline, clinical trials and investment in R&D per capita in biotech and pharma.<\/li>\n
    • 13% of the Danish population has contributed to a clinical trial or medical research, which is more than 100,000 persons annually.<\/li>\n
    • Denmark is investing more than 5.6 billion Euro in new hospitals over the next years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      \"15Large healthcare investments<\/h2>\n

      Denmark\u2019s public sector is currently investing \u20ac 5.6 billion in building and renovating 16 hospitals, of which six are brand new super hospitals. Around 20% of this investment is reserved for IT, medtech devices and clinical equipment.<\/p>\n

      Tenders to furbish the hospitals as well as invitations for public private partnerships to develop new health care supply solutions will be published at\u00a0investcph.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

      Biotech<\/h2>\n

      Medical products is the single largest export category in Denmark, amounting to 17 billion Euro annually. Pharmaceutical R&D accounts for 21% of the total private research spending in Denmark. In addition, around 130 million Euro is spent on clinical research every year.<\/p>\n

      This results in a powerful pipeline with around 400 compounds in Danish companies, ranking Denmark third in overall pipeline in Europe, including in particular:<\/p>\n

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      • Cancer<\/li>\n
      • Diabetes and metabolic diseases<\/li>\n
      • Neurological disorders<\/li>\n
      • Inflammation, allergy and autoimmune diseases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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        \"Top<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

        Medtech<\/h2>\n

        Medicon Valley is home to more than 200 + \u00a0medico companies of which 200 conduct R&D and\/or production. Strongholds include:<\/p>\n

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        • Disposables.<\/strong> Syringes, needles, wound-care products, single-use devices and other disposables account for 40% of the Danish medtech industry.<\/li>\n
        • Diagnostics.<\/strong> Around 20 companies are engaged in R&D developing various diagnostics kits, blood analysis equipment, ultrasound scanners and bioinformatics diagnostics.<\/li>\n
        • Hearing devices.<\/strong> Denmark has captured 40% of the global hearing aid market, owing to strong R&D competences.<\/li>\n
        • Assistive technology.<\/strong> Design, functionality, quality and user-friendliness characterises Danish assistive technology products, giving Denmark a leading position.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          \"6.7<\/p>\n

          Academic research centres<\/h2>\n
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          • NNF Center for Protein Research. Promotes basic and applied discovery research on human proteins of medical relevance. Based at University of Copenhagen.<\/li>\n
          • Danish Stem Cell Center (DanStem). Basic research for the development of new therapies for diabetes and cancer. Based at the University of Copenhagen.<\/li>\n
          • NNF Foundation Center for Biosustainability. Develops technologies to facilitate the transformation from an oil-based chemical industry to a sustainable bio-based society, in which chemicals are produced biologically. Based at the Technical University of Denmark.<\/li>\n
          • NFF Center for Metabolic Research. Research on human metabolism for the development of strategies to tackle, prevent and cure diabetes and obesity. Based at the University of Copenhagen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Source:\u00a0copcap.com\/set-up-a-business\/key-sectors\/life-sciences<\/p>\n

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              Denmark is the best country in Europe (no. 2 in the world) for development of biotechnology<\/strong> \u2013 Scientific American, 2015<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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              The #1 country for business in the world\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Forbes 2015<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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              The #1 country for entrepreneurs in Europe<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 GEDI 2015<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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              Happiest country in the world\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>\u2013 World Happiness Report 2016<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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              Copenhagen is the world\u2019s most liveable city<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Monocle 2014<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

            • Denmark is no. 1 in alternative energy production<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The Guardian 2015<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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