Gott om blågula EU-pengar - men Norge förlorar

Sverige är det bästa landet i Norden på att attrahera finansiering från den gigantiska EU-fonden, FP7. Men länder som Norge förlorar stora summor på att medverka i forskningsprogrammet.

Reidar Rasmussen, Labmodul

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The winner of the race

She learned how to work hard at an early age and her devotion has certainly paid off. Whether it is field running or running a company, the key to success is focus according to Yvonne Mårtensson.

En affärsmodell på väg att dö

"Let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together. I've got some real estate here in my bag", Det luspanka unga bussluffarparet i Simon & Garfunkels "America" lovar varandra dyrt och heligt vad som idag är i princip ingenting, men som man hoppas ska utvecklas till något riktigt maffigt. Om Gud vill, skosnörena håller och ägarna ställer upp på en femte finansieringsrunda.

Genovis i tyskt avtal

Biozym Scientific ska distribuera produkter i Tyskland och Österrike

Hallå där Gunnar Mattsson...

...som ska leda Lindahls nya branschgrupp inom life science.

Teams up with leading dermatologist

Tripep has signed a letter of intent with a major Japanese specialty pharma company to bring their wound healing treatment to a big market.

Re-painting the big pig-ture

Why do tame pigs show such variety in colouring, when their wild relatives are so plain? Swedish researchers know who is to blame. But the big question is why.

A smart company takes care of its best

Lundbeck didn't have to look far to find it's new international Director of Marketing. The talent was already in the house.

Vitamin D is mental health aid

Vitamin D can help stave off the mental decline that can affect people in old age, a study suggests.

Danisco strengthens its IP team

Danisco's division Genencor has appointed a new Vice President of Intellectual Property Strategy and Chief IP Counsel.

Future drugs from Amaryllis

A Danish research team has discovered possibolities to extract drugs fro Amaryllis.

Metabolic pro heads prefect post

The dean of the Department of Biomedicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy has appointed a new assistant prefect.

Infidelity produces faster sperms

Until now, it has been difficult to prove that fast-swimming sperms have an advantage when it comes to fertilizing an egg.

Finnish Innovation Fund gets new leader

The Supervisory Board of the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra has appointed members of the Board, including a new president.

LEO Pharma - International Clinical Trial Manager

Danish discovery could help cardiac patients

The Danish researchers have developed a component that could make live easier forpatients with heart failure.

Blood type decide resistance to HIV

A Canadian-Swedish research team has found a blood type molecule that increases the resistance to HIV-infections.

New faces in Pronova Biopharma team

The Norwegian company Pronova Biopharma has recently changed the management team structure.

Control of blood vessels can treat obesity

Mice exposed to low temperatures develop more blood vessels in their adipose tissue and metabolise body fat more quickly, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet.

Martin Bergö: "The Idea is the Thing"

Martin Bergö, 38, goes wherever ideas take him - it's a process that has led to, and resulted from, plenty of unexpected results. Those ideas have been recognized as good ones: in 2008, he was awarded the Eric K. Fernström Foundation's Prize for young researchers. It isn't the first award for the Associate Professor at Gothenburg University's Sahlgrenska Academy. In 2007, he received a grant award of 16 million SEK from the European Research Council for his pioneering work.