Founding Pharma Partners is a strategic collaboration initiative bringing together leading pharmaceutical companies, academia, healthcare organizations, and innovators to accelerate health innovation and strengthen Finland’s position as a globally recognized life science hub
The most impactful breakthroughs in healthcare rarely happen in isolation. They emerge when industry, research, healthcare systems, and innovators unite around shared challenges and ambitious goals.
Established by Health Capital Helsinki, Founding Pharma Partners provides a platform for meaningful cross-sector collaboration, enabling organizations to exchange insights, explore new opportunities, and develop initiatives with real-world impact. Together, partners help advance research, improve patient outcomes, and create the conditions for sustainable growth and international competitiveness.
By connecting expertise across disciplines and organizations, the initiative aims to elevate the Helsinki metropolitan area as one of Europe’s leading environments for pharmaceutical innovation, health research, and healthcare transformation.
Our Founding Pharma Partners
We are proud to be building this initiative together with a distinguished group of global pharmaceutical companies committed to advancing healthcare through collaboration.
Together, these organizations bring deep scientific expertise, global reach, and a shared ambition to strengthen Finland’s health innovation ecosystem and create solutions with international impact.
Join the Founding Pharma Partners Community
We invite pharmaceutical companies that share our ambition to shape the future of health to become part of this growing collaboration.
Whether your organization is seeking strategic partnerships, new research opportunities, ecosystem visibility, or a stronger role in advancing healthcare innovation, Founding Pharma Partners provides a unique gateway to Finland’s thriving health ecosystem.
Together, we can transform shared challenges into shared opportunities and create greater impact than any organization can achieve alone.
Interested in joining? We welcome discussions with pharmaceutical companies that want to help shape the future of healthcare through collaboration, innovation, and collective impact.





