“Open Innovation projects create a knowledge foundation and a lot of building blocks that might help us develop new vaccines or pills in the future” he says. He further explains that he hope OIS will help enhance the eco system around life sciences.

The OIS panel discussion was moderated by Maria-Theresa Norn and Anders Hoff discussed the new and open approach for innovation in science with Dean Kristian Pedersen from Aarhus University and Mikkel Skovborg, who is Senior Vice President for Innovation at the Novo Nordisk Foundation.