BioInvent was the second company to move into Ideon. Behind BioInvent was Carl Borrebaeck, currently Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Lund University with specific responsibility for innovation. He contends that Ideon has meant a lot to Lund.
“It is the largest research park with 300 businesses including a large part in biotech. Today it has grown and become a complete center providing everything necessary. I know it has had an enormous effect on the region, “says Carl Borrebaeck.
When companies with ambition get together in one area they can move in different ways. At Ideon the 110 000 square meters of office and laboratory space provide a dynamic environment. The inspiration for Ideon is taken from the Heriot-Watt research park in Scotland.
“They began with a small-scale container in the city, a container built into an office. That’s when we thought we could start in the barracks”, says Sven-Thure Holm.
Ideon’s homepage speaks for itself: the research park has not remained in the past. Here you will be prompted to follow Ideon on Facebook or via a blog. Research Park is aiming to attract young science companies with great ideas.
“There is always a great amount of activity in this type of environment. The downside is that it might not be so easy to control activities. All are perhaps not ’coachable’, but perhaps that’s part of the attraction”, says Ideon CEO Hans Moller.
How the future will look like is still unknown, but there are plans for expansion. One hopes that Ideon will take over Astrazeneca’s premises in Lund when research there has ended.
”We prefer that the building becomes part of Ideon. The deal has not yet been made so we’ll have to see where we wind up. It would open up enormous opportunities for life-science companies”, says the present CEO of Ideon.
Ideon has given much thought not only to the buildings of the research park. Ideon seriously sees its mission as the attraction of both new and existing growth-oriented, research and development companies. For younger firms, this provides a network of mentors in leadership, business development and financing.
Sven-Thore Holm says he never had a dull day in his working life, and that he is happy with the way Ideon took off under his direction.
”Ideon is characterized by life science companies. These include biotech, but also food technologies. It is a bit like a mirror of the Areas of Excellence at the University of Lund and Lund Institute of Technology. Telecom and software are other strengths. Ideon is a mirror of the research we have here”, he explains.
“It is the largest research park with 300 businesses including a large part in biotech. Today it has grown and become a complete center providing everything necessary. I know it has had an enormous effect on the region, “says Carl Borrebaeck.
When companies with ambition get together in one area they can move in different ways. At Ideon the 110 000 square meters of office and laboratory space provide a dynamic environment. The inspiration for Ideon is taken from the Heriot-Watt research park in Scotland.
“They began with a small-scale container in the city, a container built into an office. That’s when we thought we could start in the barracks”, says Sven-Thure Holm.
Ideon’s homepage speaks for itself: the research park has not remained in the past. Here you will be prompted to follow Ideon on Facebook or via a blog. Research Park is aiming to attract young science companies with great ideas.
“There is always a great amount of activity in this type of environment. The downside is that it might not be so easy to control activities. All are perhaps not ’coachable’, but perhaps that’s part of the attraction”, says Ideon CEO Hans Moller.
How the future will look like is still unknown, but there are plans for expansion. One hopes that Ideon will take over Astrazeneca’s premises in Lund when research there has ended.
”We prefer that the building becomes part of Ideon. The deal has not yet been made so we’ll have to see where we wind up. It would open up enormous opportunities for life-science companies”, says the present CEO of Ideon.
Ideon has given much thought not only to the buildings of the research park. Ideon seriously sees its mission as the attraction of both new and existing growth-oriented, research and development companies. For younger firms, this provides a network of mentors in leadership, business development and financing.
Sven-Thore Holm says he never had a dull day in his working life, and that he is happy with the way Ideon took off under his direction.
”Ideon is characterized by life science companies. These include biotech, but also food technologies. It is a bit like a mirror of the Areas of Excellence at the University of Lund and Lund Institute of Technology. Telecom and software are other strengths. Ideon is a mirror of the research we have here”, he explains.
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