INFECTION CONTROL Mapping of actors in the field Infection control in West Sweden April 2021, Gothenburg About this report The importance of Infection control Table of Contents The spread of healthcare-associated infections constitutes a major global health issue for patient safety. A health issue that becomes more prominent with increased Introduction p. 2 antimicrobial resistance. Hospital acquired infections are however preventable with the right measures. It is essential for a sustainable healthcare that all patients can Executive summary p. 4 get safe treatment with good hygiene standards. With the rising concerns surrounding healthcare-associated infections, infection prevention and control has become an increasingly more important, and regulated, top priority. A priority that Industry p. 5 has become even more accentuated during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. In this report, infection control is defined relatively broad including approaches and Research & Infrastructure p. 11 solutions that contributes to prevent, diagnose and treat infections, primarily in healthcare settings. Effective infection control calls for joint efforts and cross-sector Collaborative initiatives p. 16 collaboration. Awareness about actors, initiatives, infrastructure etc. with relevance for the area is therefore of high importance to facilitate collaborative efforts, Conclusion p. 22 development and implementation of new smart approaches and solutions to address this global health issue. Appendix: Detailed industry mapping p. 24 Report scope The main purpose of this report is to provide an overview of the industrial actors in Appendix: Supporting organizations p. 27 West Sweden with presence in the area infection control. In addition, the report provides a brief overview of relevant research, initiatives and infrastructure that have Appendix: Methodology and definitions p. 29 particular value for infection control. This is done with the ambition to increase awareness and knowledge about actors and activity within the domain. HEALTH INNOVATION WEST - INFECTION CONTROL MAPPING │ 2 Methodology The data presented in this report has predominantly been gathered via desktop search of externally available data complemented by interactions with selected experts. The report ‘Health Innovation West: Market analysis of cluster strongholds and opportunities’ issued in 2020, has been used as a starting point for the data collection. A primary focus for this report has been to map companies active within infection control with presence in West Sweden. The inclusion criteria for the industry mapping have been relatively broad and inclusive to showcase the wide spectrum of companies active in the area. This means that companies have been included even if only parts of their business is related to infection control. Identified companies have been categorized based on what type of products and Desktop data Area experts solutions they offer or are developing. The list of companies as well as the search categorization has been iteratively reviewed with selected experts in the field. The report also provides an overview of relevant research, initiatives and research infrastructure. However, the reader should note that the information presented in the report is not indented nor claimed to be a fully comprehensive mapping. Instead, this should be seen as an attempt to highlight prominent examples in the region based upon externally available data and information elicited from experts. For a more detailed description of the methodology applied for this report including definitions of company categories, please refer to appendix HEALTH INNOVATION WEST - INFECTION CONTROL MAPPING │ 3 Executive summary Industrial stronghold with Strong supportive Quick adaptation during Prominent science 60+ companies ecosystem COVID-19 crisis ▪ 60+ companies covering the full range ▪ Prominent innovative research by ▪ 450+ life science companies and ▪ Companies and researchers have of infection control academia and industry in key areas renowned ICT cluster rapidly adapted to combat COVID-19 pandemic ▪ Presence of major global companies ▪ University of Gothenburg selected for ▪ Access to test beds, research related to infection control Nordic infection control Master’s infrastructure and healthcare ▪ 50+ clinical research projects related represents a unique regional strength degree education including university hospital to COVID-19 approved at hospitals in the region ▪ Renowned tech/ICT cluster providing ▪ Public/private collaboration reflected ▪ Strong setup of incubators and novel opportunities for innovation in numerous projects within infection science parks to support start-ups control HEALTH INNOVATION WEST - INFECTION CONTROL MAPPING │ 4 Industry HEALTH