Swiss Polish Roundtable on Innovation Wädenswil / Switzerland I 21 October 2014 Thomas Meier I Cluster Manager
Szwajcaria - Polska Disetronic Medical Systems Sp. z o.o. Pytlasińskiego 11 00-777 Warszawa 2
Switzerland: Time is universal but Precision has a name 3
Homeland of world leading LEGAL MANUFACTURERS in health technologies (examples): Hearing Aids Diabetes Dental Orthopedics, Trauma, Spine Medical Technology alone accounted for ~ 5 % of Switzerland s annual export value of CHF 201 bln (2013). Trading surplus PL: + 11.8% Homeland of world leading SUPPLIERS to legal manufacturers in health technologies (one example): Maxxon: Micro Drives for all kind of devices (Pumps, Instruments, Prosthesis, Respiratory, ) 4
Health Technology Cluster Switzerland (HTCS) Todays Goal: Insights to our ecosystem of high value members and professionals from within the health tech industry. 5
HTCS its history Need was recognized and its creation initiated by: the Canton of Schwyz Created: on 26 May 2014 Active Members: 67 (by 17th October) Located: in Küssnacht am Rigi (temporarily @ the TZS in Steinen) 6
Health Tech Cluster Switzerland (HTCS) The Health Tech Cluster Switzerland (HTCS) is going to be a network of manufacturers, suppliers, reserarch and training institutions, investors and service providers in the field of health technology. The cluster unites companies from medical technology, healthcare, rehabilitation, biotechnology, pharmaceutical and molecular biology industries in a mutually profitable way, thus increasing each others value. 7
HTCS the people currently behind Urs Durrer Head of AWI Thomas Meier Cluster Manager Regula Villiger Alexander Carisch 8
HTCS based in the most innovative country http://www.globalinnovationindex.org/content.aspx?page=gii-home
HTCS: there for you at any stage of doing business Expansion Growth Start-Up Creation 10
Example: innovation coaching in favor of innovative SMEs Central Switzerland Western Switzerland Thomas Meier Coaching Innovators in Health Technologies 11
The HTCS an official partner Switzerland took the chair of the EUREKA R&D program in June 2014. The HTCS fosters potential collaborations of its members and international partners through a specific mandate with the Swiss chair and international coordinators of the EUREKA programs: 12
The HTCS in a pocket Swiss functionality and reliability Proximity to life science companies Sale and distribution Market insights Registrations Clinical access Supply Chain / HR Linkage with academy Market access Market intelligence Protecting IP 13
HTCS Membership Membership @ the Cluster is open to companies and individuals who are involved in the value chain of health technologies in Switzerland. Members may well maintain their HQ abroad. If candidates apply for membership from abroad they shall make proof of interest to establish run maintain their business relationsships with the Swiss health tech community. Any membership application has to be approved by the board of directors. Annual Membership Fees: Regular Members CHF 300. Premium Members CHF 3 000. 14
@ HTCS: We secure soft landings! 15
HTCS headquarter location 16
International Strategic Partnerships MOU by September, 2014 Austria Human Technology Styria Standortagentur Tirol Clusterland Oberösterreich Canada HTX, Toronto CEIM, Montréal CTS, Montréal Denmark Danish Ministry for Technology and Innovation Germany Medical Mountains, Tuttlingen Medical Valley, Erlangen Bio-Net Leipzig Bio Saxony Poland Life Science Cluster Krakow Italy Partner tba by November 17
Our next event going about international initiatives for close collaborations: Canadian Swiss MedTech Partnering Event A side event to the EUREKA Innovation Event Monday, 17 November Tuesday (AM), 18 November, 2014 in Basel, We are mobilizing the Medical Technologies (MedTech) players in both countries for a Canada-Switzerland Partnering. 18
HTCS Contact Thomas Meier Cluster Manager Health Tech Cluster Switzerland Frauholzstrasse 9b 6422 Steinen - Switzerland Phone +41 41 819 16 34 (switchboard) Direct: +41 41 921 58 88 Mobile: +41 79 455 62 46 thomas.meier@healthtech.ch www.healthtech.ch dziejuje bardzo! 19