In a new job - August 6, 2020
Susanna Helgesen leaves Xbrane Biopharma
Xbrane Biopharma has announced that Susanna Helgesen, CFO of Xbrane Biopharma, and the company have jointly decided to go their separate ways as there will be a change of the CFO role. Susanna will continue as CFO until a successor is appointed and a date for Susanna’s last day as CFO will be communicated once […]
Financing - July 21, 2020
Gesynta raises SEK 190 million
Gesynta Pharma has successfully raised SEK 190 million in one of the largest private biotech placements of the year in the Nordics. The placement was led by European life science fund manager Hadean Ventures, joined by existing investor Industrifonden and private funds. “We believe mPGES-1 is an exciting, first-in-class target in systemic sclerosis and other […]
Uncategorized - July 17, 2020
Swedish research paves way for new Alzheimer’s therapies
Neuroscientists and stem cell researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a research model that allows studying human hippocampal neurons, the brain cells primarily affected by Alzheimer’s disease pathology. The study has been published in Stem Cell Reports. 3-D hippocampal tissue-like structures In Alzheimer’s disease the hippocampus, a brain structure that regulates motivation, emotion, learning, […]
Uncategorized - July 9, 2020
She is the new Torsten Söderberg Professor
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded Birgitta Henriques Normark the Torsten Söderberg Academy Professorial Chair in Medicine – a SEK 10 million grant over a period of five years. Common respiratory bacteria carried in the nose by healthy children, can sometimes cause life-threatening infections. Henriques Normark, Professor at the Department of Microbiology, Tumor […]
In a new job - July 8, 2020
New board member at Scandinavian CRO
Mattias Bergqvist has joined the Board of Directors to support Scandinavian CRO (SCRO). Bergqvist has almost 25 years of experience in the pharma and biotech industry, and his experience in clinical research and development has included varying roles as sponsor, investigator, and strategic consultant. As a consultant, he had the opportunity of working with several […]
Uncategorized - July 6, 2020
SmiLe Incubator receives 11.8 million SEK from Vinnova
Vinnova has assessed the quality of SmiLe’s operations and portfolio of startups and found it to be at the highest level in the call for “Support to startups through excellent incubators.” As a result of this decision, SmiLe Incubator in Lund will receive SEK 5 million per year for two years, as well as additional […]
