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A loss for the world’s sea urchins turned into a win for virology research.

The days are busy for Sweden’s Mikael Dolsten. As head of Pfizer’s R&D he is at the scientific forefront of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Scientists and researchers across the globe are racing as never before to find treatments and a vaccine for the new coronavirus that has killed more than half a million […]

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US has produced more than its share of engineers and computer scientists, but unlike many of his peers, alumnus Dr. Robert Langer, ScD, turned his chemical engineering skills to medicine, becoming one of the world’s leaders in perfecting effective drug delivery systems.

The best pharmaceuticals and medical supplies on the market are useless to patients unless they arrive at their destinations intact, unspoiled and on time. The proper packaging and shipping of drugs, medical equipment and food for medical purposes has become a major industry all of its own. One of the top consultants in the field, […]

Growing up in an academic environment with parents who are scientists and engineers, Erik Gatenholm saw how transformative scientific discoveries could be and wondered how much more good they could do if only more people knew about them.

As Swedish clinicians treating large numbers of asthma patients, Henrik Ljungberg and Björn Nordlund often spent time reviewing the multiple prescriptions and directives patients received from different providers after flare-ups.