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• A science and business park within health science and technology

located in North Denmark

• Eir gathers and exploits the synergies between basic and applied health

science and technology research, health sector (clinical research), and companies

• Eir facilitates the development of new products, methods, and

solutions for diagnoses, treatment, rehabilitation and testing in private/public partnerships

• Qualify local companies and attract new national and international

research based companies

Introduction to Eir

• Eir contributes to research-based innovation and business

development and growth within health science and technology for the benefit of industry, the health sector, public institutions, and patients

• To further develop North Denmark as the leading region in

Europe for clinical trials, interdisciplinary health science and technology research, and innovation

Vision

About Eir

• Eir exploits the synergies between research and innovation for the benefit of

industrial development and growth

• Eir promotes private/public partnerships in the area of health science and

technology fostering spin-out companies, entrepreneurs, start-up firms and new ventures by established pharmaceutical and biomedical companies in the region

• Eir facilitates the development of new products, methods, and solutions for

diagnostic, treatment, and rehabilitation purposes in private/public partnerships

• Eir provides access to pre-clinical and clinical expertise within many areas of

medical devices, treatment regimes, and pharmaceuticals

• Eir mediates contact to experimental and clinical facilities in the region for

companies interested in performing clinical trials on new medical devices, clinical procedures, or pharmaceuticals

The name - Eir

"Norse mythology tells the story of a powerful and inspiring woman: Eir who was part of Frey's following and who was considered the goddess of medicine and a patroness for those practicing health care. Ancient literature describes her calm mind and strong will which lent support and empowerment to those around her. From the hill where she allegedly resided, she welcomed the ill and the scholars of her trade and they returned home healed or wiser."

University

(Government)

Patients Companies Public partners

(Community based)

Private-public partnerships

The partnership

• The North Denmark Region
• Aalborg University
• The hospitals in North Denmark
• Industry - both local and national
• Local communities
• Regional development agencies

Budget

• Total budget DKK 38 mill. over 4 years
• Grant from Vækstforum DKK 19 mill.
• Time (researchers, industry partners) and new

grants DKK 19 mill.

The regional landscape

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The regional landscape

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Eir

The regional landscape

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Eir

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Organisation

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Management

Director: Professor Lars Arendt-Nielsen, lan@hst.aau.dk Administrative Manager: Charlotte Villadsen, cvi@hst.aau.dk Steering Committee: Per Christiansen, CEO, North Denmark Region Chairman of Eir's steering committee Egon Toft, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University Vice Chairman of Eir's steering committee Lars Hvilsted Rasmussen, dr.med.sci., MD, Research director, Aalborg Hospital Hans Christian Hoeck, MD, PhD, Managing director of CCBR A/S Steen Andreassen, Professor, dr.techn., PhD, Aalborg University

www.eirbusinesspark.com

Focus

Research competences

Specific interdisciplinary health science and technology competences:

• Integrative neuroscience
• Neural engineering of neurophysiology of movement
• Pain and motor systems
• Ergonomics
• Biomechanics
• Biomedical engineering
• Sensor technology
• Physical activity and human performance
• Biomarkers in drug development
• Medical decision support system
• Tele-homecare/Telemedicine
• Welfare technology
• Biotechnology
• Cardiovascular research unit
• Lipid research and heart diseases
• Clinical and experimental arthrosis research
• Bio-statistics

Examples of research

Medical Informatics/Health Informatics

• Decision Support
• Tele-home-care
• Image Analysis
• Cardiac diag.
• EPJ / EHR
• Respiratory Systems
• Diabetes
• Alzheimer
• ICU

Examples of research

Sensory systems and technology

• Translational

pain research

• Brain mapping
• Drug testing
• Sleep analysis
• Experimental

neurology

• Neurophysiology
• Ergonomics

Examples of research

Motor control and neuro-rehabilitation

Normal KvLQT1 (LQT1) HERG (LQT2)

• Rehabilitation
• Neural

Prosthesis

• Electrodes
• FES
• Brain Comp.

