Women’s Health Hub Fin­land Opens Nation­al Net­work to Com­pa­nies and Researchers Across The Coun­try

Women’s Health Hub Fin­land, a new nation­al ini­tia­tive launched in Turku, is invit­ing com­pa­nies, researchers, and health­care inno­va­tors from across Fin­land to join a grow­ing net­work ded­i­cat­ed to advanc­ing women’s health.

While the hub is root­ed in Turku, the net­work is expand­ing nation­wide and wel­comes par­tic­i­pa­tion from across Fin­land, includ­ing from our com­mu­ni­ty in Oulu. This is a sig­nif­i­cant oppor­tu­ni­ty for com­pa­nies, star­tups, researchers, and health­care inno­va­tors in the Oulu region work­ing in women’s health to con­nect with nation­al and glob­al part­ners, access new col­lab­o­ra­tion plat­forms, and tap into the fast-grow­ing glob­al mar­ket in this sec­tor.

Why This Mat­ters

His­tor­i­cal­ly, women’s health has been severe­ly under­fund­ed in research and inno­va­tion. Despite women mak­ing up more than half the glob­al pop­u­la­tion, only about 1% of health­care R&D fund­ing (exclud­ing can­cer) has been direct­ed toward female-spe­cif­ic con­di­tions. Women’s Health Hub Fin­land aims to change this by advanc­ing sex-spe­cif­ic research and inno­va­tion, from pre­ven­tion and diag­no­sis to treat­ment and care.

A Grow­ing Glob­al Oppor­tu­ni­ty

The women’s health sec­tor is one of the fastest-grow­ing glob­al mar­kets, cur­rent­ly esti­mat­ed at €100 bil­lion. The hub seeks to both address urgent unmet health needs and strength­en Finland’s posi­tion in the inter­na­tion­al health inno­va­tion ecosys­tem.

Who is Behind It

Coor­di­nat­ed by Busi­ness Turku, the net­work already includes some of the most promi­nent play­ers in the field:

• Major phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal and diag­nos­tics com­pa­nies such as Bay­er Oy, Ori­on Oyj, Revvity/Wallac Oy, Organon R&D Fin­land Oy, Unio­gen Oy, Roche Diag­nos­tics Oy, Abb­vie Oy, Take­da Oy, and Isla Ter­veys Oy
• Research groups from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Turku and Turku Uni­ver­si­ty of Applied Sci­ences
• Pub­lic sec­tor and health­care experts com­mit­ted to dri­ving long-term impact

Spot­light on Inno­va­tion

The hub ben­e­fits from Turku’s long-stand­ing strengths as a phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal devel­op­ment pow­er­house, where over 50% of Finland’s phar­ma and diag­nos­tics indus­try is based, but its scope is nation­al. Par­tic­i­pants will col­lab­o­rate on new research, pilot cut­ting-edge solu­tions, and cre­ate inno­va­tions that direct­ly improve women’s well-being across the life­cy­cle.

Com­pa­nies and researchers work­ing in women’s health or relat­ed fields are encour­aged to explore this oppor­tu­ni­ty. For busi­ness­es devel­op­ing solu­tions in diag­nos­tics, treat­ments, dig­i­tal health, or con­duct­ing rel­e­vant research, Women’s Health Hub Fin­land offers a plat­form for nation­al col­lab­o­ra­tion with a glob­al ambi­tion.

Source: Busi­ness Turku