Sweden India Year of Health 2019

Photo credit: AIIMS Jodhpur

As a kick-off to the Sweden India Year of Health 2019, Swecare was privileged to organize H.E. Lena Hallengren's first trip in her new role as Swedish Minister for Health and Social Affairs. It is a testament to the incredible commitment by both the Indian and Swedish Health Ministries to our ten-year collaboration that we managed to pack in such a high-level, well-rounded delegation in the short timespan between the conclusion of the lengthy Swedish election cycle and the start of the Indian one.

The program for the 35-strong delegation began with an internal round table for all life science companies on Friday, 22 May, morning. Given that the increased number of Swedish new companies entering the Indian market, this was an opportunity for established ones to share their experiences and for the agencies to learn about market-entry challenges. The session began with a presentation by Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) Directors Dr. Mavalankar and Dr. Bhalla on the Indian health care sector, the impact of recent reforms, and their work.

Minister Hallengren presided over the India-Sweden Business Leaders' Round Table (ISBLRT) in a parallel session in the morning.

Photo credit: Confederation of Indian Industries (CII)

The two groups then got together to hold a Health Dialogue: Conference of the Sustainable Development Goals – Impact Driven Partnerships Beyond Traditional Silos in the afternoon. The session was opened by Health Secretary Preeti Sudan along with Professor Bhargava, Director-General at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The lively discussions covered topics ranging from procurement ("the Taj Mahal would never have been built with today's tender practices" - Dr. Advani) to innovation ("we cannot innovate for innovation's sake" - Vlachos). EMPE Diagnostics and AstraZeneca launched new initiatives in India with the blessing from both Ministries of Health.

Photo credit: Business Sweden India

Photo credit: Swecare

All India Institute for Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Jodhpur were our gracious hosts over a weekend which included open and earnest discussions over collaboration opportunities, a beautiful dinner at the foot of Jodhpur's fort, and a visit to health centers for some of the group.

Topics discussed:

• Public health & infection control
• Innovation
• Skills, Competency development & Research
• HMIS, Data, Analytics & e-Health

We have follow-up meetings already planned and will keep you updated as we narrow our scope in order to focus on where Sweden can generate the most impact.

The trip ended with a bilateral meeting between Ministers Hallengren and Nadda on Monday morning. We hope to have an incoming visit from the Indian Minister later this year.

Photo credit: Embassy of Sweden in New Delhi

Thank you to all our partners in this endeavour: Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, Embassy of Sweden in New Delhi, Business Sweden India, Swedish Chamber of Commerce in India.

Special mention: Mumbai Consulate, Sweden India Business Council, Tasting India.

Our Indian counterparts: Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, AIIMS Jodhpur, CDSCO, ICMR, Indian Embassy in Sweden, Public Health Foundation of India.

A new initiative - Welcome Gathering for New Members

On January 21st we launched a new initiative – a networking event for newly entered Swecare members. The interest for this event was very positive and we welcomed 15 member companies this time!

The outline of the meeting was to connect members together, get to know them, their business better and invite them to get a better understanding of Swecare’s core business and how we can support them in their internationalization process.

During the gathering, the members had a chance to hear testimonials and tips from representatives of the board and members who have been with us for a while and how they use the platform Swecare offers.

Niclas Jacobson, Deputy Director, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs presented the governments work on export promotion, Per Nylund, Vice President Global Strategic Sales, Elekta and Christian Kinch, CEO, Bactiguard talked about how they utilize Swecare and official export promotion work from their company perspective.

Patrik Sundström, Head of eHealth, Swedish Association for Local Authorities and Regions (SKL) and their view on partnerships as key to drive sustainable improvement, innovation and growth and Pavan Asalapuram, CEO, EMPE Diagnostics was also invited to talk but due to unforeseen circumstances they could not make it this time. We look forward to listen to them another time!

