Självlärd entreprenör

Kommersialisering. Det var många som tyckte att Sarah Fredriksson var naiv när hon som nybakad doktor bestämde sig för att starta ett nanoteknikföretag. Hon kunde ingenting om att driva bolag men i dag lever hon på sin egen forskningsidé.

Cancerkarta banar för personalized medicine

International Cancer Genome Consortium sekvenserar genom för olika cancrar och nu publiceras de första resultaten.

Kampen om DNA är igång

Personalized medicine och förebyggande åtgärder är ledord i debatten om hur man ska förbättra människors hälsa. Båda områdena skapar stora marknadsmöjligheter för den som kan tolka informationen som finns i våra gener.

Diagnostics for personalized medicine

Per Matsson from Phadia anticipates changes in the standards for health care. Accordiing to him, expensive new drugs will create a market for more extensive diagnostics.

A crash course in IP strategy

"Publish, publish, publish!" Sound familiar? So to meet the researcher's wishes, do you scribble a patent application with lipstick on a napkin and send it in? At the seminar Patent Strategies in the Biotech Company, you will have the chance to find out

Age essential when testing drugs

Anders Rane has been arguing that genes and age are both important factors in understanding how medicines affect individuals. Only last year, the EU established regulations stating that pharmaceuticals must be tested for children as well as for adults.

From planning stage to handshake

"Partnering is an effective tool to get in touch with the decision makers high up in an organization's administration," says Camilla Huse Bondeson at Conlega. And according to her, rigorous planning is the way to succeed.

LEO Pharma - International Clinical Trial Manager

Sales Representative, Applied Biosystems

Ambassador program makes MVA big in Japan

The first ambassadors of the Medicon Valley Ambassador Programme have only worked in each other's countries for six months. But they have already made a significant difference for their sister clusters.