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New feature film by Aku Louhimies to be filmed in the Turku Archipelago
The drama written by Inka Kallén and Aku Louhimies will be filmed in the Turku Archipelago August The production strives for ethical and sustainable choices and solutions Odotus (Finnish for “The Wait”) hits theatres in early 2021 The first full-length film by Aku Louhimies since the record-breaking feature film The Unknown Soldier (2017) will be filmed in August in the Turku Archipelago. The intimate relationship drama ‘Odotus’, co-written……
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Health Campus Turku launches new service for product development
Health Campus Turku R&D and testbed service TERTTU boosts the testbed activities in the healthcare sector in Southwest Finland New service enables co-creation of new solutions with health care professionals Testbed service has been created in Terva project which has received funding from European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) The new research, development and testbed service……
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Turku Life Science Companies on the Frontline of the Fight against COVID-19
Life science companies in the Turku region are developing solutions for COVID-19 diagnostics and treatment Abacus Diagnostica, ArcDia and Labmaster have developed rapid testing for diagnosing COVID-19 Faron Pharmaseuticals is currently developing a drug for treating COVID-19 During the COVID-19 pandemic news reporting has not been all negative. News raising hopes that this pandemic can be beaten……
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Companies Eager to Attract Tech Students for Summer Jobs
Public transit and housing benefits have been used for a number of years to incentivize students of mechanical engineering and architecture to work in the Turku region during the summer. In 2020, the incentives were received by 30 tech students who will begin their career in a total of 17 different companies in Turku, Kaarina……
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ArcDia Ltd’s automated coronavirus point-of-care test CE marked and available
The corona test of the Turku-based company’s mariPOC diagnostic system has received the EU’s CE mark Deliveries of a test based on a swab sample for direct detection of the virus have already begun mariPOC devices are used in 50 different healthcare facilities in Finland The Finnish medical device manufacturer ArcDia International Ltd has launched……
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How to commercialize your biomarker discovery
Discovery of biomarkers is becoming increasingly important in research and industry Presently there is no proven routine and thereby successful way to biomarker commercialization A set of tools to support the various phases of the commercialization process of new IVD (in vitro diagnostics) -applicable biomarkers will become available for free for everyone at the end……
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HealthTurku actors involved in the national Cancer IO project
Project funded by Business Finland integrates immunotherapy projects of universities, hospitals and companies Immuno-oncology therapies has transformed the cancer treatment landscape for many different types of cancer Cancer IO will drive creation of a Finnish IO ecosystem and national IO growth strategy Cancer IO is a new cancer immunotherapy focused top-level collaborative research and innovation……
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Breakthrough in the development of an automated coronavirus poc test by ArcDia Ltd
ArcDia Ltd has reported significant progress in the development of automated COVID-19 point-of-care test Company launches a fast and accurate mariPOC® test which is affordable and available for rapid and decentralized testing mariPOC® is the market leader in automated testing of respiratory tract infections in Finland The Finnish medical device manufacturer ArcDia International Ltd, one……
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Abacus Diagnostica’s SARS-CoV-2 test approved for diagnostic use on Finnish market
Finnish regulatory authority Fimea has granted special approval for Abacus to supply the GenomEra RUO SARS-CoV-2 test to the Finnish market for diagnostic use Tests use the company’s GenomEra technology GenomEra uses the so-called PCR technology, which is the most trusted technology for the identification of respiratory infectious diseases At the end of March Abacus……
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Circular Materials and Solutions for Construction Clusters starts – Turku Science Park coordinates, Nordkalk as frontrunner company
The new cluster will promote the transition of the construction industry towards an innovative circular economy Cooperation is built between companies, universities, educational institutions and public actors Nordkalk will join as a frontrunner, emphasizing circular economy solutions in its updated strategy The newly established Circular Materials and Solutions for Construction Cluster (3C), which focuses on……