INNOVATION WEST - INFECTION CONTROL MAPPING │ 5 An industrial stronghold within infection control 60+ companies present in West Sweden Sterilization and Professional Disinfection hygiene Healthcare Diagnostics environment Pharmaceuticals Digital and probiotics health Medical devices Distributors and Infection sales companies control Note: Keywords in model represents examples of product types in each category. Companies can be active in several categories. See appendix p. 24-26 for detailed categorization per company and p.30 for category definitions. HEALTH INNOVATION WEST - INFECTION CONTROL MAPPING │ 6 Infection control industry map A mapping of the 66 identified companies in West Sweden active within infection control has been conducted A total of 66 See appendix for full industry mapping companies listed Examples of products relevant for infection control Mapping of applicable product Indicated whether the companies categories per company. have products on the market or if Note that companies can be active in they are in development phase more than one category Note: See appendix for company inclusion criteria, detailed mapping per company and category definitions. HEALTH INNOVATION WEST - INFECTION CONTROL MAPPING │ 7 The home of world leading companies active in infection control ▪ Employees worldwide: 10 000 ▪ Employees worldwide: 7 800 ▪ Employees worldwide: 46 000 ▪ Employees worldwide: 76 000 ▪ Countries: 38 ▪ Countries: 100 ▪ Countries: 150 ▪ Countries: 100 ▪ Annual revenue: 29 800 MSEK ▪ Annual revenue: 16 700 MSEK ▪ Annual revenue: 121 800 MSEK ▪ Annual revenue: 240 000 MSEK Develops and provides hospitals with Develops and sells products and solutions Global hygiene and health company Global, science-led biopharmaceutical products and solutions for intensive care, within surgery and wound care to developing and selling products and business developing and selling cardiovascular procedures, operating enhance performance in healthcare solutions within Personal Care, Consumer innovative medicines used by millions of rooms, sterile reprocessing, life science Tissue and Professional Hygiene patients worldwide research and laboratories Combined Combined employees Combined annual country presence worldwide revenue 140 000 150+ 400 000 MSEK Source: Annual reports and company websites HEALTH INNOVATION WEST - INFECTION CONTROL MAPPING │ 8 At the forefront in key infection control areas Industry stronghold examples in West Sweden Safe hospital environment Protection & antimicrobial materials Saving the power of antibiotics Leveraging digital innovation Leading companies within sterilization Strong setup of companies within the A bioinformatic cloud-based service Simulation solutions for surgery and healthcare environment, providing surgical and wound care segment with analyzing resistance markers in bacteria training, enabling procedural training complete sterilization solutions, particular focus on infection control and providing strong infection control without putting patients at risk, ultraclean ventilation, easy-clean reducing medical errors and thereby interior and safe waste management reducing risk for surgical site infections systems 1928 Diagnostics HEALTH INNOVATION WEST - INFECTION CONTROL MAPPING │ 9 Part of a strong cluster for innovation in West Sweden Research ▪ Strong industry presence in related life science areas Chalmers University of Technology, University of Gothenburg, University of with 450+ life science companies in the region Skövde, University of Borås, University West ▪ Renowned ICT* cluster providing areas of opportunity for collaboration and innovation ICT* ▪ Five universities with prominent research in many E.g. CampX, Volvo Group, Irisity, areas relevant for infection control including e.g. Life Veoneer, Volvo Cars, Zenuity, Science, Materials Science, Mathematics and Ericsson, SKF, RUAG Space Infection Computer Science control Healthcare ▪ 17 hospitals in four hospital groups in the region providing access to healthcare for clinical testing Skaraborg Hospital, Södra Älvsborgs Hospital, NU Hospital ▪ Sahlgrenska University Hospital one of the largest group, Sahlgrenska University Incubators & Science parks Hospital hospitals in Northern Europe GU Ventures, Gothia Science Park, Chalmers Ventures, Innovatum Incubator, Borås ▪ Nine incubator and science park environments within Incubator, Science Park Skövde, Sahlgrenska the region present in life science Science Park, Lindholmen Science Park, Life science Industry Halmstad Business Incubator E.g. AstraZeneca, Essity, Dentsply Sirona, Tamro, Getinge, Cochlear, Vitrolife, APL, Elos, Breas Medical *Information and communication technology. Note: Company names represent examples of actors in West Sweden. Source: Health Innovation West: Market