Life sciences

Skåne, a leading region in life sciences and a key part of Northern Europe’s largest life science cluster, Medicon Valley.

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Key innovation & investment segments

Skåne hosts 820 life science companies, 27% of the national drug pipeline and offers unique investment opportunities across MedTech, HealthTech, and BioTech.

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Why Skåne is ideal for life science

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Strong collaborative ecosystem

Medicon Valley, including Skåne, is a diverse melting pot of highly-skilled talent that thrive on open collaboration and knowledge-sharing between public sector, academia, industry and civil society. Researchers based here have access to a generous life science ecosystem that includes innovative companies, leading universities, hospitals, clinical research institutions, science parks, incubator and accelerators - all with a life science focus.

World-class life science research

Skåne is internationally renowned for its life science research across multiple areas; most notably diabetes, inflammation, neuroscience, oncology and biomarkers/diagnostics. The life science community here also actively collaborates with international partners, facilitating cross-border research projects and access to global expertise. Within Medicon Valley, there are 15,000 life science researchers and 35,000 life science students (2022).

Partnership opportunities

Currently , there are over 100 biotech and medtech projects in Skåne, almost all with opportunities for partnerships, licensing, or both. These ongoing projects focus on areas from cardiovascular medicine, diabetes, haematology, infectious diseases and inflammation to metabolism, neuroscience, oncology, regenerative medicine. There’s also a fast growing number of healthtech firms at the forefront of developing and integrating mobile and digital tech within the sector.

Access to leading research universities & hospitals

Advanced research facilities

Skåne hosts two of the world's most advanced research infrastructures offering state-of-the-art instruments and imaging techniques for materials and life science. Max IV Laboratory is an X-ray light source that research-intensive companies are already using to improve their R&D outcome (eg. Novo Nordisk, Tetra Pak). European Spallation Source (ESS), a neutron imaging facility, opens in 2026.

Access to unique biobanks in Sweden & Denmark

Medicon Valley researchers have access to regional and national biobanks organised at different levels nationally, regionally, and locally at hospitals, but interconnected through the unique civil registration system in both countries. This allows linking biological samples with the data registries in research projects upon approval by ethical committees. Data registries contain extensive healthcare data and socioeconomic information.

Skåne's resources within life science

Skåne is part of Medicon Valley – the renowned life science cluster at the centre of Nordic life science innovation. The cluster is home to a vibrant ecosystem which includes a vast talent pool and world-leading academic institutions and research infrastructure.

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Lund University Innovation hub: Lund University (LU) is a public research university in Sweden and one of the oldest in northern Europe. LU Innovation is a hub for innovation and commercialisation and the Tech Transfer Office at the university.
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Innovation Skåne: Region Skåne’s innovation company which, together with private and public actors, guide and develop new opportunities for innovation and growth that improve Skåne, and the world.
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MAX IV is a synchrotron light source and offers the world’s strongest X-rays, and is available to scientists from both academia and industry. The facility welcomes researchers from a vast range of industry sectors, including life science, biotech, medicine, and food, to name a few.
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Set to open in 2026-2027, the European Spallation Source in Lund will be the world’s most powerful neutron source. It’s expected to facilitate multi-disciplinary research, and will open to researchers from both academia and industry.
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Medicon Village Science Park: A life science research park and a venue for research, innovation and business development in the field. It is located in Lund, close to Lund University and Skåne University Hospital.
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Ideon Science Park: 35+ years of experience supporting growing companies. It is home to over 400 companies focusing on healthtech, future transportations, smart cities and smart materials.
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Medeon Science Park & Incubator: This is a science park for companies within life science. It offers networks, office space and support in business development.
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SmiLE: This is a non-profit business incubator located at Medicon Village in Lund which specialises in life science.
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Medeon Science Park & Incubator: The science park offers networks, office space and support in business development.
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Lund University consistently ranks among the top universities in the world and is considered to be one of the biggest Nordic educational and research institutions. It is home to LU Innovation, a hub for innovation and commercialisation, and the Tech Transfer Office.
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27 Oct 2023

Skåne recognised as global life science hub

Life sciences

London, Boston, Chicago, and now Lund! World's 2nd largest pharmaceutical company, AbbVie, selects Lund’s SmiLe Incubator for its 2023 Golden Ticket

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28 Aug 2023

The biomaterials manufacturer that revealed Skåne’s strengths

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Malmö-based Biora wanted to support stability testing and explore sustainable packaging solutions for its parent organisation, the Straumann Group. To

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05 Oct 2022

Microbiome Signature Project reaches all KPIs

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The three-year Microbiome Signature Project which was jointly led by Invest in Skåne, Copenhagen Capacity and Medicon Valley Alliance and financed by

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03 Jun 2022

Inside Medicon Valley

Life sciences

With a competitive business environment and a high quality of life in the Nordics, Medicon Valley is an attractive location for life science

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If you are interested in learning more about life science business opportunities in Skåne, please contact us.

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Aleksandra Ellervik

Business Development Manager | Life sciences

E-mail: Aleksandra.Ellervik@skane.se

Phone: +46 40 675 37 98

Cell phone: +46 724 61 02 91

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Christer Månsson

Business Development Manager | Healthtech

E-mail: christer.mansson@skane.se

Cell phone: +46 72 463 60 47

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