Funding - January 19, 2017
Five members granted funding by Innovation Norway
To stimulate collaboration between companies in the Oslo Cancer Cluster, the cluster have through Innovation Norway´s funding scheme “Innovasjonsrammen” granted five member companies project funding between NOK 500 000 – 100 000. PCI Biotech, Ultimovacs, Arctic Pharma, Oncoimmunity and MyHere are the lucky companies, and they will all use the funding to develop improved cancer treatments. “Oslo […]
Funding - December 19, 2016
Herantis receives funding for Parkinson’s study
Finnish Herantis Pharma has received funding of EUR 6 million from the research and innovation program of the European Union known as Horizon 2020. The grant is for phase 1–2 clinical study with Herantis’ drug candidate for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease, using a drug administration device of Renishaw, and for supporting scientific research. The […]
Funding - November 28, 2016
New Scandinavian life science funding report
A new report from the venture capital investor Industrifonden shows a great interest for life science companies in Scandinavia, with a total investment of $2.4bn from 2014 to the third quarter of 2016. The report is an analysis of the investment landscape and financing activities in the sector in Scandinavia, mapping investment activities of 149 […]
Funding - October 14, 2016
New NRC grant of 45 MNOK
The Research Council of Norway is planning to announce up to NOK 45 million in funding for projects that promote value creation in the healthcare industry. The call for proposals targets consortia comprised of companies and cooperating R&D groups and concerns new production technology within diverse areas such as pharmaceutical industry, diagnostics or medical technology. […]
Funding - May 6, 2016
Finland invests in National Genomic and Cancer Center
The Government of Finland will invest in a National Genome Center and a national Comprehensive Cancer Center. This investment package is a new showcase of the national commitment in building a unique ecosystem for world-leading medicine research and testing. The national Comprehensive Cancer Center will be responsible for the coordination at national level of cancer […]
Funding - March 22, 2016
OCC & NCE Smart Energy Markets partner in EU project of 45 MNOK
Oslo Cancer Cluster and NCE Smart Energy Markets together with four European clusters in medicine and IT managed to land a prestigious Horizon 2020 EU project. The EU project will use innovative IT solutions to develop personalized cancer treatment. Allocated funds is 45 million, of which 34 million is earmarked for small and medium enterprises […]
