Health Valley
Entrepreneurs spot market opportunities and often have need for specific high-quality knowledge to develop a product. Scientists have interesting inventions and knowledge; in order to put these on the market they need commercial knowledge and insight into the market. Health Valley is a network organization which links knowledge opportunities in the biomedical and social services sector.
Health Valley helps businesses and knowledge and care institutes to implement their ideas. This stimulates the innovative climate of the Arnhem Nijmegen Cool Region even further. Health Valley wants the east of the Netherlands to become economically even stronger. Not only within the Netherlands, but also in Europe and even world-wide.
Health Valley’s head quarters is based in Nijmegen. There is a lot of knowledge and experience in the biomedical and health care sector. Besides, Health Valley has an enormous network. Health Valley brings demand and supply together, arranges projects and initiates collaboration between the business community and knowledge institutes.
Also entrepreneurs who wish to start a business or open a branch in the Arnhem Nijmegen Cool Region can call on Health Valley. For example, Health Valley helps to find financing and takes care of publicity.
Through the service 'Facility Sharing' entrepreneurs gain insight into the available facilities within biotechnology, pharmaceutical industry, food and nutrition and medical technology. This supply concerns rest capacity as well as commercial facilities, appliances and knowledge. Facility Sharing is especially important to smaller businesses which seldom own their own research facilities.
Health Valley was made possible by Oost NV, Syntens, the EU, the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Provinces of Gelderland and Overijssel and GO Combines Innovative Power (Operational Programme for East Netherlands).
The Health Valley Event edition 2011 was on March 16. The Event is the ideal platform where companies, knowledge institutions and scientists meet and are informed about the newest developments in the sphere of health.
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