
Profiles in MedTech - March 1, 2020
Erik Gatenholm, CEO of CELLINK
Growing up in an academic environment with parents who are scientists and engineers, Erik Gatenholm saw how transformative scientific discoveries could be and wondered how much more good they could do if only more people knew about them. Fueled by his passions for biotechnology, marketing and facilitating change, Gatenholm co-founded and is the CEO of […]

Profiles in MedTech - January 25, 2018
Karin Hehenberger: With the goal to empower patients
Karin Hehenberger’s diabetes has inspired her to find a way to lift the daily burdens of chronic illness, not just from herself, but from others. After 28 years, Dr. Karin Hehenberger, MD, PhD, still calls the day she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age of 16 the worst day of her life. ”It was, […]

Profiles in MedTech - March 23, 2017
Patient empowerment through digitalization
He has been sundhed.dk’s anchorman from the very beginning, 14 years ago. Morten Elbæk Petersen, CEO of the Danish eHealth portal, talks about the success story behind Europe’s largest patient portal, patient empowerment and his passion for preventive healthcare and democracy. The initiative to establish the eHealth portal, sundhed.dk, was taken by the Association of County Councils in […]

Profiles in MedTech - January 20, 2017
Habib Frost: “I was compelled to find a better way”
Habib Frost, MD, could not get over the helplessness he felt as a young emergency medicine intern in Denmark seeing two young people die in the same day from cardiac arrest, despite having access to skilled providers and the latest technology. “I knew that I wanted to do something about this, but I did not […]

Profiles in MedTech - December 20, 2015
Anna Omstedt Lindgren, Founder of MedUniverse
Many people early on saw the enormous communications capabilities of the Internet, but Swedish digital platform pioneer Anna Omstedt Lindgren recognized the ability to link not just individuals but groups and create communities that transcend borders. During her 15-year career, Omstedt Lindgren has started unique web sites and helped companies move to digital platforms. Six […]