SeaLife Pharma® wins science2business Award 2010
SeaLife has won the Austrian ‘science2business Award 2010’ for its successful business strategy based on cooperative efforts.
On 16 March, the Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth awarded, for the fourth time, the highly regarded science2business Award at Tech Gate Vienna. The focus of the award: cooperation as a strategy in a changing world.
The field included 27 applicants, with a total of175 cooperation partners from 12 nations on three continents. These think tanks, representing universities and research institutions, fill the innovation pipelines of companies both large and small and help boost the economy. MR Dr. Unterer from the Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth emphasized the importance of research and innovation for the economy, a role that will continue to be crucial in the future as well, and drew attention to the declared aim of becoming an innovation leader.
SeaLife Pharma® convinced the jury with its creative approach involving a complementary framework of cooperation partners: “We combine internationally renowned universities and research institutes with regional centers of competence.” explains Mag. Dr. Alexander Pretsch, CEO. The motto of this aspiring biotech company: “close cooperation with selected partners based on mutual trust”.
Mag. Dr. Alexander Pretsch continues: “We have chosen this strategy because the search for active substances and their subsequent development are entirely interdisciplinary processes conducted most efficiently by a pool of experts”.
The top-notch jury that awarded Sealife Pharma® the science2business Award included Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Josef Glößl (University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna), Dr. Sabine Herltischka (Austrian Research Promotion Agency, FFG), Dr. Helga Prazak-Reisinger (OMV AG), DI Peter Schintlmeister (Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth) and Dr. Wolfgang Tüchler (accent).
This important prize caps a series of national and international awards that Sealife Pharma has received over the past year.
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