Collaborative cancer projects between USA and Norway will be presented at a symposium in The Research Triangle Park (RTP) in North Carolina, one of the worlds largest research parks.
The Research Council of Norway, Innovation Norway and The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Washington DC are, together with RTP coorganizing the symposium which will focus on transatlantic collaborative activities from basic research through to innovation and new business.
A large number of cancer projects funded by the Research Council of Norway have active US partners. Also many Norwegian biotech companies have US collaborations. The importance of the North-American market, know-how and venture capital can not be underestimated. Norway, on the other hand, has an innovative research base, important biomedical resources such as biobanks and a number of young biotech companies.
The symposium is aiming to create a focused arena which will bring these components together, and thus promote new cancer cures as well as new business on both sides of the Atlantic.
More info will come.
Contacts:
Berit Johne, The Norwegian Embassy, Washington, D.C.
Sander Tufte, Innovation Norway, Boston. MA
Russ Lea, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Henrietta Blankson, The Research Council of Norway, Oslo, Norway
Inger Thune, Ulleval University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Lina Tørum, The Norwegian Embassy, Washington, D.C.