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Abbott Medical Optics
Abbott Medical Optics is a leading global ophthalmic medical device company that develops advanced technique of importance to people in all ages. Abbott Medical Optics do this by providing eye specialists and their patients with a complete Refractive Solution that includes an amount of advanced products and services developed to help people in all ages who have a visual defect. The Ophthalmic surgical products include intraocular lenses, laser vision correction systems, phacoemulsification systems, viscoelastics and related products used in cataract and refractive surgery. The contact lens and eye care products include disinfecting solutions, enzymatic cleaners, lens rewetting drops and dry eye drops.
www.abbott.se
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Acure Pharma AB
Acure Pharma is a pharmaceutical company with a research pipeline directed to different therapeutic areas such as immunomodulation, drug abuse and neurological disorders. The most advanced project is in clinical phase and is directed to the treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis. This project is out-licensed and developed through a research collaboration. Acure Pharma also provides support in drug development, intellectual property rights, statistical experimental design and multivariate data analysis to other pharmaceutical companies, academic and other external parties within the in life sciences area.
www.acurepharma.com
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ALMI Företagspartner Uppsala AB
ALMI supports the development of competitive small and medium-sized businesses with the aim of promoting economic growth and innovation in Sweden. ALMI offers a unique combination of financing and business development services, which cover the entire process from idea to profitable business. ALMI is owned by the Swedish state and is the parent company of a group of subsidiaries.
www.almi.se
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AroCell AB
AroCell develops and commercializes innovative biomarkers for cell growth within the field of diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic applications. The initial project is an ELISA assay based on a universal tumor marker. The product will be licensed to diagnostic companies for further adaptation to clinical routine laboratories, and later the methodology will be applied in point of care testing.
www.arocell.se
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Biotage AB
Biotage offers solutions, knowledge and experience in the areas of analytical and medicinal chemistry. The customers include the world’s top pharma and biotech companies, as well as leading academic institutions.
www.biotage.com
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City of Uppsala
The city of Uppsala is Sweden’s fourth largest. Known for its 13th century cathedral as well as its two universities (Uppsala University founded in 1477 and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences founded in 1977), it also offers a rapidly expanding business sector, particularly in Life Science, a lively cultural scene and beautiful surroundings. Uppsala is located 70 kilometers north of Stockholm and its resident population is approximately 190000.
www.uppsala.se
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Connect Uppsala
CONNECT Uppsala is an organization that provides support for entrepreneurs, such as seminars, workshops, business contacts and its unique “springboard” process. The vast network that CONNECT Uppsala has formed offers the entrepreneur valuable knowledge about innovation, business development, financing and marketing.
www.connectsverige.se/uppsala
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DanPET AB
DanPET AB develops, in collaboration with world-leading academic partners, future PET-ligands in areas where there is an unmet need for biomarkers and diagnostics. The most advanced products are the two best-in class nicotinic alpha-7 PET ligands (11C-NS14492 and 18F-NS10743), which have the potential for guiding diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. DanPET AB owns a broad IP-portfolio with major focus on the EU and US market. Dan Peters has more than 20 years experience in pharmaceutical discovery and development of CNS-pharmaceuticals and as a key research and management executive at NeuroSearch A/S.
www.danpet.eu
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Denator AB
Denator develops and markets products for stabilization of biological tissues and fluids from the moment of sampling. Based on the company’s proprietary heat-inactivation technology platform, scientists are able to stop sample degradation immediately and maintain the stability of sample components throughout the analytical workflow. Stabilization and standardization of sampling processes upstream significantly enhances the quality of data obtained from analytical techniques used downstream.
www.denator.com
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Doxa AB
Doxa AB is a Swedish dental company which markets and sells own-developed proprietary bioceramic products. The first product, the dental cement Ceramir™ Crown & Bridge, is launched in Sweden in 2009.
www.doxa.se
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Episentec AB
Episentec provides users of optical biosensor systems (primarily SPR, Surface Plasmon Resonance, based biosensors) with novel reagents, accessories, and technologies that significantly improve the performance of the biosensors and widen their utility. Episentec was founded in 2010 by scientists with a comprehensive experience in the development and application of biosensors. Episentec is marketing the Episentec™ range of dyes and the EpiGrammer™ software for data evaluation.
