Medical Technologies Map of European Regions and Clusters
MediMap is an internet portal that evolved from an EU project with partners in eight countries.
The aim is to encourage an exchange of experience and initiate and facilitate partnerships and business relationships throughout Europe for scientific organisations and medical technology companies.
The firm reports that the user can select areas of medical technology (product categories) for which he is seeking partners, and the portal produces a visual list presented as regions marked green. Then the user can zoom in to refine his regional selection, and click again for a results list that features all the relevant players in those regions. The list, says MediMap, provides a wealth of information, including company profiles, products and/or services, as well as graphical information in a separate PDF file, and contact details.
In another section, organisations not seeking partnerships can promote and market themselves, or observe the competition, etc.
MediMap points out that it also addresses universities, research institutions, hospitals and clinics as well as clusters, networks, initiatives, technology centres and incubators, and the company adds: ‘Regional development agencies, economic development bodies and similar institutions will also come to appreciate MediMap for the opportunity it offers to intensify an exchange of experience with other regions in Europe via a regional profile they can place on the MediMap platform.’
To use MediMap, registration is required. Two levels of membership are offered:
Standard (free); Premium (fee: ?100-600 depending on number of employees). Non-enterprise institutions pay ? 300.
Standard members can enter a profile of their organisation, but without logo or graphics, and they can only access contact data of searched profiles. However, they do have full access to medical technology profiles of the EU technology transfer database, MediMap points out.
Premium members enter full profiles, logos, etc. and have unrestricted access to all data. They can also include specific offers and receive enquiries about their products, services, technologies, or search for partners, for example EU projects under FP7. ‘They may also choose personalised services via keywords (e.g. new members, new technological developments), then they will receive e-mails with those details,’ MediMap reports.
Details: www.medimap.eu
Contact: Rainer Hagedorn, MediMap Co-ordinator
E-mail: ha@zenit.de
31.08.2007
