"Vi måste tro på framtiden igen"
"Fortsatta satsningar på etablering och investeringar inom life science sektorn", säger Patrik Andersson, VD, Business Region Göteborg.
Intervju i GT, 24 januari 2012 (in Swedish only)

"Nobelpriset ger mer trovärdighet åt cancervaccinet"
I dag får Ralph Steinman Nobelpriset i medicin postumt. Steinman hittade den cell som utbildar din kropps elitförband som bekämpar dina inflammationer. Utbildarna är vita blodkroppar med trådformiga utskott. De kallas dendritceller. För Göteborgsföretaget Immunicum är upptäckten nyckeln till ett cancervaccin. Företagets vd Jamal El-Mosleh drömmer om en framtid med vaccin som lär kroppen döda cancerceller.
Artikel i Göteborgs-Posten den 10 december 2011 (in Swedish only)

Micropos Medical tracks down tumours
One of the largest problems when treating a tumor with radiation is to strike at the right place — tumors move in the human body along with the organs in which they grow. Therefore a bigger area than necessary is irradiated, leading to damage of healthy tissue. The Swedish company Micropos Medical has solved this problem by tracking the tumor with a radio transmitter. The result is a more precise and less time consuming radiotherapy of tumors.
Article in Nordic Life Science Review Q3, 2011

Carmel Pharma
A win-win concept: increased safety for staff reduces costs for cytostatic agents
Carmel Pharma´s achievements were recently recognized by the Swedish Export Council with the award of the grand export prize, primarily for their expanded sales abroad and their marketing
strategy. The award came as a surprise to a very pleased CEO Dan Pitulia who has plans to continue the expansion of the company.
Article in Nordic Life Science Review Q2, 2011

OneMed provides OneStop for medical supplies
A single, cost-effective logistics solution for medical supplies to the Swedish healthcare market is at the heart of OneMed´s strategy for continued growth.
Article in Nordic Life Science Review Q1 2011

Aidera
Critical data opens door to better diabetes care
To manage a complex disease like diabetes, information about the progression of the disease is critical to good care. Diasend, a communications solution developed by the Swedish company
Aidera, transmits this vital data between patient and doctor with the flick of a switch.
Article in Nordic Life Science Review Q4, 2010

Göteborgsregionen visar vägen - Biomedicinsk forskning på frammarsch
Västsverige är världsledande inom flera biomedicinska områden och den internationellt konkurrensutsatta branschen hör till en av de snabbast expanderande i Göteborgsregionen.
Business bestämde sig för att ta reda på varför.
Business nr 3, 2010

Hjärtat slår för Cellartis
I en skål på Göteborgsföretaget Cellartis ligger humana hjärtmuskelceller och slår. Varje cell har en
egen frekvens. Den lilla, men ack så kraftfulla och livsavgörande, produkten skeppas sedan ut i världen. Där kopplar olika läkemedelsföretag elektroder till stamcellerna för att testa hur det mänskliga hjärtat reagerar på nya substanser.
Business nr 3, 2010

Q-sense
Liquid sense for biomedical researchers
The Gothenburg-based Q-Sense is making possible entirely new ways of conducting surface analysis in liquid, thanks to its QCM-D technology.
Article in Nordic Life Science Review Q3, 2010

Albireo
Story of a spin-out
The AstraZeneca spin-out Albireo has carried on the global pharma´s long tradition of drug development within the gastrointestinal area. Later this year, results from a phase IIb clinical trial with their lead program is expected.
Article in Nordic Life Science Review Q2, 2010

Arterion
Entrepreneurs in biomaterials
The fields of biomaterials and regenerative medicine are some of the life science cluster GöteborgBIO ´s major strengths. The region possesses many innovative and interesting companies as well as the climate necessary to support and promote them. Arterion is one of these companies, combining a revolutionizing technology with a smart business strategy.
Article in Nordic Life Science Review Q1, 2010

Jan G Smith, President, European Confederation of Pharmaceutical Entrepeneurs
The pharmaceutical industry is a huge force in the European economy, and faces legal and ethical concerns throughout the stages of R&D. We talk to the President of EUCOPE, Jan G Smith, about how the Association is helping to represent pharmaceutical stakeholders to negotiate the complexities of their sector.
Interview with Jan Smith, President of EUCOPE, August 27, 2011.

Sahlgrenska Science Park
"Our vision is to be a natural partner for commercialization of new business ideas within life sciences in the West of Sweden."
Article in Nordic Life Science Review Q3, 2009

Concentration of entrepreneurship resources at G4E
"The aim is to be the international leader in entrepreneurship"
In spring 2009, the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education ranked Gothenburg Schools of Entrepreneurship (GSE) as providing the best entrepreneurship education in Sweden. Martin Lackéus has now been given the brief to put all these faculties under one and the same roof in a project known as G4E — Gothenburg for Entrepreneurship.
Interview with Martin Lackéus, Project Leader at "Gothenburg for Entrepreneurship", 2010.

Professor Suzanne Dickson´s success story:
Curiosity, hard work and multitasking skills
Within just a few years, the western world´s war on obesity may well be over. And with the advent of drugs to counteract obesity, the West may actually be able to solve one of the biggest health-related problems it has faced in modern time. “There is a very important, and urgent, need for new obesity drugs," explains Professor Suzanne Dickson.
Interview with Professor Suzanne Dickson

“Gothenburg has the optimal interdisciplinary biomaterials environment"
With a packed career in the sphere of biomaterials behind him, in which both deliberate choices and random chance helped shape his direction in life, Professor Pentti Tengvall is today extremely satisfied. “Here in Gothenburg, I have found the optimal interdisciplinary environment for both work and research," he says. “Here too there is a long tradition of links between entrepreneurship and research, and cooperation between industry and academia is excellent. What is more, it´s a fantastic city for anyone who, like me, appreciates seafood and enjoys cycling," emphasises Pentti Tengvall.
Interview with Professor Pentti Tengvall, 2010.

Person-centred care in focus for transdisciplinary research centre
90 million SEK over a period of five years and the establishment of a interdisciplinary research facility focused on person-centred care. “It´s a welcome paradigm shift for patients and society alike," says Professor Inger Ekman, project manager.
Interview with Professor Inger Ekman

"The drive to benefit others is what pushes us"
Interview with Johanna Lundstedt and Thomas Nortoft, Syspiro Diagnostics AB.

Interview with Professor Fredrik Höök

ABIGO
Interview with Jan G. Smith

Michael Nilsson
Significance of culture for the healing of capacity of the brain

Denator
Prevents degradation of tissue samples

Patent
Protecting your business

Per-Ingvar Brånemark
The pioneer of osseointegration

Johan Rask, InnovationsKapital
How to catch the eye if an investment manager

Ina Pieper, GIBBS student
Left the lab for GIBBS to learn about commercialisation

Patrik Dahlqvist, Medfield Diagnostics
Using microwaves for quicker and more certain diagnosis

Elisabet Helmerson, Carmel Pharma
Safe handling of hazardous drugs

Aase Bodin, Biosynthetic Blood Vessels & Karl Richard Nilsson, Arterion
Biocompatible replacements for blood vessels

Kristina Henricson, Hyron Biomedical
Novel treatment for joint problems in horses

Magnus René, Arcam
From space technology to the human body

Pierre Guyot, Mölnlycke Health Care
Wound care with international success

Rickard Brånemark, Brånemark Integration, and Integrum
Taking osseintegration one step further