Working as a - December 14, 2020
A passion for the scientific side of medicine
For some people, testing the same thing over and over – tweaking, refining and then trying again – would seem tedious. For Charlotte Aagaard, however, trial-and-error to obtain final results are what fuels her passion for her career. “When at a certain time I was open for different opportunities, I worked with human papillomavirus (HPV) […]
Business article - July 27, 2020
Careers interview: An appetite for innovation
Business development in a clinical stage vaccine company is constantly changing, intellectually challenging and meaningful job that pushes developments in society. Caspar Foghsgaard is Director of Business Development at the Norwegian vaccine platform company Vaccibody. The company mainly focuses on cancer, but the platform is broadly applicable and the vaccine has shown a favorable safety […]
MedTech Business - January 19, 2020
Digital health entrepreneurs
As Swedish clinicians treating large numbers of asthma patients, Henrik Ljungberg and Björn Nordlund often spent time reviewing the multiple prescriptions and directives patients received from different providers after flare-ups. “Often when an asthma patient is not doing well, their doctor or emergency doctor want to try something new or prescribe a new inhaler,” explained Ljungberg, […]
Working as a - October 15, 2019
Working as a pharmacovigilance expert
Anna-Leena Saarela is an expert in pharmacovigilance and she sees it as a privilege to work in the front line of this fast developing environment for the benefit of patient safety. Anna-Leena Saarela is today working as a Pharmacovigilance Expert at Crown CRO, a Finnish CRO with offices in the Nordic and Baltic area and […]
Working as a - January 14, 2019
”Digital tools have huge potential”
Noora Männikkö is a software designer focusing on healthcare applications. She likes working with something that can have a societal impact and she believes that digital health tools bring a new perspective to healthcare by allowing the patient to be an active participant rather than just a recipient. Her employer, the Finnish consulting company Atostek, […]
Legal Advice article - May 15, 2018
Working as a life science lawyer
Being part of a fast-paced industry where the technology is constantly evolving is part of what makes life science law an enjoyable challenge, said Attorney Hanna Paloheimo, who oversees the life sciences division at Castrén & Snellman Attorneys of Helsinki. Castrén & Snellman is a full-service business law firm, which provides a wide range of services to its life sciences clients, including intellectual property (IP), contracts, marketing law […]