• Health Campus Turku launches new service for product development

    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……


  • Turku Life Science Companies on the Frontline of the Fight against COVID-19

    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……


  • Companies Eager to Attract Tech Students for Summer Jobs

    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……


  • ArcDia Ltd’s automated coronavirus point-of-care test CE marked and available

    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……


  • How to commercialize your biomarker discovery

    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……


  • HealthTurku actors involved in the national Cancer IO project

    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……


  • Breakthrough in the development of an automated coronavirus poc test by ArcDia Ltd

    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……


  • Abacus Diagnostica’s SARS-CoV-2 test approved for diagnostic use on Finnish market

    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……


  • Circular Materials and Solutions for Construction Clusters starts – Turku Science Park coordinates, Nordkalk as frontrunner company

    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……


  • Vema Lift to build a new plant in Kaarina

    Vema Lift to build a new plant in Kaarina

    The new 9,000 m2 plant will shorten delivery times, bring additional capacity and increase efficiency 80 percent of the company’s rescue cranes and vehicles are exported The new Kaarina plant will be completed in early 2021 Vema Lift Oy has signed a contract for a new factory with Hannumet Oy. The completely new 9,000 m2 factory……