PRINT THIS PAGE Biotechnology: a promising high-tech sector in Finland26/02/2002. Source: Finnish Bioindustries. Hannele Kuusi
The growth in Finland's venture capital industry since its beginnings in the late 1980s has helped to shape the country's booming biotechnology sector. Hannele Kuusi of Finnish Bioindustries examines this influence and discusses the rise of biotechnology in Finland.
Finland's biotechnology industry ranks sixth in Europe. Over ten per cent of the region's biotech companies are Finnish. Indeed, the country's spending on R&D projects is second in the world with its greatest strengths lying in pharmaceuticals, biomaterials, diagnostics and industrial enzymes.
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Hannele Kuusi is a director of Finnish Bioindustries.
Finnish Bioindustries FIB is Finland's biotechnology industry association, established in 1997. It is a private, independent non-profit organisation. For more information please visit www.finbio.net
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