Uncategorized - February 5, 2015
Athena Prize Goes to Cancer Vaccine
Sweden’s Athena Prize, healthcare’s largest prize for clinical research, was awarded this year to physician and Associate Professor Alex Karlsson-Parra, of Uppsala University Hospital and founder of the company Immunicum. The company specializes in developing therapeutic cancer vaccines. The prize, which consists of a research grant of $150 000, was awarded in December at the Swedish […]
Science Award - November 28, 2013
Professor Ola Winqvist awarded with Athena Prize
This year’s Athena Prize, the health care’s most prominent prize in clinical research, is awarded Professor Ola Winqvist and his research group at Karolinska Institutet. Winqvist is Professor of cellular immunotherapy at Karolinska Institutet and a chief physician at Karolinska University Hospital. Ola Winqvist and his co-workers have developed a new principle for the treatment […]