Business Award - April 14, 2016
MYoroface – one of Sweden’s ten most innovative entrepreneurs
On April 5th, Sweden’s ten most innovative entrepreneurs in were bestowed with awards. MYoroface, a company connected to Uminova Innovation and Biotech Umeå, were one of the companies to receive a 200 000 SEK stipend. Swedish Incubators & Science Parks (SISP) and the Åforsk foundation appointed the winners and presented the stipends to the laureates […]
Business Award - April 8, 2016
QureTech Bio wins Start-up Slam: Sweden
The winner of the Start-up Slam: Sweden, a pitching competition, taking place at BIO-Europe Spring in Stockholm for the first time, was QureTech Bio AB, a start-up developing first line drugs to combat antibiotic resistance and infectious diseases. This session at the event was co-sponsored by Karolinska Institutet Innovations AB and Johnson & Johnson Innovation […]
Business Award - April 1, 2016
Sirpa Jalkanen wins second place in the Women Innovators Contest
The prize is awarded to European women who have brought their scientific expertise to the market and founded an innovative company, in which they have benefited from the EU research and innovation funding. The second prize which was received by Jalkanen is €50,000. “Winning the second prize from among 64 contestants is of course a […]
Business Award - March 30, 2016
Anna Omstedt Lindgren nominated as Founder of the Year
Anna Omstedt Lindgren, Founding Partner and Board Member of MedUniverse and experienced entrepreneur in the digital field, is nominated as Founder of the Year in Sweden, at Nordic Startup Awards. The public voting is open March 24 to April 18. The Nordic Startup Awards is a series of events in the Nordic countries – Denmark, […]
Business Award - February 1, 2016
Nordic Nanovector awarded NOK 15 million
Nordic Nanovector has announced the award of a up to NOK 15 million grant from the Research Council of Norway’s User-driven Research-based Innovation programme to support the research and development of novel targeted therapeutics for leukemia and non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. The award is based on the promising potential for value creation, both for patients and the society […]
Business Award - November 10, 2015
Iconovo wins innovation award
Iconovo and its project “ICOone for inhaled vaccines” is the winner of the Lund University Innovation Award. The winning project was “ICOone for inhaled vaccines”. Vaccines are currently administered as injections, which in addition to the associated discomfort, also presents a variety of other challenges. One major problem with needles is that they are dangerous to […]
