Life Sciences

Home to World-Famous Innovations
Turku region is the leading life science centre in Finland, and about half of Finland’s pharmaceutical and diagnostics industry is located in the area. Many world-famous products, such as Benecol (Raisio Benecol Ltd), Mirena (Bayer Schering Pharma Ltd) and Xylitol (Leaf Ltd), originate from Turku. In addition to these, international companies including PerkinElmer Life and Analytical Sciences, BioTie Therapies, Hormos Medical (part of GuatRx Pharmaceuticals), Orion, and 100 other sector-related organisations employing some 3,000 people, are located in Turku region.

BioTurku® – a Focused Centre of Top Expertise
BioTurku®  in Turku Science Park Ltd is an internationally significant centre for bio-business and a centre of top expertise in Northern Europe. The technological focus areas of BioTurku® are drug discovery and development, diagnostics, biomaterials and functional foods.

Life science companies in Turku region benefit from the close co-operation with the University of Turku, Åbo Akademi University and Turku University of Applied Sciences in getting qualified personnel and cutting-edge know-how to conduct high-tech product development. Biocelex Ltd, a joint venture of Turku Science Park and Karolinska Institutet Holding Ab, is an example of
efforts to create a competitive cluster
in the global market. The company
provides innovation and business
development services for the
internationalisation and growth
of life science companies.