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Emma Lundberg, Professor in Cell Biology Proteomics at KTH, Associate Professor of Bioengineering and Pathology at Stanford University, and Head of the Subcellular Section of the Human Protein Atlas, has been awarded the Göran Gustafsson prize in molecular biology. Emma Lundberg receives the prize for “pioneering work to develop technologies and analysis tools for large-scale […]

The purpose of the new professorship is to promote cancer research that moves patient care towards a more individualized direction. On the World Cancer Day of 4 February it was announced that Finland’s first professorship for individualized cancer treatment will be established in connection with the University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital. ”A professorship […]

Companies and alumni from Umeå Biotech Incubator (UBI) raised 301 million SEK in capital investment and grants in 2021. This is a huge increase of 243 million SEK compared to the previous year, states Umeå Biotech Incubator. “It’s an absolutely fantastic amount. We work hard to help companies attract investment, so it is clear that […]

Recipharm has announced its commitment to helping victims of the conflict in Ukraine. The company is taking steps to provide support to those of its own employees who are directly impacted and to launch a fundraising campaign in which it will match the financial contributions of its staff. “Given the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and […]

The CEO of Medicon Village Innovation, Petter Hartman has been announced as new member of SmiLe Incubator’s Board of Directors. “I greatly look forward to serving on the Board and working with Ebba Fåhraeus, CEO of SmiLe, and the team, which I have already had the privilege of doing in my previous role. Now I […]

Orexo has appointed Fredrik Järrsten as new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and a member of the management team, starting at latest in early September, 2022. Fredrik Järrsten will succeed Joseph DeFeo. “I am pleased to appoint Fredrik Järrsten as our new CFO. With an expanded business, including a broader pipeline and a new business area […]

Novo Nordisk has announced the expansion of its existing research collaboration in oral drug delivery technologies with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH). Since 2015, scientists from Novo Nordisk and the laboratories of Prof. Giovanni Traverso and Prof. Robert Langer have explored novel technologies as alternatives to syringes and […]

EpiEndo Pharmaceuticals is on the rise. The company has recently secured next phase financing and been awarded several prestigious awards, and is on course to potentially change the treatment paradigm for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. At the Swedish-American Life Science Summit (SALSS) 2021, the Icelandic clinical stage pharma company EpiEndo received the SALSS Rising Star […]

Tailored counseling, funding assistance, and innovation hangouts are part of the innovation package offered by the new Life Science Growth House at the University of Oslo. “The Life Science Growth House is about utilizing the research. We are good at research, but we can become even better at transferring that knowledge to innovation and making […]

Asgard Therapeutics has reached an important milestone in the development of its lead gene therapy product, TrojanDC, a cancer immunotherapy based in cell reprogramming. Through research, the founders of the company have increased the efficiency of their reprogramming methodology approximately 190-fold, allowing efficient conversion of multiple human cell-types into dendritic cells (DCs) able to set […]