Academy of Finland October 17th, Tuula Palmén, Ph.D, Head of Health Capital Helsinki Office Health Capital Helsinki

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1 CASE Health Capital Helsinki and its services Academy of Finland October 17th, 2017 Tuula Palmén, Ph.D, Head of Health Capital Helsinki Office Health Capital Helsinki

2 A northern hub of health tech and life science Helsinki is a well-kept secret, poised to be the next big thing in health. Finland is a country with lots of tech expertise. The Nokia decades created a vast pool of digital talent, which is now spreading to new fields and markets. There is also an exellent track record in medical technologies evidenced by M&As done by multinational companies such as GE Healthcare and Thermo Fisher. Finland s capital, Helsinki is a well-kept secret, poised to be the next big thing in health tech and life science.

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4 Health Capital Helsinki An alliance of City of Helsinki HUS Helsinki University Hospital University of Helsinki Aalto University

5 Health Capital Helsinki Alliance University of Helsinki TOP 1% HUS Helsinki University Hospital Academic Medical Center Helsinki the biggest university in Finland among the top 1% of the world s research universities 700+ improvements for clinical work in 10 years top research, education and medical care meet daily HiLIFE Aalto 50% Aalto University among top 5 rising stars City of Helsinki among top 3 supports high quality life science research of Finnish start ups come from the Aalto community in global ranking by MIT in supporting innovation and entrepreneurial culture

6 Health Capital Helsinki The objective is to make Helsinki Region the leading research, innovation, business development hub of the life science and health technology field in Northern Europe

7 Health Capital Helsinki Services 1. Improvement of the pathway from research to international business 2. Improvement of the pathway how to enter into collaboration with the HCH alliance 3. Improve open innovation (open innovation environments) 4. Improve communication in the life science and health technology

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12 Access to top research, health care and home Company collaboration group Collaboration with innovation agents Collaboration with living labs Living Labs Nordic Network of Test Beds HUS Clever Health Network European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL) Kalasatama new city district of Helsinki and citizens are involved

13 Case GE Healthcare & product development at HUS In 2015, GE Healthcare began a Mobile Digital Health program that focuses on developing healthcare related technologies. It was placed in Helsinki due to the city s excellent testing environment. HUS, the University of Helsinki and GE Healthcare have signed a framework agreement that enables closer and broader cooperation. Research and development, analytics, and education will be areas of emphasis. Likewise, Aalto University has closely collaborated with GE Healthcare for decades. This means close interaction between product developers, and clinical experts during the concept planning stages, usability estimates for new solutions, and developing algorithms together. Having broader insights and a better understanding of the end-users needs will result in improved results for healthcare professionals and patients.

14 Hospitals of the future Helsinki University Hospital HUS, University of Helsinki, Aalto University and the City of Helsinki are developing a pioneering cluster of virtual hospitals on a globally unprecedeted scale. This means a growing emphasis on preventative and remote care. Patients gain remarkable control and opportunities to improve their own health. These virtual hospitals are always open and accessible anywhere with an internet connection and a computer, tablet or smartphone. HUS is also building new physical hospitals: our new Childrens Hospital and the new cancer and trauma center Siltasairaala will open in Meilahti, close to the AMCH campus and its cutting-edge research. The design process is supported by expertise from the University of Helsinki and Aalto University, where healthcarespecific service design and architecture form two of Aalto s six expertise clusters of health & wellbeing. Virtual hospitals are always open and accessible anywhere with an internet connection and a computer, tablet or smartphone.

15 A treasure chest of patient data The Hospital Dristrict of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS) is the second largest health care organization in the Western world. Its digital archives hold more than 27 million patient visits worth of digital data, spanning the last 20 years. This is a treasure chest for research and product development. The technical quality of patient data is excellent. The HCH alliance partners are pioneers in biobank development, with an advanced national biobank act supporting it.

16 TerkkoHealth HubOpened on Oct5th, 2017 Health Capital Helsinki 1/11/17

17 The largest startup event in the Nordics will be held in Helsinki on Nov 30th Dec 1st. Slush brings together 15,000 attendees from over a hundred countries for the two-day event annually. Year 2017 Life science side event first time including programme for health care, investors and companies

18 Helsinki is a city of growing health tech startups Health Capital Helsinki (HCH) is your guide to the most promising life science and health tech startups in the Helsinki metropolitan area. Helsinki-based health tech startups are known for their sound scientific background, which comes from close collaboration with HCH universities. The City of Helsinki nurtures the startup scene actively. The city recently opened Maria 0-1, the largest startup hub building in Scandinavia, built in a former hospital. A new co-creation space that will serve health entrepreneurs from early stage startups on will open in Meilahti on the University of Helsinki medical campus. Helsinki is home to the largest combinated annual health tech and life science startup event in the Nordics, the Upgraded Life Festival. The fifth event will take place on May 31st and June 1st, 2018.

19 Health Capital Helsinki web pages Health Capital Helsinki 22/8/17

20 Tuula Palmén, Head of Health Capital Helsinki Office Tel

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