Thereafter, we opened the floor for a round of introductions of the invited members: ADDI Medical, Advokatbyrån Gulliksson, Biomedex, Byon8 AB, Centigo AB, Docly Healthcare AB, EMPE Diagnostics AB, Fillauer Europe AB, Gnosco AB, Kontigo Care, MediRätt, Minnovation International AB, Sirona Health Solutions, Stiftelsen Choice and the Swedish Standards Institute.



It was interesting to hear about their mission and their needs in their internationalization.

Swecare has a broad network where academia, public sector (including the government), and private sector jointly address health care challenges. We strongly believe that through close collaboration in tackling common challenges from multiple angles increases our international competitiveness and strengthens Swedish health care.

As one of our members said yesterday; “Swecare is what you make of it, take advantage!” He is absolutely correct - Swecare is a useful and cost-effective tool to create export possibilities for Swedish health care. We act as a door opener and create platforms through which you can access your counterparts across the globe. We look forward to acting as a key in unlocking new business opportunities for you. It was lovely to see so many of them joined together!

Allt fler svenskar på Arab Health 2018

Så var det än en gång dags för Mellanösterns stora hälso- och sjukvårdsevent, Arab Health Exhibition & Congress i Dubai. På plats finns denna gång över 50 svenska företag representerade, ett tiotal i egna paviljonger och utöver detta finns det även två svenska samlingspaviljonger där man tillsammans visar upp sina produkter och tjänster samt knyter kontakter med beslutsfattare inom hälso-och sjukvård för hela regionen.

Det var också premiär för Swecares ordförande Vivianne Macdisi som tillsammans med enhetschef Niclas Jacobson, Socialdepartementet och vår VD, Maria Helling spenderade ett par dagar på mässan.

Arab Health är en av de största hälso- och sjukvårdsmässorna i världen och är den största inom hälso- och sjukvård i MENA-regionen, (Mellanöstern/Nordafrika). Den pågår i 3 dagar och förra året var evenemanget slutsålt månader i förväg och välkomnade ca 96.925 besökare från 159 länder. Nytt för i år är att man satsar på att öppna upp för "Personal Healthcare Technology Zone", en ny plattform vid Arab Health 2018 som gör det möjligt för personalproducenter och tjänsteleverantörer att presentera ny teknik, produkter och tjänster för tusentals beslutsfattare både regionalt och internationellt.

Måndagen ägnades åt invigningsceremonier i Innovation Pavillion by Sweden, en paviljong arrangerad av Swecare-medlemmen Global Pharma Consulting, samt den officiella svenska paviljongen som hålls ihop av Business Sweden. Svenska ambassadören i Qatar, Ewa Polano samt tidigare handelsministern Ewa Björling, idag styrelseordförande i SPBI är också med under hela utställningen.

Paviljongerna invigdes av vår Ambassadör i Abu Dhabi, Henrik Landerholm tillsammans med bl a Niclas Jacobson, Socialdepartementet och Swecares ordförande, Vivianne Macdisi som gjorde succé genom att tala arabiska i sitt invigningstal!

På invigningen av Innovation pavillion by Sweden, arrangerad av Swecare-medlemmen Global Pharma Consulting, valde man att knyta band och på den officiella svenska paviljongen som hålls ihop av Business Sweden valde man att klippa band.

Paula Hassoon från Global Pharma knyter band vid invigningen 

En rundtur i paviljongerna bjöd på många kända Swecare medlemmar, bl a Camanio Care där VD Catharina Borgenstierna visade upp sin ätrobot.

Andra medlemmar som Life Clean, Bactiguard och Elekta var också på plats.







Intresset för regionen verkar öka bland de svenska företagen och de som finns på plats vittnar om att Sverige och svensk sjukvård står högt i kurs hos emiratierna!

LIFe-time Krönika av Swecares VD Maria Helling: Team Sweden kan stärka vårdexporten

Stockholm, 24 oktober 2017

I mitten av oktober tog regeringen ett viktigt steg för att ytterligare stärka svensk export inom sjukvårds- och Life Science-området. Som chef för stiftelsen Swecare är jag både glad och stolt över den roll som Swecare har i den satsningen, som går under namnet Team Sweden Care and Health.

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