Medicon Village is a
life science
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research park
The following is a list of science park, technology parks and biomedical parks of the world, organized by continent.
Asia
ASEAN Economic Community
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in Lund,
Sweden
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. It is located on the eastern outskirts of
Lund University
, motto = Ad utrumque
, mottoeng = Prepared for both
, established =
, type = Public research university
, budget = SEK 9 billion [Medicon Valley
Medicon Valley is a leading international life-sciences cluster in Europe
Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. E ...]
cross-border cooperation with Denmark. The park was created as a transformation of former
Astra Zeneca
AstraZeneca plc () is a British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company with its headquarters at the Cambridge Biomedical Campus in Cambridge, England. It has a portfolio of products for major diseases in areas includin ...
buildings in 2010 and are now employing more than 2,800 people in over 180 organisations here. The total area available for letting within Medicon Village amounts to around 132,000 m
2, of which laboratories account for about 65,000 m
2 which makes it the largest science park in Scandinavia focusing on life science.
Medicon Village is fully owned by non-profit “Mats Paulsson’s Foundation for Research, Innovation and Societal Development”, formed to contribute to new projects focusing on important research and innovation that benefit people’s opportunities for a better life. This sustainable ownership model is circular in that it states that return on capital together with surpluses from the activities within Medicon Village shall go back to research as donations.
Sources
Medicon VillageMats Paulsson FoundationMedicon Valley Alliance
External links
{{official homepage, http://www.mediconvillage.se/en
Buildings and structures in Lund
Science parks in Sweden