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MVA-members receive a 15% discount to the book Scaling Life Sciences when purchased at saxo.com. Use the code ScalingMVA to apply the discount.
The code cannot be combined with other codes. It does not automatically provide free shipping and cannot be used if you have a Saxo membership with shopping benefits.
Scaling Life Sciences – Lessons Learned
Medicon Valley is home to some of Europe’s most ambitious life science ventures and some of its most complex scaling journeys.
While thousands of books explore how to start companies, remarkably few address what comes next: how to scale a life science venture when people, product and market must align – and when small mistakes can delay market entry and drain scarce capital.
That gap is exactly what Scaling Life Sciences – Lessons Learned sets out to fill.
Authored by serial entrepreneur, CEO and scale-up advisor Martin Stenfeldt, the book is built for practitioners operating at the front line of healthcare innovation – founders, executives, board members, advisors, investors, business developers and academics shaping the next generation of Scandinavian life science.
From Startup Myths to Scale-Up Reality
Drawing on:
- First-hand experience leading a radiopharmaceutical company to Phase III
- Heading a neurotech scaleup as CEO
- Building transatlantic organizations across Scandinavia and the U.S.
- Interviews with 50+ life science entrepreneurs and executives
- A quantitative survey of more than 100 practitioners
the book focuses squarely on the hardest phase of the journey: Turning promising science into sustainable, international businesses.
What Makes This Book Different
Unlike generic startup manuals, Scaling Life Sciences dives into the realities specific to this sector:
✔ Long development cycles and capital intensity
✔ Regulatory complexity
✔ Global market entry
✔ Founder transitions and board dynamics
✔ Talent scaling across borders
✔ The fragile interplay between product, market and people
Inside the Book
- 101 practical lessons learned from real scaling journeys
- Scaling readiness assessments for teams, boards and organizations
- Frameworks to navigate growth inflection points
- Templates for governance, leadership evolution and commercialization
- The Eight Archetypes of Life Science Entrepreneurs — and how each archetype helps or hinders scaling
- Guidance on moving from survival mode to sustainable growth
- All designed to be used inside real companies, not admired from a bookshelf.
Who Should Read It
- Life science founders
- Corporate business development leaders
- Board members and investors
- Advisory Board members
- Translational researchers and academics
- Innovation hubs, accelerators and science parks
- Anyone involved in turning life sciences into sustainable impact.
From the Author
“We do not lack brilliant science in the Nordics. What we sometimes lack is structured, experience-based guidance for scaling when the stakes are highest. This book is my attempt to share what actually works, and what too many teams learn the hard way.”
Now available at saxo.com with a 15% discount for members of Medicon Valley Alliance. Use the code ScalingMVA at checkout to apply the discount.
The MVA discount code is for employees of MVA member companies only and cannot be combined with other codes. It does not automatically provide free shipping and cannot be used if you have a Saxo membership with shopping benefits. The code is valid until 01/08 2026.