Interfaces

• Cardiac diag.
• Biomechanics
• Sports sciences

Network

• Research cooperation
• Ph.D. and post doc co-operation
• Technology scouts and entrepreneurship
• Consultancy
• Student co-operation
• Research hotel/Location - integrate industry

researchers into basic, technological, and clinical research environments

• Advanced research laboratories and facilities
• Company formation
• Company matchmaking
• Licensing
• Legal assistance
• Networking nationally and internationally
• InspEIR, workshops, scientific events, etc.
• Students hands-on exhibitions

Network examples

• Location of first company in research environment
• Expert Scientific Meeting 2012 (ESM2012) – Workshop and conference
• Facilitating national and international research-based co-operations with academia and industry
• ATV seminar on welfare technology
• Clinical test of research-based innovations
• Presentation of North Danish research and company competences within biomechanics at international

conference/exhibition

• National and international marketing campaign
• Veterinary companies work together with company (gold particles), no scientific validation, via research

co-operation enter into network to carry out clinical test on animals (later humans) + new treatment of

• steoarthritis (marketing perspective)

Network examples

company spin-offs from AAU

Clinical trials

Eir is the portal to North Denmark for medical device and pharmaceutical companies to seek partners for clinical trials and in the need of easy access to advanced laboratories or clinics.

• Offers pre-clinical and clinical trials in various therapeutic areas
• Proximity between hospitals and various departments
• Possible to perform, large, single center trials in North DK
• High degree of knowledge of each other
• Quick response and action time
• World famous CRO – CCBR within osteoporose – 15 test centers worldwide – examines the effect of new

compounds – employing candidates from AAU – promotes competences within pain with regard to new compounds and technologies

• Telemedicine – COPD – new initiatives in the pipeline

Clinical trials – Translational research

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motor control

Drugs Devices

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Drugs Devices

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Drugs Devices

Animals Volunteers Patients

Clinical trials examples

• Access to advanced technology for clinical trials (e.g. bio-markers)
• Access to advanced laboratory equipment for testing
• Developing specific devices
• Internationally acknowledged contract research organisations
• Efficient patient recruiting from all regional hospitals
• Simple and fast approval procedures
• Unique public patient registration systems
• Clinical trial opportunities involving all hospitals, care homes, and

rehabilitation centres in North Denmark

• Hospital-based clinical trial centers
• Biobanks/databases

Register-based research

• Denmark offers a number of key health parameteres

through registers

• Tracking of patients with regard to different diseases, use of

drugs, side effects, use of health services etc.

• Possible to carry out trials for a longer period of time,

randomises controlled studies and follow-up of patients

Register-based research examples

• Linking drugs´ side effects with disease

(off-label)

• Linking drugs with e.g. falls and strokes
• Combining diseases with drugs
• Cross-linking of registers

The region of North Denmark

Area:

• 7,933 sq. km
• 18.4% of the total area of Denmark

Population:

• Approx. 600,000 inhabitants
• 11.3% of the total Danish population

Aalborg University:

• Approx. 18,000 students
• Approx. 1,230 researchers
• Approx. 950 Ph.D. students

Health sector in North Denmark:

• 4 hospitals on 11 sites
• Approx. 1,800 beds
• Approx. 500,000 outpatients
• Approx. 1,344 clinicians

University and health sector

• More than 50 companies within the biomedical/pharma industry and approx. 300

companies within the ICT industry are located in North Denmark

• Networking is made through several business initiatives
• Access to a highly qualified workforce and researchers - a major asset for business

(health technology, bio-engineering, bio-technology, medicine, sports science, industry related medicine, welfare technology)

• Aalborg University/Hospital collaborates with companies and researchers world-

wide

• Is unparalleled in Europe
• Offers opportunities for companies seeking new research-based opportunities

Business opportunities

What is in it ? A win-win situation – academia and industry

• Increased research-based knowledge-intensive industrial development
• More students, Ph.D. Students (industry), researchers and employees
• Attracting further and new types of funding for public/private partnerships e.g. Centers of

excellence

• More publications (public/private)
• New and more collaborators also from abroad
• Setting up networks with new external collaborators
• Development of new research and development areas
• Development of new research-based test and technology platforms
• Inspiration to new research and education activities and development activities
• More activities to promote the research/companies development nationally/internationally
• Increased access to and visibility of test facilities in the region
• Increased focus and visibility within national and international research, funding areas among

industries

• Administrative support to activities within research, network, clinical trials, register-based

research and location activities

Contact information

Eir Science & Business Park

• Empowering Industry & Research

c/o Aalborg University Frederik Bajers Vej 7-D3 9220 Aalborg Denmark www.eirbusinesspark.com info@eirbusinesspark.com Headed by Lars Arendt-Nielsen, director, prof., dr. med. sci.