HealthBIO

HealthBIO is a new Competence Cluster for health-related biotechnology within the updated Centre
of Expertise Programme for the term of 2007–13. The participating regions (capital region,
Kuopio, Oulu, Tampere and Turku) represent the five major regional bio-clusters in Finland. By
coordinated cooperation and networking of both regional and other national activities, and with
a multidisciplinary approach to top level expertise and competencies, the cluster aims to build on
the international competitiveness of the Finnish biotechnology by:

• making new and existing know-how more efficiently available for business processes


• identifying and fostering new business ideas and opportunities


• developing enabling tools and procedures to support the funding, growth and internationalization of especially SME companies


• international networking of the entire innovation process


• enhancing the differentiation and profiling of the participating regions in close cooperation with e.g. Biocenter Finland