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Below you will find the latest news from MVA. You can also sign up to our newsletter MVA Update.
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.
Life science in Medicon Valley is getting yet another boost as MVA member FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies in Hillerød celebrates its recent production expansion
Thursday afternoon, MVA member FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies, which is Biotechnologies is a world-leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) for the biopharmaceutical industry, celebrated its recent production expansion in Denmark. This first expansion for the site increases capacity from six to twelve bioreactors for mammalian cell culture, making the site the largest end-to-end biopharmaceutical manufacturing site in Europe. “Our activities in Hillerød reflect our...
SmiLe CEO Ebba Fåhraeus celebrated with a big orange bang at Medicon Village
As announced end of last year Ebba Fåhraeus, CEO of SmiLe Incubator, and member of the Swedish Government Office's advisory group for life science has decided to step down and hand over the baton to the new CEO, Ulrika Ringdahl. No one expected Ebba to go quietly into the dark, and the celebration Wednesday night confirmed that this was certainly not an option and a successful +10 year SmiLe career. An impressive list of former and current colleagues and stakeholders including but not limited...
Genomic Medicine Sweden and the Danish National Genome Center sign a new collaboration agreement to strengthen the development of personalised medicine in Sweden and Denmark
The new cooperation agreement announced in a joint press release 18th of December is an extension of the partnership that the two national initiatives formalized in 2022. As part of the new agreement, GMS and DNGC will collaborate on a number of key areas, including: Standardization, quality assurance and validation of genetic analyses. National bioinformatics platforms for secure storage and sharing of data. Economic models and participation in European initiatives such as 1+ Million Genomes...
Dan Honeywell appointed new CEO of MVA member 2CureX
In 2024 2CureX has undergone a strategic reorganization, splitting into two entities: the publicly listed 2cureX AB and the privately held 2cureX A/S. This separation supports a dual-focused strategy: 2cureX AB will directly offer the CE-IVD certified and ISO13485-compliant IndiTreat® Functional Precision Oncology test to patients, while 2cureX A/S will focus on developing IndiTreat® products for decentralized use in individual hospitals. Cooperation agreements between the two entities ensure...
Know the facts about Swedish Life Science!
The annual Swedish Life Science Barometer report initiated by SwedenBIO in collaboration with Medicon Village Innovation, Sahlgrenska Science Park, Stockholm Science City Foundation, STUNS Life science and MVA member Citeline has just been published. Enjoy the reading and learn more about exactly how much the Swedish life science industry contributes to the Swedish economy, the composition of the Swedish life science industry and the general state of the industry. As more specific report...
Citeline’s Scrip Awards 20th anniversary – here are the winners!
Wednesday, 4 December, 2024 at Raffles London MVA member Citeline was celebrating the Scrip Awards´ 20th anniversary which continued the legacy of excellence by bringing together over 400 industry leaders to honour and celebrate the finest innovations and accomplishments in global biopharma. MVA CEO Anette Steenberg was invited to join. "As demonstrated last week at the Scrip Award ceremony, London is still a center of gravity for life science innovation, and fortunately we at MVA also...
How do we continue to strengthen the research and innovation environment so that it fosters more Nobel Prize rewards in Medicon Valley? New column by MVA chairman Niels Abel Bonde in Nordic Life Science News
How do we continue to strengthen the research and innovation environment so that it fosters more Nobel Prize rewards in Medicon Valley, Niels Abel Bonde, Chairman, Medicon Valley Alliance, asks in his most recent column in Nordic Life Science News In the Swedish-Danish life science cluster organization Medicon Valley Alliance (MVA) we aspire to cultivate the life science ecosystem in the hope that we will pave the way for the Nobel Prize laureates of the future. And according to the brand-new...
“Is there any power in the policies?” Nordic Life Science News interview with Jeanette Edblad, Director of the Swedish Governmental Office for Life Sciences and Niels Abel Bonde, Chairman of Medicon Valley Alliance, about the two newly published national life science strategies
What has happened since the last Swedish life science strategy was published in 2019? What can Sweden learn from Denmark? If the updated Swedish strategy is implemented, will it be sufficient to achieve the goals? Do you think the Danish and Swedish national life science strategies respectively embrace the Nordic dimension and potential? These are some of the tough questions asked by journalist Helena Strigård in the recently published interview "Is there any power in the policies?" which was...
Opinion piece by MVA CEO Anette Steenberg in Dagens Medicin (DK) “The fight against AMR to be included on the list of priorities for the upcoming Danish EU-presidency”
As you might remember, this year´s MVA Annual Summit was also an opportunity to highlight and emphasize the Swedish and Danish efforts to address the global challenge of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Following up on the excellent presentations by Dr. Malin Grape, Sweden’s Ambassador on AMR, Anne Bloch Thomsen, MD, PhD, FIND Medical Cluster Lead, Pfizer, Kristian Riesbeck, Professor, Lund University and Christian Grøndahl, CEO and co-founder, Snipr-Biome, MVA CEO, Anette Steenberg, has just...
2025 and Medicon Valley Alliance´s New Year´s Reception are rapidly approaching
We still have quite a lot of MVA events lined up before the end of the year both this week, next week and the following week, but we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. We know that the traditional MVA New Year´s Reception at the Swedish Ambassador´s Residence, which will take place 16th of January, is an event many MVA members are looking forward to. We will disclose this year´s special guest a little later, but the reception is now open for registration and we suggest you register...