Through its central location in the Arctic city of Tromsø, Biotec Pharmacon and subsidiaries maintain a close relation to important academic institutions doing bio-prospecting in the Arctic area, like the University of Tromsø.
Biotec Pharmacon is also connected to BioTech North, which is an emerging biotechnology cluster of enterprises and R&D organizations, closely cooperating with regional funding and development actors (triple helix). As bioactive molecules and compounds from Arctic marine resources form the basis of activities for the majority of the cluster members, BioTech North serves as a marine biotech cluster. The majority of BioTech North's enterprises are active within life science applications and markets.

