{"id":15064,"date":"2018-12-07T13:07:40","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T11:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/?p=15064"},"modified":"2019-08-26T16:09:37","modified_gmt":"2019-08-26T13:09:37","slug":"health-life-sciences-cluster-alliance-established-in-sofia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/health-life-sciences-cluster-alliance-established-in-sofia\/","title":{"rendered":"Health &#038; Life Sciences Cluster Alliance Established in Sofia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14786 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ESF-Life-Cluster-Bulgaria.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"824\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ESF-Life-Cluster-Bulgaria.jpg 824w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ESF-Life-Cluster-Bulgaria-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ESF-Life-Cluster-Bulgaria-768x467.jpg 768w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ESF-Life-Cluster-Bulgaria-600x365.jpg 600w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ESF-Life-Cluster-Bulgaria-240x146.jpg 240w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ESF-Life-Cluster-Bulgaria-50x30.jpg 50w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ESF-Life-Cluster-Bulgaria-123x75.jpg 123w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 824px) 100vw, 824px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first Health &amp; Life Sciences Cluster in Bulgaria has recently been established. Just a few months after the commencement of the initiative to consolidate companies from the sector, the newly created Cluster successfully launched a number of projects and already enjoys wide representations and potential for development of large partnership network with local and international clusters and organizations. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Officially, the Health &amp; Life Sciences Cluster\u2019s activities were announced for the first time during the European BioTech Week. Among its founders are a number of experts, scientists, practitioners, research and academic institutes, startups, as well as established international businesses, incubators, technology transfer companies, journalists, marketing and PR experts, and more. Leading the initiative are businesses such as Micar Innovation \u2013 a recipient of the European CIDIC Award in 2018, as well as the award for Best Biotech Startup for 2017, Nutrigen, Fidelis Research, Printivo, Bulbera, CleanTech Bulgaria, Revitalabs, Franz &amp; Partners, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">law firm Savov &amp; Partners, and the Bulgarian Startup Association (BESCO) to name a few. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOur mission is to endorse Bulgaria as a global bio-tech, health and life science center thus facilitating the growth of this industrial sector. Our role as an organization goes beyond promoting existing excellence; we aim to accompany, support, encourage, and further innovations by creating a favourable economic environment for the development of the businesses in the field\u201d, shared Dimitar Dimitrov, a founder and Co-Chairman if the new Cluster. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLife science sector heavily relies on presenting sometimes very complex topics to the general public in a comprehensive and accessible manner. As we highly appreciate the work of Bulgarian journalists we decided to create a Media Center within the Cluster. The goal of the Center is to give those working in the media access to accurate information directly from the source, to help them to find their interesting story, and to refer them to relevant experts, who in turn will provide them with detailed information on a given topic\u201d, explained Kristina Eskenazi, Co-Chairman <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Cluster.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main activities of the Health &amp; Life Sciences Cluster fall in the following categories: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2022<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cooperation and Innovations: initiation of projects for cooperation between the business and research and development organizations, as well as academic institutions; support of innovative projects for cooperation and networking. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2022<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marketing and PR: discovery of the identity and the unique advantages of the region; improvement of the local and international image of the participants in the Cluster; implementation of initiatives to strengthen the industry\u2019s image; organization of fairs and exhibitions; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2022<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support for scientists, inventors, and startups through a business network of established companies and experts in different fields. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2022<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International activities: depending on the needs of the Cluster, individual activities may include the following: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u25e6<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Specialized initiatives for implementation of international projects and meetings;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u25e6<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coordination of business trips for exchange of good practices;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u25e6<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organization of seminars and conferences, etc. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bulgarian Health &amp; Life Sciences Cluster has already established cooperation with other networks and clusters in and outside the European Union, which contribute to the Cluster\u2019s know-how and access to the latest in the field of life science. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\nWebsite:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/biocluster.bg\/\">http:\/\/biocluster.bg\/<\/a><br \/>\nContact:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:BioCluster@BioCluster.bg\">BioCluster@BioCluster.bg<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The first Health &amp; Life Sciences Cluster in Bulgaria has recently been established. 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