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AMPERE / KUOPIO health service network, including in citizens’ homes. The region’s core expertise lies in health Finland’s capital is home to a top-ranked university and hospital, as well as several successful life science companies, but is also home to initiatives that bring together the best Helsinki has to offer. One such example is the Health Capital Helsinki (HCH) alliance, formed in 2015 with the purpose of developing the region into a Northern European hub for life science and health tech innovations and business development. Since then HCH has facilitated commercialization of scientific research, increased the number of business ideas, startup companies and jobs, and has supported business growth and accelerated export. A key focus areas for HCH is the development and promotion of a unique ecosystem, possessing living labs and test environments such as the Clever Health Networks for digital health innovations, the HUS Testbed for testing an developing products and services in the Helsinki University Hospital environment and the Innovation House for the development of mobile applications and services in collaboration with healthcare professionals. It also focuses on business development, advice for startups, research services and offers communities and workspaces. Contact: healthcapitalhelsinki.fi and information technologies, especially in medical imaging, robotics, printed electronics, artificial intelligence and 5G/6G that enables digitalization of the social and healthcare sectors. Oulu is also one of the first cities to test the 5G network in the hospital environment. The health and life science sector in Oulu is one of the best places to carry out research and develop successful businesses. You can come here with an idea and leave with a market ready product in your hand. Contact: ouluhealth.fi Be it a large multinational company, a researcher or an entrepreneur, Tampere has the world class expertise and functional infrastructure to make things happen. The collaboration between research, business and clinics is strong and offers a fertile ground for health care and medical related players to innovate and grow. Numerous health tech start-ups with remarkable potential have also emerged from Tampere. For example, the biotechcompany Vactech has announced a partnership with Provention Bio, a US-based corporation listed on Nasdaq. The biomedical laser company Modulight has also announced collaboration with Bausch & Lomb to develop a new photodynamic laser. “Our start-ups and scale-ups are utilizing Turku has recently grown into an expertise center for developing and manufacturing biological drugs. Drug development and diagnostics are also common research profiling areas at the University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University. It is also expected that Finland’s new National Drug Development Centre will be located in Turku, serving researchers from all over the country and improving the commercial potential of findings at universities. Another important area in Turku’s life Oulu is one of Europe’s leading health and ICT centers and is widely recognized as a city of innovation and business opportunities. The innovative ecosystem OuluHealth strengthens collaborations among the city, universities, research organizations and the private sector to stimulate economic growth, spur health innovations and provide a supportive test and development environment, OuluHealth Labs, for health tech businesses. OuluHealth Labs is composed of three testbeds that are equipped with cutting edge pilot facilities: OYS TestLab, an authentic hospital testing facility at Oulu University Hospital; Oamk SimLab, a versatile simulation and studio environment and Oulu WelfareLab, which allows testing to be carried out throughout the city of Oulu’s social and science sector is the evolving of real-worlddata where the city has initiatives through its biobank, as well as, for example Auria Clinical informatics, which is an EU-recognized DIH (Digital Innovation Hub). For entrepreneurs the city has a lot to offer, such as the life science accelerator program (Finland’s first), which generated nine new companies and attracted EUR 4 million in financing over a period of two years. It started with ERDF funding and will continue in the autumn of 2019 with an improved concept under the new name ProHEALTH ACCELERATOR. The program has enabled both startup companies and university projects to develop their business plans, get important end-user, business and funding contacts and thus prepare for a global breakthrough. Contact: turkubusinessregion.com technologies, especially AI, imaging and sensor expertise in health care and medical solutions,” says Director Harri Ojala, Business Tampere. If you’re interested in the opportunities we have to offer in life sciences, Business Tampere is your first point of contact. Contact: businesstampere.com The Kuopio region is a global leader in the health and life sciences sectors, offering companies a unique industry ecosystem that stimulates innovation, supports research and development, and offers access to experts and talents to bolster business success. At the heart of Kuopio’s health sciences cluster is the KuopioHealth open innovation ecosystem, which promotes development, research and innovations based on customer needs and acts as a platform for new products and services. It is a network committed to promoting wellbeing, food industry and health care technology competence, research and business life as well as health care industry awareness locally, nationally and internationally. For companies developing health and wellbeing technologies, Kuopio Living Lab offers a product development and testing platform in collaboration with Kuopio University Hospital, the City of Kuopio, and Savonia University of Applied Sciences. Contact: kuopiohealth.fi