Northern Danish life science firms join the battle for national cluster
Even though the cluster of life science companies LSI, based in the north of Denmark, has co-signed Lif's major application to make an industry super cluster, the companies have now joined Welfare Tech, which has sent a competing application. "The signal is clear," says the board chair.
Minister of Higher Education and Science (S) will announce next week who will be driving the future national super cluster for Life Science. | Foto: Peter Hove Olesen
BY ULRICH QUISTGAARD, TRANSLATED BY NIELSINE NIELSEN
Looking at it from the outside, the battle within the Danish life science industry to be allowed to run the future national super cluster seems to be ripping the life science community in Northern Denmark in half.
William Demant Fondens formand Lars Nørby Johansen og investeringsdirektør Nicklas Hansen understreger, at kun Niels Jacobsen udtaler sig om fondens fortsatte bestyrelsesposter til opsagt direktør.
En særlig forretningsmodel og stabile ejerskaber er blandt ingredienserne i Gubras succesformel, lyder det fra adm. direktør Henrik Blou. Selskabet er netop kåret som årets biotekselskab i Danmark.
Fujifilm er en af de virksomheder, der har investeret tungest i dansk life science-produktion i de senere år. Regeringen kan gøre flere ting for at tiltrække investeringer, lyder det fra selskabet.