Collaboration - July 13, 2022
Orion and MSD announce global collaboration
Orion Corporation and MSD have announced a global development and commercialisation agreement for Orion’s investigational candidate ODM-208 and other drugs targeting cytochrome P450 11A1 (CYP11A1), an enzyme important in steroid production. ODM-208 is an oral, non-steroidal inhibitor of CYP11A1 currently being evaluated in a Phase 2 clinical trial for the treatment of patients with metastatic […]
Collaboration - June 28, 2022
Reinforced Swedish-Norwegian cancer cooperation
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the University of Oslo and the Karolinska Institute during a visit by the Norwegian Crown Prince Couple and a Norwegian industry delegation in Stockholm on 2 May. “Norway and Sweden must work together towards making precision medicine a standard for all cancer patients,” says Ketil Widerberg, general […]
Collaboration - June 25, 2022
Cross-Atlantic collaboration to raise visibility for Swedish AMR innovations
The life science industry organization SwedenBIO pushed for stronger global collaborations on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) at the BIO International Convention in San Diego, U.S., earlier in June. The organization also strengthened the Swedish participation in the International Council of Biotech Associations (ICBA) by taking over the chair on AMR issues. The AMR threat may not […]
Collaboration - June 22, 2022
Zealand Pharma collaborates with Iktos
Under the agreement, Zealand will contribute its expertise in peptide drug discovery to Iktos’ generative modelling technologies and expertise in machine learning and AI. “We are very pleased to join forces with Zealand Pharma and leverage their deep know-how in peptide therapeutics with our state-of-the-art existing technology assets to peptide drug discovery,” says Yann Gaston-Mathé, […]
Collaboration - June 16, 2022
FinnGen accelerates Population Health Study together with Olink
Olink Holding has announced that Finnish FinnGen will use Olink technology to provide detailed proteomics data to improve understanding of human health. FinnGen is a large-scale academic/industrial research collaboration in Finland with the scope to collect and analyze genomic and health data from 500,000 Finnish biobank participants. It is one of the very first personalized […]
Collaboration - June 9, 2022
The Nordic region scores heavily in Nature Biotechnology World Review
The latest Nature Biotechnology World Review shows the growing strength of the Nordics as a leading life sciences hub. Judged on five pillars, Sweden ranks second to winner Switzerland, Denmark is fifth, Finland ninth – and Norway lies just outside at 13th. Meanwhile, Iceland ranked highest in the sub-category of nations with no headquartered biotech […]