www.episentec.com
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GE Healthcare Biosciences AB
GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies and services that are shaping a new age of patient care. Our broad expertise in medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, drug discovery, biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies, performance improvement and performance solutions services help our customers to deliver better care to more people around the world at a lower cost. GE Healthcare’s Life Sciences business is headquarted in Uppsala and provides tools for drug discovery, biopharmaceutical manufacturing and the latest in cellular technologies, so scientists and specialists around the world can be more productive, effective and creative. GE Healthcare Life Sciences is committed to helping researchers understand life at a molecular level and developing new approaches to prevent, diagnose, treat and cure disease.
www.gehealthcare.com
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Innovationsbron AB
Innovationsbron assists researchers, innovators and entrepreneurs with commercialization of their ideas. Innovationsbron bridges the gaps in the process of bringing an idea with commercial potential into a business that survives on its own. Innovationsbron also supports various business incubators with advice and financing.
www.innovationsbron.se
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Isconova AB
Isconova AB develops, manufactures and sells modern adjuvants for utilization in vaccine development, antibody production and immunological research. The adjuvant products are based on the most recent development and patented formulation of the ISCOM technology platform. The company was founded in 1999 as a spin-off from the Swedish University of Agricultural Science in Uppsala to further develop the ISCOM technology and make it commercially available and accessible for the global market. As for today, Isconova is well established within the veterinary vaccine field and is at the same time successfully moving in to the human vaccine area.
www.isconova.se
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Kemwell AB
Kemwell is a pharmaceutical CMO which offers services ranging from formulation development to cGMP-compliant commercial manufacturing. The facility comprises the complete manufacturing process from raw material to world-wide distribution of finished goods and can manufacture API, tablets, suppositories and capsules. More than 700 million units are manufactured per year with potential expansion areas. Kemwell AB has approvals from USFDA, EMEA and Japanese regulatory authorities and manages over 100 stock keeping units, supplying 80 markets worldwide. Kemwell of today works with Big Pharma´s as well as smaller companies. Kemwell AB is owned to 85% by Kemwell India and the rest by a Swedish private person. The company has 4 facilities in India within the Pharmaceutical & Biotech area with expansion capabilities both in India and Sweden.
www.kemwellpharma.com
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Kibion AB
Kibion is a world-leading supplier of breath tests to diagnose the stomach ulcer bacterium Heliobacter pylori (Hp). Kibion has selected distributiors in more than 50 countries worldwide. The company is continuously evaluating new business opportunities within its field of operations.
www.kibion.se
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Mercodia AB
Mercodia is a world-leading developer, manufacturer and distributor of high quality immunoassay kits. They specialize in ELISA assays for clinical as well as research applications, notably within diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease. Mercodia supplies products to all major international markets from its state-of-the-art facilities in Uppsala, Sweden.
www.mercodia.se
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National Veterinary Institute
Healthy Animals – Safe Humans
The National Veterinary Institute, SVA, is a Swedish national authority that strives for good animal and human health, a good environment and sustainable food production. We are being exposed to increasing demands that livestock production is done under ethically acceptable conditions and that foodstuffs are produced from healthy animals free from contagious agents, growth hormones, pharmaceutical residues and other alien substances.
www.sva.se
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Olink AB
Olink Bioscience develops, manufactures, and markets unique and highly innovative proprietary products for biomarker research and discovery. Together with our customers and collaborators we aim to improve clinical decision making by the use of molecular biomarkers. Our groundbreaking tools gain new insights in disease processes, improve disease detection, and contribute to a better understanding of biology. The Duolink® In Situ product line enables detailed analyses of cell signaling pathways by microscopic visualization and quantification of endogenous protein interactions and modifications. Proseek® is a next generation multivariate protein biomarker detection product. It uniquely allows multiplexing of immunoassays without compromising assay performance. Proseek simultaneously quantifies up to 96 proteins in just 1 μl liquid samples such as serum and plasma with exceptional analytical performance.
www.olink.com
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OncoTargeting AB
OncoTargeting is a rapidly growing contract services company in Uppsala, offering a broad range of services to small molecular life science research organizations. A solid background in pharmaceutical industry combined with rights to several pharmaceutical research projects, creates a foundation for growth both as a service company and of OncoTargeting projects.
