In April, the Finnish Bioindustries Association appointed Maarit Merla as the new Board Chair. Only a few months earlier, Maarit became a Board Member of the Chemical Industry Federation of Finland. We wanted to have a closer look at who is Maarit Merla and what are her views on the Finnish drug development industry.  Presently,……

The fourth Europe Forum will be arranged in Turku, Finland, on the 25th to 27th of August 2021.  Europe Forum discussions will focus on eg. the post-pandemic reconstruction The Europe Forum is part of a wider Conference on the Future of Europe The fourth Europe Forum will be arranged in Turku, Finland, on the 25th to 27th of August 2021….…

Innovation prevents contracting of the disease and decreases the risk of falling ill seriously Nasal spray prevents and weakens the ability of the virus to enter the body and replicate itself Launching the drug on the market will, however, require the resources of an established pharmaceutical industry company and an international business scale Turku-based drug……

Werstas labs offers an outstanding working environment for young life science companies in the product development phase ProHealth Growth Programme supports healthcare companies in their business development HealthTurku cluster enables innovation synergies Werstas Labs is a co-working space in the Turku Science Park area, that offers not only standard office services, but also access to……

The appointments of Juha Laine and Timo Veromaa are part of the InFLAMES Flagship research The professors of practice will increase the societal impact and collaboration between the University and life science companies They also will help enable commercialisation of life science innovations Docent Juha Laine has been appointed as Professor of Practice in Pharmacoeconomics……

The University of Turku was awarded for its project promoting learning and teaching with information and communication technology Online learning platform offers students and teachers immediate feedback and learning analytics Over 150,000,000 interactive exercises are completed with the platform each year The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has awarded the ViLLE learning platform……

The show tells the story of the Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia and begins shooting this spring in Turku and Salo The Salo region is looking forward to the exposure and the benefits for local companies the production is likely to bring The West Finland Film Commission supports the production Made in Finland depicts how,……

Pitching event for startups in Turku, Tampere and Pori regions will take place in May A total of nine startups will be chosen to pitch, apply by 18 April at latest New investors are also welcome With its regional operations FiBAN brings together investors, founders and startup ecosystem players based around Finland. The next regional……

The Finnish health sector is uniquely enabled by cooperation between the corporate, the academic and the public sector The HealthTurku cluster is the largest, oldest and most impactful concentration of health sector expertise in Finland Globally and locally, the lack of skilled employees hinders health sector growth, but internationalisation is a potential solution Health and……

Awake.AI is a Turku based software platform company building an ecosystem for smart ports and shipping Frost & Sullivan recognizes Awake.AI with the 2021 European Entrepreneurial Company of the Year Award Awake.AI’s multimodal platform enables real-time collaboration, planning and optimisation for sea-port-land actors Based on its recent analysis of the European maritime logistics market, Frost……