The Finnish Parliament decided on Wednesday to allocate the undistributed budget funds to initiatives deemed important by Members of Parliament. The Women’s Health Hub Finland network, coordinated by Business Turku, will receive significant funding to strengthen women’s health and innovation development.
Business Turku and the Women’s Health Hub Finland network (WHHF) have been granted 70,000 € in funding. Parliament’s decision marks an important step for both the advancement of women’s health in Finland and the growth of health technology innovations.
– We warmly thank the Members of Parliament from Southwest Finland for their determined efforts, which have resulted in additional funding for WHHF, says Minna Arve, CEO of Business Turku.
Launched in Turku in May 2025, Women’s Health Hub Finland is a network of leading pharmaceutical and diagnostics companies, researchers, and public-sector actors working together to accelerate the advancement of women’s health and innovation on a global scale.
The network was established to strengthen the visibility and utilisation of Finnish expertise in women’s health. Such expertise is particularly strong in the Turku region, where research, companies, and world-class clinical competence form a unique ecosystem.
The aim is to accelerate the sector’s growth and export potential, boost the development of new innovations, and promote increased research funding so that Finnish expertise can rise to an internationally leading level.
– This funding enables us to strengthen Finland’s position as a forerunner in a sector that is vital both for public health and for the economy. We are truly grateful for the support of our region’s Members of Parliament. It sends a strong message that women’s health is recognised at a strategic level as a theme that strengthens the nation’s competitiveness, Arve continues.
Women’s Health Hub Finland will allocate the funding efficiently to projects that:
- advance research and improve data quality related to women’s health,
- accelerate new innovation and business creation,
- support international partnerships and EU-level preparatory work, and
- build an ecosystem where the public sector, private sector, and research move in the same direction.
WHHF’s work is also connected to the ongoing Nordic Women’s Health 2040 process, which emphasises strengthening research, improving data quality, and fostering an innovation-friendly operating environment.
– Women’s health is not just a health issue – it is a matter of future growth, competitiveness, and equality. We will use the funding responsibly, with impact, and above all in ways that promote innovation, Arve concludes.