Business article - August 22, 2020
New Nordic life science venture fund launched
Eir Ventures, a Nordic life science venture fund, has announced a first close of its new fund of EUR 76 million. With a base in the Nordic region and a team of experienced life science investors, Eir Ventures will invest in innovative companies with products and technologies addressing significant unmet medical need and a potential […]
Business article - July 24, 2020
Interview: Using AI to improve early diagnosis
Finnish Combinostics is aiming to expand its platform for early detection of neurodegeneration into new markets and sees an increasing demand for technologies such as theirs. Combinostics was founded in Tampere in 2014 and its technology is built on research at the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, studying AI and machine learning for diagnostics. […]
Business article - April 28, 2020
Hey there Peter Zerhouni, CEO, InDex Pharmaceuticals
InDex Pharmaceuticals recently announced conclusions from its CONDUCT study, evaluating their TLR9 agonist cobitolimod for the treatment of moderate to severe ulcerative colitis. Congratulations to the positive results from the CONDUCT study. What are the next steps and when can we expect additional results? “Thank you! Thanks to the strong and unambiguous results from the […]
Business article - April 21, 2020
A new chapter for Cellink – Nasdaq Stockholm Main Market
Cellink has announced the commencement of trading in the company’s shares on Nasdaq Stockholm Main Market. “I would like to begin by thanking the entire Cellink team, the board of directors, investors, and, above all, our customers for their continued trust and for their amazing work. This exciting journey started by four pioneers just four […]
Business article - April 6, 2020
Engineers to entrepreneurs
Ideas from a California university inspire research and training in commercialization. It’s been a year since the launch of the Centre for Technology Entrepreneurship at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). The university creates an average of 115 new companies a year, based on a 2018 analysis, and DTU Entrepreneurship plans to build on that […]
Business article - March 5, 2020
Katarina Ageborg among the Swedish business sector’s most powerful women
Dagens Industri has listed the Swedish business sector’s most powerful women. Among them are a few that operates within life sciences, such as AstraZeneca’s CEO, Katarina Ageborg. The magazine has listed 125 women who has a great power to develop their companies and organizations and hence, develop the whole society towards a more equal business […]
