NLS Collaboration

The School of Health Innovation, founded by Karolinska Institutet, KI, Oslo University, UiO, and Norwegian University of Science and Technology NTNU, is the first Nordic initiative to offer courses in innovation as an extension of the academic subjects health sciences and life sciences. In addition, the University of Copenhagen will be joining the initiative shortly […]

AstraZeneca will collaborate with Accent Therapeutics to discover, develop and commercialize transformative therapeutics targeting RNA-modifying proteins (RMPs) for the treatment of cancer. This collaboration focuses on targeting RMPs, proteins that control many aspects of RNA biology and represents a new approach for addressing the process disruptions that can lead to cancer and can cause resistance […]

AstraZeneca will collaborate with ArcherDX, a genomic analysis company focused on precision oncology, to use personalized cancer monitoring to detect minimal residual disease (MRD) in patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). ArcherDX’s personalized assay will be used in AstraZeneca’s recently launched Phase III MERMAID-1 trial to evaluate the effect of adjuvant treatment with […]

Researchers in Sweden and Finland have produced a vaccine for viruses linked to type 1 diabetes in the hope that it could provide protection against the disease. The study has been published in the scientific journal Science Advances. CVBs could play a part in the development of type 1 diabetes There is a genetic component, […]

AstraZeneca has announced a new collaboration with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Sweden. The twelve-month partnership will focus on identifying opportunities to improve the company’s approach and strategy towards water stewardship and identify initial opportunities to engage in on-the-ground water projects in the river basins where AstraZeneca operates. Science-Based Targets for Water Together […]

Read about ongoing progress and challenges in the Nordic life science region, including common efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The Nordic life science industry, just like all industries, has been affected by the crisis, but our industry also has a very important role in handling this societal crisis. We have scientists collaborating across borders […]