Prio - December 5, 2022
The Nobel Prize award ceremonies and banquets 2022
It is once again time to honor extraordinary scientific discoveries. Welcome to our 15th Nobel Prize coverage! We have covered the announcements, written about the discoveries and interviewed the Nobel Laureates since 2008 – and this year is no exception! Read about the 2022 Nordic Laureates, the Medicine and Chemistry discoveries, as well as highlights from […]
Prio - October 5, 2022
Two Americans and a Dane win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Stanford University, USA, Morten Meldal, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and K. Barry Sharpless, Scripps Research, USA. Carolyn R. Bertozzi (born 1966 in USA) has a PhD (1993) from UC Berkeley. She is currently Anne T. and […]
Prio - June 23, 2022
Immunicum announces corporate rebranding and name change
Immunicum announces corporate rebranding and name change to Mendus AB. The rebranding reflects an advancing pipeline in next generation cancer immunotherapies, upcoming manufacturing expansion, and long-term corporate aspirations, states the company. “The name Mendus captures our continued commitment to develop therapies that delay or reduce cases of cancer recurrence, while preserving the quality of life […]
Prio - June 17, 2022
ALS Limited acquires Danish DB Lab
ALS Limited has acquired DB Lab A/S on the 24th of May 2022. The GMP contract laboratory DB Lab, to be known as ALS Odense, will be a part of ALS’s Nordic pharmaceutical laboratories, together with its three GMP-compliant laboratories in Sweden (Luleå, Sollentuna, and Landskrona). “DB Lab, to be known as ALS Odense, will […]
Prio - October 4, 2021
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 2021 honors discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch. David Julius utilized capsaicin, a pungent compound from chili peppers that induces a burning sensation, to identify a sensor in […]
Prio - January 11, 2021
“We are looking for a unique technology proposal”
Nordic Life Science asked Fredrik Dahl, co-founder at Colibri Ventures, what Nordic venture capitalists are looking for today within life sciences and what current opportunities and challenges Nordic life science companies facing when it comes to raising capital. Fredrik Dahl is one of four founders behind the Swedish investment company Colibri Ventures. Colibri invests in […]
