Spotlight on Medicon Valley
The Danish-Swedish Medicon Valley in the Øresund Region is one of Europe’s leading life science clusters. Academic strengths on both sides of the Øresund Strait are in cancer, diabetes, and fertility research.
The region is home to large, global pharma-, medtech-, and contract manufacturers in proximity to universities, hospitals, research facilities, and small companies in science parks.
The region’s labor force crosses the Danish-Swedish border, and companies and researchers in both countries collaborate.
regional employees in private life science companies in Medicon Valley
life science companies identified regionally
new life science companies have been founded over the past 5 years – more than one new company started every week
new regional jobs created in the past five years
border commuters identified in the sector – most commute from Skåne to eastern Denmark
in investment in Eastern Denmark now and in coming years to expand production plants, R&D facilities and other sites in the region
More than 1,000 employees work in private life science companies in 16 municipalities in the Danish-Swedish Medicon Valley. These municipalities are particularly important for the life science sector in the region, as around 86% of the ~65,500 people employed regionally work in a company located in one of these 16 municipalities.
The data is based on the reports from the Greater Copenhagen Life Science Analysis Initiative: Life Science in Skåne (2020), Life Science Across the Øresund (2021) and Life Science in Eastern Denmark (2022).
