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MVA Update is an electronic newsletter providing you with news about MVA and an overview of our events and other relevant events in Medicon Valley. You can also check out our calendar for more information about life science events in the region.
If you have any questions regarding our news section or media inquiries then please contact David Munis Zepernick, Head of Press on +45 2498 1668.
Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation grants SEK 61 million to Lund University based research projects
Out of a total of SEK 835 million granted to 30 Swedish research projects across various disciplines by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, SEK 61 million has been granted to two specific life Lund University based research projects within the field of life science. MVA would like to congratulate Lund University and the principal investigators Professor Filipe Pereira and Docent Joan Yuan with their new research grants. Project: “Neoantigen discovery with cellular reprogramming” Grant:...
Swedish Ambassor Hans Wallmark very well-received indeed by MVA Executive Club
Newly appointed Swedish Ambassador to Denmark, H.E. Hans Wallmark, was invited as keynote for the MVA Executive Club Meeting Monday night a Clarion Hotel Copenhagen Airport, and although he is formally "abroad" representing Stockholm in Copenhagen, he also made it quite clear that coming from Skåne he had in some ways also come home. As he explicitly pointed out, his wife living with him at the residence in Copenhagen, who crosses the Øresund Bridge to go to work at (MVA-member) Malmoe...
New Danish health care reform can be a barrier for access to Interreg funding of life science innovation
The recently tabled proposal for a new Danish health care reform has many promising elements. However, the idea to let the municipalities take over the responsibility as regards attracting EU/Interreg funding for Danish life science innovation is bad for business and innovation, as MVA CEO Anette Steenberg highlights in her latest piece in Danish "Dagens Medicin"
LINXS Institute of advanced Neutron and X-ray Science invites new Themes
LINXS (a university Centre hosted at Lund University working to promote science and education focusing on use of neutrons and x-rays in research and development, and help educate potential users of ESS, MAX IV and other major research infrastructures to enable ground-breaking research) invites proposals for new Themes, starting in 2026. We welcome original, innovative, and pioneering Theme proposals that will advance science using X-rays, neutrons, and complementing techniques. LINXS Themes...
Ester Baiget, CEO of MVA member Novonesis, honored as PwC business profile of the year
Motivated by among other things her strong role in the merger between Novozymes and Chr. Hansen, which has created a leading and world-class company, MVA member company Novonesis, within the biosolutions-industry, CEO Ester Baiget was honored as this year´s PwC business profile of the year. The jury consisted of Anne Broeng, chairman of the board, Velliv. Henrik Poulsen, chairman of the board for Carlsberg Group Jeppe Christiansen, CEO of Maj Invest Jørgen Jensen, chairman of the board 3shape,...
“Fighting diabetes across borders” DiaUnion-interview in Nordic Life Science Magazine
This summer, the Swedish-Danish project DiaUnion, which aims to prevent type 1 diabetes, launched a pioneering screening program – taking this unique cross-border collaboration to the next level. Nordic Life Science Magazine reached out to Project Director, Finn Kristensen, and, Chairman of the regional board in Region Skåne, Carl-Johan Sonesson (photo), to learn more about the ambitions and first steps in this unique cross-border partnership between Lund University and Steno Diabetes Center...
The 2024 Inside Medicon Valley Magazine available for free download
This year´s, Inside Medicon Valley Magazine 2024, which is a joint venture between MVA, Copenhagen Capacity, Medeon Science Park and JS/Sverige, highlights key life science stakeholders and strongholds in the Danish-Swedish Medicon Valley life science cluster and is your easy-to-read English introduction to the region. We hope you will enjoy the reading and some of the familiar faces and company profiles. The magazine includes inspiring articles including an update on the Novo Nordisk...
Register for Bio Europe in Stockholm with your 10 % MVA member discount
We hope you enjoyed last week´s Nordic Life Science Days in Malmoe. As you know, next year will be in Gothenburg. But we expect meeting you again later this year! Just a week before our annual flagship event, the MVA Annual Summit , 11th of November here in Copenhagen, we hope to reconnect at Bio Europe 4-6th of November in the wonderful Swedish capital of Stockholm. If you plan to go too, do not forget to register with the 10 % MVA member discount!
Can we boost our cultural attractiveness? New MVA chairman column in Nordic Life Science News by Niels Abel Bonde
Both Danes and Swedes like to emphasize, and often make fun of, the more or less significant differences between our cultures. From the outside looking in, however, we are also very much alike, and just as fish can’t see water, we are often blind to elements of our own culture, because we take norms, habits, and social practices for granted. One such element often highlighted by foreigners living in both Denmark and Sweden is that it is considered hard to make friends with Swedes and Danes. Do...
Register for University of Copenhagen SUND Innovation Day 2024
The Pipeline Innovation team is pleased to invite to the annual SUND Innovation Day 21st of October at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. The event is a celebration of the innovative minds and entrepreneurial spirits of researchers at UCPH. We bring together researchers, staff members, experts from industry, ecosystem, and venture capital. The day will give a unique opportunity to learn from inspiring pioneers in translational and innovative research: Keynote speeches: Gain insights...