The SKAPA award

Vicore Pharma is praised for being at the forefront of addressing unmet medical needs in rare diseases and for securing one of Sweden’s largest biotech raises in 2024.

This year in Malmö two awards in two different competitions were handed out, the Nordic Star pitch competition and the Innovation Poster exhibition.

Recently, the annual Entrepreneur’s Gala took place at Uppsala Castle to honor companies that showed exceptional performance during the past year and the Entrepreneur of the Year award was awarded to Ulrika Hammarström, CEO and Founder of Scandinavian CRO (SCRO). This prize is awarded by jury to an entrepreneur who has performed above and beyond […]

BioArctic’s founder, Professor Lars Lannfelt, was awarded the European Grand Prix for his research on Alzheimer’s disease at the anniversary gala for La Fondation Recherche Alzheimer in Paris on March 18. Professor Lannfelt received the award for his groundbreaking research, which has played a significant role in the scientific progress in the field over decades, […]

The 2024 Uppsala University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Prize has been awarded to Mats Karlsson, Professor of Pharmacometrics and co-founder of Pharmatheus. The citation for the prize, which will be presented in April, reads as follows: “Together with his research team, he has successfully transformed academic excellence from a world-class research environment into a prominent and […]

Gunilla Osswald, CEO, BioArctic, has been awarded The Arthur D. Little Nordic Life Science Award 2024. The award is given to people in the Nordics who demonstrate exceptional leadership within the life science industry. Exceptional leadership The jury states that Gunilla Osswald receives the award for exceptional leadership and particularly highlights her ability to create […]

Genovis’ CEO, Fredrik Olsson, received the award in a prize ceremony during SwedenBIO Summit at Grand Hôtel in Stockholm on 30th January. High-quality research, global presence and humor were some of the positive words describing the company Genovis, which claimed this year’s SwedenBIO Award. “Life science is a tough industry where success doesn’t come easy, […]