Alps Bio Cluster
Alps Bio Cluster is a European project, co-funded by the ERDF under
the Alpine Space programme, that aims to unite research, industrial,
and training resources in Biotech and Medtech sectors over an extended
transalpine area.
See its background, objectives...
8 Partners from 6 Alpine regions
- Adebag -
project coordinator, and Lyonbiopôle (Rhône-Alpes),
- Bioindustry Park Silvano
Fumero (Piedmont),
- Milan
Chamber of Commerce (Lombardy),
- BioAlps
(Western Switzerland),
- Tiroler Zukunftsstiftung
(Tyrol),
- Helmholtz-Zentrum München and Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences (Bayern).
Duration: from 2008 to 2011
During 3 years, the partners will support transalpine cooperation between R&D centres, universities, start-ups and SMEs by creating thematic networks uniting resources from academic, industrial and training environments.
"Autonomy and Healthcare" (WP5) and "New diagnosis and therapies" (WP6)
Cross-sectoral approaches
Linking green and red biotech with environmental health
Bridging ICT and medical devices with healthcare at home
Marketing of the Alpine Brand
"A Healthy life at home in the Alps in a natural environment worth to be preserved"
Read Alps bio cluster 1st Press release... click here
