Medicon Valley facts

Since the mid-1990s a fast-paced development has been taking place, and today Medicon Valley comprises a dense cluster of universities, hospitals and companies within life science, many of which are R&D based.

The history of Medicon Valley
Biotech is far from new to the region - in fact, some regard it as the cradle of biotech, thanks to the groundbreaking research that took place at the Carlsberg Breweries in Copenhagen in the late 1800's. Furthermore, many of the region's universities have a strong heritage in biological and medical research which have resulted in several Nobel Prize winners.

The almost century-long presence of a number of research-intensive and fully integrated pharmaceutical companies, such as Novo Nordisk, H. Lundbeck, AstraZeneca and LEO Pharma, have also contributed significantly to the development of the region by strengthening abilities within applied research, attracting suppliers and producing spin-offs.

In the mid-1990s the public authorities and the life science industry in Copenhagen and southern Sweden agreed to market the region internationally and to strive for a common goal: To be the most attractive bioregion in Europe.

Since 1997 Copenhagen Capacity and its Swedish counterpart Invest in Skåne have jointly branded the region as 'Medicon Valley' to reflect the region's life science strongholds, and today Medicon Valley is one of the strongest life science region in Europe.
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