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MVA Newsletter, January 2009

Editorial

2008 in Retrospect

Another exciting year has passed in Medicon Valley. It was a busy year, culminating in the financial crisis and with turbulence, uncertainty, and changes to follow - as well as opportunities. At Medicon Valley Alliance we will do our best to continue our activities to the benefit of the Medicon Valley community. Read more

MVA Project News

Proposals from Medicon Valley Workshop on Research Infrastructure

Yesterday 75 high level participants from universities, research councils, regions and private enterprises met for a workshop arranged by Medicon Valley Alliance to discuss how Medicon Valley can improve cross-border utilisation of research infrastructure and centres of excellence. Read more

Øresund Diabetes Day - 26 January 2009

Øresund Diabetes Academy invites you to Øresund Diabetes Day on 26 January 2009. The topic of the event is 'Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes: Too Much of a Good Thing - and Alternatives?' View the full programme and register here before 20 January.

Business Culture Workshops - February and March 2009

With a little preparation your business trip abroad or the collaboration with international partners could be even more successful.

Learn about business culture in other countries at the series of workshops offered by MVA, free of charge. The countries covered are UK, US, Germany, Japan, and China. The number of participants is limited to ensure high quality on the sessions. The workshops will be held between 18 February and 19 March. View the Medicon Valley TV news about Leonardo BioCulture for more information or read more about the workshops here.

News from Medicon Valley

News from Medicon Valley TV

Medicon Valley TV provides you with an ongoing flow of life science news from the region. Visit www.mva.org/MVTV where you can view, among other things, the following news:

	CellaVision's US Subsidiary Receives Important Orders CellaVision AB, has received its first two orders through its own sales organization in the US. Also a new Body Fluid Application for the CellaVision DM96 is now cleared for sale in the US. Yvonne Mårtensson, President and CEO explains. View more
	ACADIA Awarded Grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation The grant of up to $830,000 was awarded under the foundation's Therapeutics Development Initiative aimed at supporting preclinical development of Parkinson's disease therapies. Bo-Ragnar Tolf, Ph.D. MD, Vice President, Chemistry and Roger Olsson, Ph.D., Director, Medicinal Chemistry explains. View more

Clinical Trials Update

Read the latest update from Genzyme, TopoTarget and Genmab. Read more

People on the Move

Read the latest people news about VINNOVA, DTU and the Øresund University. Read more

The Danish Councils for Independent Research Calls for Research Applications

The Danish Councils for Independent Research will distribute approximately DKK 1.3 billion in project funding in 2009 and have issued a call for proposals for project funding. The first deadline is in March. Read more

Santaris Pharma and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Announce Strategic Alliance

Santaris Pharma and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals have announced that the companies have entered into a worldwide strategic alliance. Read more

Lund University Proves Link between Cholesterol and Insulin Efficiency

Researchers at Lund University Diabetes Center have shown that even a small reduction in the amount of cholesterol in the cell wall decreases the capacity for insulin release by half. Read more (in Swedish)

Medicon Valley Ambassador Program Makes MVA Big in Japan

The first ambassadors of the Medicon Valley Life Science Ambassador Programme have only worked in each other's countries for six months, but they have already made a significant difference.

- The program provides our members with a service for going global that they do not normally have. This is especially important for small companies that need to grow since it helps them find international partners, but also for universities, says Stig Jørgensen, CEO of MVA. Read more

Danish Investment in Cross-Scientific Research Projects at University of Copenhagen

The Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation has granted the University of Copenhagen with DKK 240 million to invest in cross-scientific research projects. Read more

Novozymes and Sanofi-Aventis Announce Collaboration for an Innovative Antibiotic

Novozymes has announced the signature of a global licensing and collaboration agreement with sanofi-aventis for the development and marketing of a new potential antibiotic. Read more

Novo A/S Expands Its Investment Activities

Novo A/S has launched a new initiative aiming at investing growth equity into promising later-stage/commercial-stage life science companies. Read more

Denmark and Sweden Plan to co-host the European Spallation Source

Sweden and Denmark will co-host the planned research facility ESS. The understanding means that the proposal to other European governments to participate in the ESS now will be presented as a joint Danish-Swedish undertaking. Read more

Exiqon Announces Launch of First Molecular Diagnostic Test

Exiqon have launched its first molecular diagnostic test based on miRNA. Read more

For more news about Medicon Valley, visit the MVA News section.

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