http://www.oncotargeting.com/
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Orexo AB
Orexo is a pharmaceutical company focusing on developing treatments for pain and inflammation. The company has four products on the market as well as a broad project portfolio in late stages of development. Sales and product development are mainly carried out through worldwide partnership agreements with larger pharmaceutical companies.
www.orexo.com
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Pharma Consulting Group AB
Pharma Consulting Group is a clinical trials CRO, providing high quality services in the Nordic countries in all phases. Pharma Consulting Group develops and maintains the EDC tool Viedoc™. Viedoc™ is used globally at 1,000’s of study sites. Viedoc™ is not only user friendly, flexible and dynamic but also able to handle complex study designs.
www.pharmaconsultinggroup.com
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Q-Med AB
Q-Med is an innovative medical device company that has constantly broken new ground with its products. Q-Med develops, manufactures, markets and sells primarily medical implants with focus on the esthetic market. The majority of the products are based on the company’s patented technology, NASHA™ for the production of stabilized non-animal hyaluronic acid.
www.q-med.com
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Quintiles AB
Quintiles AB is a global CRO for clinical trials and commercialization services offering services in the Nordic region with head office in Uppsala. Services offered include commercialization of new products, Phase I-IV studies, PET-studies, regulatory affairs, safety surveillance, biostatistics and bioanalytical analysis.
www.quintiles.com
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redhot diagnostics AB
Redhot diagnostics AB offers a unique business structure for academic researchers and academically risen R&D companies, which includes development, marketing and sales through a worldwide distribution network. Redhot´s business idea is to start a company with the researcher or alternatively become co-owner of their R&D company. Redhot will, together with the research partner maintain and develop the IPR in this company. The IPR is out-licensed to redhot for production and sales. The development of the product prototype to a finished kit is done in redhot. Profits from the sales are shared with the R&D company according to a license agreement. Redhot is interested in projects that have a prototype with little or no research work to be completed. We also make consulting works in the validation and verification of a product to CE-labelling and in developing production methods, control methods and quality control.
www.redhotdiagnostics.com
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Semcon AB
Semcon offers services in project management, quality assurance, expert counseling, engineering and product information and has vast experience from working together with leading companies in the life science industry. Semcon can cover the range from early R&D to full scale production of drugs and medical devices.
www.semcon.com
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Statisticon AB
Statisticon offers assistance in all parts of a statistical process, or in selected clearly defined stages. Statisticon’s services include design study, data gathering, analysis and reports for clinical trials, quality assurance, research and development as well as general statistical consultancy, education, forecasting and surveys.
www.statisticon.se
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Stockholm Chamber of Commerce
The Stockholm Chamber of Commerce is a business organization that helps companies grow by offering advice and support in areas such as import/export, agreements, taxation, labour laws, regulations and trade practices. The Chamber seeks to make the counties of Stockholm and Uppsala a great place for business. The Chamber has 2400 member companies with more than 500 000 employees, ranging from global giants to small entrepreneurs. The Chamber influences governmental decision-makers on behalf of the business community.
www.chamber.se
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Svanova Biotech AB
Svanova offers a wide range of products for diagnosing infectious diseases in livestock for large-scale laboratories and for clinical and practical veterinarians. The majority of the products are based on the ELISA technology and detects antibodies against viruses, bacteria, parasites or mycoplasmas in various animals. Svanova’s products are available for national and international health issues.
www.svanova.com
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Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) is responsible for advancing scientific knowledge in areas concerning biological resources and biological production. This task is carried out in a wide range of fields such as agriculture, forestry, food science , environmental issues, veterinary medicine and biotechnology. A comprehensive viewpoint, inter-disciplinary approach and applicability are keywords in SLU’s research and teaching as well as in contacts with industry and society. SLU have approximately 2600 employees and approximately 3500 undergraduates and 700 postgraduate students are enrolled at SLU.
www.slu.se
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Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thermo Fisher Scientific, formerly Phadia AB, develops, manufactures and markets complete blood test systems to support the clinical diagnosis and monitoring of allergy, asthma and autoimmune diseases. Thermo Fisher Scientific has remained the world leader in its field for more than 25 years and employs 1,300 people in 21 countries around the world.
