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DK01 - Hovedstaden / Capital Region of Denmark

Regional website


Innovation Performance Group (2021) : Leader +

Total population (2019): 1,835,562

Population per km² (2019): 746

Proportion population older 65 year % :16,96%


Background


The Capital Region of Denmark is the easternmost administrative region of Denmark with a population of 1.8 million. The vision for personalized medicine in Eastern Denmark is to improve the quality of citizens' treatment through the implementation of personalized medicine in patient care in Eastern Denmark and to establish the best framework for the further research and development of personalized medicine.

 

With this in mind the Capital Region, the Zealand Region, the University of Copenhagen SUND and the Technical University of Denmark have joined forces to establish an infrastructure consisting of three common centres: Data Center East,  Biobank Center East and Genome Center East.


Policy documents

 

  1. Regional (national) level: Personalized Medicine in Eastern Denmark 

  2. National level: Danish National Genome Center 

Regional Strategy for Research and Innovation for Smart Specialisation (RIS3)


Major initiatives

 

  1. iPSYCH

  2. PERSIMUNE

  3. Personalized Medicine in Eastern Denmark  Genome, data and biobank

  4. S3P4PM https://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/personalised-medicine

  5. Medtch4Europe https://www.interregeurope.eu/medtech4europe/

  6. Biomarker Research and E-health Advancements To Help Everyone 

  7. Business acceleration support and training bridging innovative SMEs and health care organisations to strengthen BSR health economy 

  8. Health and welfare development in the Oresund Region II - Development of a public health observatory for users at a regional and local level in the Oresund Region

  9. Healthy welcoming - Educational project within tourism

  10. Reinforcement of animal health and disease control

  11. Nordic Database for Rare Diseases


Digital Innovation Hub



On (inter)national level


Membership status


  • PM region according EC

  • Baltic Sea MacroRegion

  • S3MedTech region

  • S3P4PM region

  • MedTech4Europe

  • 1M+Genome initiative - country level observer

  • European Regions Research & Innovation Network (ERRIN)


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