Nordic Health Summit 2025


WHAT 

Japan is a top-three healthcare market in the world and home to many top phama companies that with appetite for Nordic innovation. Nordic Health Summit offers great opportunities for Swedish startups and scaleups to explore collaboration opportunities with leading Japanese companies in the sector.  

  • Japan is an extremely large market – with 125 million people, it is the 3rd largest healthcare market in the world.  
  • Projected CAGR of 4% between 2018 and 2024. 
  • Japan is home to many top healthcare companies including Takeda, Astellas and Eisai just to mention a few. 
  • As Japan’s start up is limit Japanese companies increasingly rely on overseas startups to boost innovation. 
  • Examples of the strong track record of Japanese investment in Nordic life science: 
  • Asahi Kasei acquired the Swedish pharma company, Calliditas for 11.8 billion SEK (1.1 billion USD) in 2024. 
  • Eisai’s investment in Sweden’s Bioarctic lead to world’s first fully FDA approved fully approved Alzheimer’s drug in 2023. 
  • Fujifilm 1.6 billion USD investment to expand advanced manufacturing in Denmark. 
  • Japan has a comprehensive universal healthcare system. 
  • Patients are free to choose their healthcare provider. 
  • Medical expenditures have increased over 30% since 2000 and now constitute 11% of GDP. 
     

HOW  

Join us for the Nordic Health Summit Japan in June 2025 for matchmaking with leading Japanese life science companies and investors. 

Nordic Health Summit Japan is a partnering and investor conference that connects Nordic healthcare innovations and Japanese investors and industry. We invite innovative Nordic health tech and Life Science companies to meet with Japanese stakeholders including pharmaceutical companies, investors and medical device companies eager to connect with the Nordics. 

Why should I join? 

  • To gain insights about the Nordic healthcare business innovation and the Japanese healthcare market. 
  • To access to unique high-level network of Nordic startups and Japanese industrial and financial life science investors in search of investment and collaboration partners. 
  • For matchmaking opportunities between Nordic startups and Japanese industrial and financial life science investors. 
  • For networking opportunities with Nordic startups and Japanese industrial and financial life science investors. 

Visit https://nordichealthsummit.org/ where you can read more about Nordic Health Summit Japan. A new edition is taking place in June 2025. 


CONTACT US 

For more information contact Magnus Blondell at magnus.bondell@business-sweden.se.