www.phadia.se
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Uppsala Regional Council
The eight Uppsala area municipalities together with the County Council constitute the Uppsala Regional Council. Focus for this organisation is to promote growth and sustainable development. Activities include stimulating vigorous and competitive trade and industry, developing appropriate skills for the labour market, supporting improvement of infrastructure and public transport, encouraging attractive living conditions, promoting Uppsala county both nationally and internationally and addressing climate change and energy issues.
www.regionuppsala.se
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Uppsala University
Uppsala University is ranked among the top 100 universities in the world. With a tradition of research and education stretching back over 500 years, Uppsala University is constantly seeking new approaches. Dynamic and independent disciplines at nine faculties support and complement each other, creating excellent conditions for multi-disciplinary research and education. Enhanced interaction with the business community and society helps bolster the University’s position in research and education as well as promote growth and innovation.
www.uu.se
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Uppsala University Hospital
Uppsala University Hospital is one of Sweden’s largest hospitals with 8000 employees and 1100 beds. The aim of the hospital is to provide the best possible care for all its patients, regardless of disease, in a safe and secure environment. Uppsala University Hospital constantly develops and implements new knowledge, technology and skills in order to deliver exceptional services. Each year there are 58000 admissions, 330000 doctor appointments and 420000 out-patient treatments.
www.akademiska.se
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UU Innovation
Uppsala universitets Utveckling AB, UUAB, is the Holding Company of Uppsala University. UUAB supports the commercial development of research results from the University by investing in out licensing projects and start-up company formation.
www.uuinnovation.uu.se/projectweb/portalproject/UUAB.html
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VINNOVA
VINNOVA (The Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems) is a state authority that promotes sustainable growth by funding needs-driven research and developing effective innovation systems. A range of different measures are used to obtain the best effect and greatest growth yield possible. VINNOVA also runs VINNVÄXT which is a program that takes the form of a competition. Uppsala BIO is one of the first winners in the VINNVÄXT program.
www.vinnova.se
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Partners
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ATEA AB
ATEA is an IT-infrastructure company that offers specialist services in design, development and maintenance. ATEA is the third largest IT-infrastructure supplier in Europe.
www.atea.se
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Brann
Brann AB is a full service provider in the field of intellectual property rights, including patents, trademarks, designs and copyright as well as litigation and agreements and other matters concerning marketing and competition law. In all these areas, attorneys and authorized European patent agents offer qualified services and counseling. Brann AB holds about 60.000 patents, designs and trademarks in trusts, applications or already granted or registered in Sweden and abroad.
www.brann.se
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Combitech
Combitech is one of Sweden's leading technology, development and management consultancy companies. By combining technology with environment and security awareness, we offer our customers unique and effective solutions. The company has more than 900 employees in 20 locations in Sweden and in Norway.
www.combitech.se
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Devex Mekatronik AB
Devex Mekatronik offers a complete chain of services for bringing ideas to development projects, product concepts and manufacturing. Devex Mekatronik also finds solutions for projects that are at an early or halted stage and can serve as an external source for advice and support.
www.devexmekatronik.se
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Klövern AB
Klövern is a real estate company that actively develops commercial properties. Klövern’s properties are mainly concentrated in ten large Swedish cities and the major part of the total area consists of offices, industrial and warehouse premises. Klövern is also a dominant player at six Technology Parks; Karlstad Business Park, Kista Science City, Mjärdevi Science Park, Norrköping Science Park, Uppsala Business Park and Örebro Science Park. The direction in Uppsala Business Park is on life science.
www.klovern.se
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Proffice Life Science AB
Proffice Life Science is a Nordic staffing and recruitment company specialised in the life science sector. Our staff has their own work experience within the life science industry which means that we are able to understand a company´s specific needs and we also know where to find that talent. Proffice Life Science offers both recruitment and temporary staffing within the biotech-, medtech- and chemtech industry. With our broad experience we can help our customers with positions within R&D, enviromental consulting, clinical trials, pharmacy market, quality control and assurance, management, marketing and sales.
www.proffice.se/lifescience
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