LIFE SCIENCE IN STOCKHOLM -UPPSALA

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LIFE SCIENCEIN STOCKHOLM -UPPSALA
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Congratulations!

• The right place

• The right time

• The right phase

• The right subject area

• A (b)right future

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How to get sharp

• Do well in courses

• Find your motivation/drive

• Establish contacts

• Learn some Swedish

• Personal initiative

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Uppsala Stockholm
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Life science regions in Sweden
Over 750 life science companies in
Stockholm-Uppsala 60 life science companies in
Stockholm-Uppsalas business incubators
Umeå 3
Rest of Sweden 4
Stockholm/Uppsala 54
Göteborg 17
Malmö/Lund 20
Source VINNOVA and Stockholm-Uppsala Life Science
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Stockholm-Uppsala

• A dense life science region
• 3 million inhabitants
• 26 with a university degree
• 750 life science companies with a workforce of
  over 23 000
• 7 universities
• 6 000 persons active in academic life science
  research
• 3 university hospitals
• GRP/capita 49 000 USD

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Stockholm-Uppsala

• Stockholm-Uppsala participates in 28 of the
  680 life science projects within the EUs
  framework 6 program.

Region Projects Proportion Paris 337 50
London 254 37 Stockholm-Uppsala 189 28
Medicon Valley 162 24 Milano / Turino 159
23 München 156 23 Heidelberg 135 20
Madrid 117 17 Rom 111 16 Barcelona
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Source EuroBiotechNews (2009) 8 (3-4) 10
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Universities and University Hospitals
Large Companies
Regulatory authorities and expert bodies
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• Uppsala has been described as the worlds most
  biotech-concentrated city.

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Ångström Laboratory material sciences,
physics, energy, MEMS
Center for Mathematics and Information Technology
Uppsala Genetics Center plant biology and forest
genetics
SVA National Veterinary Institute
Veterinary Medicine Center
UniversityHospital clinical research, clinical
trials
Uppsala BIO
MPA Medical Products Agency
Uppsala Clinical Research Center
Biotech strip (Dag Hammarskjölds väg)
EBC ecology, genetics, organismal biology
BMC ICM, chemistry, pharmacology, surface
biotechnology, bioinformatics
Linnæus Center for Bioinformatics Ludwig
Institute for Cancer Research
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World-Class BIO Research

• Biology/Biotech/Bioinf/Biomed finds its strength
  in breadth and interdisciplinarity.
• A recent comprehensive research assessment graded
  50 research groups as world leading and 100
  groups of high international standard several
  of these were within Biology and related fields.
• BIO in Uppsala was awarded a CHE excellence
  ranking 2010.
• Several large strategic, long-term research
  grants have in recent years gone to Biology and
  related interdisciplinary areas.

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Fields for the Future

• Genomics and proteomics
• Drug research
• Neuroscience, cognition and behaviour
• Sythetic biology
• etc.

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Centres of excellence and major strategic ventures
Human Protein Atlas
Science for Life Laboratory - Uppsala
Uppsala RNA Research Centre (URRC)
Lakes climate change
Structure determination
Uppsala Centre for Evolution and Genomics (UCEG)
Developing new antibiotics
Cancer U-CAN
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Research turned into innovations and growth
Solvay Pharma (NeoPharma)
Biacore (Part of GE Healthcare)
AMO Uppsala 76 MUSD
Personal Chemistry
Pharmacia Biotech Amersham Biosciences GE
Healthcare 1004 MUSD
Q-Med 128 MUSD
Biotage 39 MUSD
Xalatan
Pyrosequencing
Olink 3.8 MUSD
ModPro 0.1 MUSD
Fragmin
Phadia 301 MUSD
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Source CIND, 2011. Turnover for 2010 1 USD 7
SEK
IgE
Dextran
Heparin
Duodopa
Electrophoresis
Padlock Probes
SPR Biosensors
Function of Hyaluronic acid
Microwave synthesis
Neuropeptides effect on ocular blood flow
Pyrosequencing
Synthetic protein binders
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Nurturing innovations

• Support / bridging partners in Uppsala

• STUNS
• Uppsala Innovation Centre
• Uppsala BIO
• Innovation Akademiska
• Energihuset
• Drivhuset
• UU Innovation
• UU Holding
• SLU Holding

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4 684 employees in Uppsalas 249 life science
companies
29 life science companies in the incubator
Uppsala Innovation Centre
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Life science industry
Employees in subsectors
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Tools for Life Science

• Employees Approx. 1,500 in privately-owned
  industries in Uppsala
• Speciality Drug discovery systems, medical
  diagnostics, protein separations

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Pharmaceuticals and biomedical devices

• Employees Approx. 1,800 in privately-owned
  industries in Uppsala
• Speciality Improved drug delivery is a strong
  niche

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Diagnostics

• Employees Approx. 600 in privately-owned
  industries in Uppsala
• Speciality Both human and veterinary
  applications

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Life science industry
Development in Uppsala 2003 2010 Number of
Companies 249 (74 ) Private employees 4 684
(15 ) Turnover, bn SEK 17,6 (84 ) Exports
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Photo Markus Marctic
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Almost every 5th Uppsala job is in life sciences
Industry 1) 4 682
University Hospital 2) 8 200
Academic Research 3) 2 400
National Agencies 4) 1 387
Dedicated Service Suppliers 5) 300
Total 16 969 or 19 of all jobs in Uppsala

1. CIND, 2011
2. Uppsala University Hospital
3. CIND, University Indicators, 2007. Data from 2005
4. Uppsala BIO, Insamlade resultet.xls
5. CIND, 20092

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Uppsalas largest employers are in life sciences
Employer 2007 2008
City of Uppsala 11 557 11 556
County Council 11 343 11 545
Uppsala University 5 500 5 500
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences 1 958 2 090
GE Healthcare Life Sciences AB 1 200 1 200
Police authority 680 704
Air Force base 700 700
Fresenius Kabi AB 723 700
Medical Products Agency 496 543
Apoteket 400 500
Gamla Uppsala Buss AB 471 478
Posten 450 450
Phadia AB 440 420
NCC Construction AB 400 400
Q-Med AB 480 400
National Veterinary Agency 400 400
Church of Sweden 343 322
National Food Administration 330 320
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Getting on the right track IBG practical support
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Welcome to Uppsala!
The future is yours!