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Life
Sciences in Scotland
Commercial strength
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Today Scotland is home to one of the most sizeable
life science clusters in Europe and host
significant multinational presence in research &
development, and in manufacturing. The Scotland
consists of organizations which creates
opportunities, support medical technology
companies and the innovators globally. |
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Scotland is home to one of the most sizeable and
rapidly growing life science communities in Europe
with 560 organization employing 28000 staff. The
number of core life science companies has doubled in
the past four years to more than 200. Scotland’s
primary focus is on human healthcare as 71% of the
core life science organisations are involved in this
aspect.
Investment in Scotland
There
is a significant presence of organisations located in
Scotland including Wyeth, Hycor, Biomedical,
Invitrogen, Intercell Biomedical, Charles River
Laboratories, Aptuit, Quintiles Transnational ,
Celliance and Viragen.
Organization in Scotland
Scotish Development International (SDI)
Scotish
Development International (SDI) is a government funded
organization inspiring companies from around the globe
to tap into Scotland’s knowledge and innovation. This
organization access overseas networks, develops
mentoring ties and creates investment interest in
collaboration whenever possible. The website for
Scotish Development International Organization is
www.sdi.co.uk. They have world wide offices in
America, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific.
Medical Devices in Scotland (MDIS)
It is
an organization established to support medical
technology .They help to strengthen the medical
technology sector by developing partnerships between
the NHS, academia and industry to assist in the
commercialization of the ideas to develop the sector
in Scotland. Nationally focused and based in
Lanarkshire, it has been operating since 2001,
undertaking a range of activities to promote medical
device sector in Scotland. More details on the
organization is available on the website
www.mdis.org
Belgium
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The
Walloonia region of Belgium with its nine
universities as centres of learning is world
renown for being innovative and research driven.
Hospibel which is an export club of Belgium
companies operates to encourage Belgium companies
in export in field of medical & hospital sector. |
The
Walloon, Region of Belgium: Technological Excellence
The
Belgian market is divided into two linguistic regions,
with a combined population of 10.4 million.
Walloonia one of the three administrative and
governmental regions which comprise the federal state
of Belgium, is well and truly on the move.
It
consists of market of 371 million consumers benefited
from sophisticated infrastructure of airports, motor
ways, waterways and high speed railway network. The
capital, Brussels, is situated in the Dutch region but
has bilingual status. With GDP per capita in excess of
US$38,000, Belgium is one of the wealthier EU
countries and has one of the most open economies in
the world.
In the
walloon region, enterprises operating in the health
sector include, the subsidiaries of leading
international groups, either American , British or
French. Now days, these leading groups are also
providing to be important job sources for this region
and excellent ambassadors for potential future
investments in the walloon region.
In the
same line the whole of the medical equipment sector
also stands out for its excellence: heart surgery
equipment (cardiopulmonary by-pass sets, etc.), kits
for diagnosing auto-immune diseases or human enteric
and respiratory type pathologies, disposable products
for medical and surgical applications (catheters,
probes, masks, sterile surgical sutures, etc.),
manufacture of surgical instruments, devices for
electro surgery or robots (particularly for
laparoscopic surgery, supply of the technology and
support necessary for the production of the medicines
and manufacture of medical equipment to facilitate for
advancement of research (such as an intensive
phototherapy system making the treatment of premature
new born babies less distressing).
The
Belgian market is served by a network of experienced
local distributors, many of which are also involved in
re-export activities, and by the manufacturing and
sales subsidiaries of multinational (particularly
U.S.) groups. Many distributors of medical equipment
and supplies in Belgium are members of UNAMEC, which
has been in existence since 1959.
HOSPIBEL : An Export Club of Belgian Companies
The
organization called Hospibel is an export club of
Belgian companies operating in the field of the supply
of goods and services for medical and hospital
purposes. Hospibel was formed by manufacturers wishing
to promote Belgium’s expertise in medical field
abroad. The aim of Hospibel is to group together the
most competent producers, consultants and other
Belgian company owners in the medical and hospital
sectors for the purpose of encouraging and supporting
their exports. Seen as a whole, their product ranges
cover most of the needs of the present-day medical
sector.Hospibel circulates commercial information to
its members and takes part in or organises campaigns
abroad (missions or trade fairs, such as Medica in
Diisseldorf, Hospimedica in Singapore and Bangkok,
Arab Health etc.). Hospibel is managed by Agoria, the
multi-sectorial federation of the technology industry.
A full list of hospibel members is available on the
following site:http:/www.hospibel.be.
( email:info@hospibel.be ou, Laurent.hellebaut@agoria.be). |
