"Focussing on life sciences is part of our national strategy to move to a knowledge-based economy. Having invested heavily in infrastructure in recent years, we are now looking to establish collaborations with leading international life science clusters. We have always admired Sweden and hope this MoU will lead to joint investment, cooperation and innovative projects, based on our key strengths in areas such as laser and medical device technology, biologics, informatics and clinical trials," says Mantas Nocius, managing director of Enterprise Lithuania
"The Lithuanian life science sector is strong and innovative and attracting a lot of attention as we have seen through the success of their Life Sciences Baltics conference," said Dr. Jonas Ekstrand, director general of SwedenBIO: "I am sure this joint initiative will be beneficial to both countries on several levels. We are honoured to host the Lithuanian delegation".
Enterprise Lithuania is a governmental institution under the Economy Ministry of Lithuania, which helps foreign companies to find business and science partners for various initiatives as well as suppliers in Lithuania and provides business information. Enterprise Lithuania is the main organizer of the biggest life sciences forum in the Baltic States – Life Sciences Baltics.