Life Science Live is a new international event for professionals in the fields of pharmaceuticals and healthcare. The event will take place at the Turku Fair and Congress Center on May 15–16, 2019. The science content at Life Science Live will be coordinated by the University of Turku, Åbo Akademi University, Turku University of Applied……

Maritime Accelerator is an accelerator program bringing together the leading players in maritime industry and the most innovative startups globally. The goal of the accelerator is to strengthen the Finnish maritime cluster to become the leading maritime ecosystem in Europe. Together with the partner corporations and global growth companies we are building a fertile ecosystem……

ReBio Technologies, a company developing long-acting injections for chronic diseases started operating from the Smart Chemistry Park at the beginning of May The company rented a large laboratory for product development Synergies in Smart Chemistry Park played a notable role in ReBio’s decision Smart Chemistry Park has been abuzz since the park’s newest inhabitant, ReBio……

Keensight Capital has announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Turku-based Biovian Biovian is a one-stop-shop of biopharmaceuticals providing manufacturing and development services This acquisition supports Biovian to increase capacities, expand and further internationalize its current client base and further extend the one-stop-shop concept and reinforce its services portfolio Keensight Capital, one of the……

The Medicortex has found a partner for regulatory process in Canada and UK Pro-Lab will be responsible for the clinical validation In addition the parties intend to initiate a development collaboration Medicortex Finland Oy has announced that it has entered into an agreement with a Canadian company Pro-Lab Diagnostics Inc. Pro-Lab will be responsible for……

The goal of Maritime Accelerator is to make Finland the leading region of maritime in Europe The first partners are Meyer, Royal Caribbean International, Wärtsilä and Avanto Ventures Maritime Accelerator seeks companies with new ideas in different branches Turku Science Park Ltd, which is responsible for the business and innovation services in the Turku region,……

The SHIFT Business Festival in Turku May 22nd – 23rd. The coolest visions and ideas about business and technology More than 4000 attendees expected SHIFT Business Festival connects groundbreaking technology with leaders of traditional industries for a discussion about the ethics of future development. The festival, attracting 4000 great minds and visionaries, is held May……

The share of the export represents a 96% share of the revenues The share of sales to China was 35 % Operating profit remained at high levels HyTest is one of the world’s leading companies in the immunodiagnostics reagents business. Indeed, its products are sold in no less than 50 countries throughout the world. During……

The licensing rights of the Finnish children’s animated series Pikkuli have been sold to Al Jazeera Al Jazeera is the world’s biggest Arabic-speaking channel Pikkuli is created in Turku by Metsämarja and Antti Aittokoski The five-year licensing deal will bring Pikkuli to the broad reach of Al Jazeera’s network, spanning more than 310 million households in over 100……

The new flagship of German TUI Cruises has been delivered from Meyer Turku shipyard The beautiful 315 m cruise ship is based on a new design, which is an evolution from the very successful Mein Schiff series TUI Cruises recently ordered a third sister ship to New Mein Schiff 1 & 2 for delivery from……