UK-Medicon Valley Oncology Workshop

1-2 April / Copenhagen / Denmark

This is the fourth workshop of the UK-Medicon Valley Bioscience Alliance project.

The workshop includes keynote talks from Prof. Barry Furr OBE, Santaris Pharma, and Center of Excellence CREATEHealth - followed by three concurrent themed round table discussions of importance in oncology. Academic and industry participants from the UK and Medicon Valley will be encouraged to network and initiate new collaborations, and strengthen existing ones. More information is found at www.biosciencealliance.org/events.php.

In the evening of 1 April, UK Trade & Investment will launch their new 2008 Nordic business strategy, which will focus on Oncology. Formal invitations for the launch will be issued during March, but please register your interest in one or both events at http://www.biosciencealliance.org/register.php.

About the UK-Medicon Valley Bioscience Alliance

The UK-Medicon Valley Bioscience Alliance is a strategic initiative to join up world-class bioscience excellence and to promote new collaborations between researchers, companies and clinicians. The aim is to facilitate greater co-operation between Sweden, Denmark and the UK, and to further develop world class bioscience research. The Alliance stimulates research exchange programmes and new interactions between organisations, encourages innovation and technology transfer and open new doors to exploit commercial opportunities. Read more here.

The UK-Medicon Valley Bioscience Alliance is run jointly by MVA)and UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) at the British Embassies in Copenhagen and Stockholm.