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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.
The Novo Nordisk Foundation has awarded a grant of DKK 150 million to establish the Copenhagen Center for Biomedical Quantum Sensing
“Quantum sensing is among the most mature of the quantum technologies and holds the potential to greatly improve medical diagnostics. Denmark has a stronghold in quantum sensing, and with this grant we want to enable further development and translation of this powerful technology from the laboratories to clinical applications,” says Lene Oddershede, Senior Vice President, Natural & Technical Sciences, Novo Nordisk Foundation. Under this new research project, researchers at the University...
Three new board members join Danish-Swedish Medicon Valley Alliance´s Board of Directors
At the Ordinary General Assembly Thursday 11th of April three new life science profiles were elected. The new board members are; Maria Björkqvist, Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Professor, Research group leader Brain Disease biomarker Unit, Julia Davies, Professor of Oral Biology at Malmö University, and Matthew Iles, General Manager, AbbVie Scandinavia. “As chairman of the board I am very pleased to welcome the new academia representatives from Lund and Malmö universities, Maria...
MVA member Knowledge Gate Group CEO Viktoriya Vasilenko highlighted as Forbes 30 Under 30 Class of 2024.
Medicon Valley Alliance would like to congratulate Knowledge Gate Group CEO Viktoriya Vasilenko with the prominent featuring on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Class of 2024 (Science and Healthcare). Visit or revisit last year´s Beyond Biotech Podcast interview with Victoriya published om Labiotech.eu
2 MVA member companies highlighted in Labiotech article as biotech companies leading the way in Denmark
In the recently published article in Berlin based biotech media Labiotech "9 biotech companies leading the way in Denmark" MVA member companies IO Biotech and Genmab (which has recently announced the acquisition of ProfoundBio in a USD 1.8 billion deal and will be celebrating it´s 25th anniversary this year) are highlighted as Danish companies to pay special attention to. The list also figures companies such as Zealand Pharma, Acesion Pharma and Bavarian Nordic
12 researchers from Lund University appointed Wallenberg scholars
12 researchers from Lund University has been appointed Wallenberg scholars in accordance with the program funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. The Wallenberg Scholars program aims to provide leading researchers in Sweden with grants for free research. Following a comprehensive international peer review, the Foundation has chosen to fund 118 researchers for five years, providing up to SEK 18 million each for researchers in theoretical subjects and up to SEK 20 million each for...
Women are underrepresented in clinical trails – DA & SE opinion pieces by Marianne Pilgaard CEO Trial Nation, Anette Steenberg, CEO Medicon Valley Alliance and Stefan Jovinge, President of Research and Education at Scania University Hospitals
Marianne Pilgaard CEO Trial Nation, Anette Steenberg, CEO Medicon Valley Alliance and Stefan Jovinge, President of Research and Education at Scania University Hospitals have joined forces to highlight a challenge and initiate a discussion about gender equality in clinical trials. Consequently, we are happy to introduce you to the joint opinion pieces in Danish Daily Information and Swedish Dagens Nyheter published last week. Enjoy the reading! If you are curious to learn more about Medicon...
The Boss is Danish – BioStock Health & Wealth Video podcast #8 with Alligator Bioscience CEO, Søren Bregenholt
Curious to learn more about the cultural differences and different Danish - Swedish leadership styles that you should preferably investigate further if you are working in a binational Medicon Valley environment? Alligator Bioscience CEO, Søren Bregenholt (and MVA chairman from 2015-2023) is among other things asked the questions below. He´s answers might be of a more general interest! How du you handle the Swedish consensus culture and what are the pro´s and con´s? What are the upside to life...
MVA member Lund-based Asgard Therapeutics announces €30 million Series A financing to advance its first-in-class in vivo cell reprogramming platform for immuno-oncology
On the 14 March 2024 Asgard Therapeutics, a privately held biotech company pioneering in vivo direct cell reprogramming for cancer immunotherapy, announced a €30 million Series A financing. The funds will be used to support development of Asgard´s lead program AT-108 to IND-readiness by 2026, expand and reinforce its research and development team, and fuel new reprogramming modalities and delivery platforms to strengthen the pipeline. The round was co-led by RV Invest and Johnson & Johnson...
Register for Nordic Life Science Days 2024 in Malmo with your 20 % MVA member discount
Nordic Life Science Days is the largest Nordic partnering conference dedicated to the life science industry. Since its inception in 2013, the event has nurtured a community of people from the world of life science, and created a unique place to do business. Most attendees express their delight in the informal atmosphere, combined with an organised approach to meeting highly relevant people. Return visitors come back because they feel they belong to our growing community. This year Nordic Life...
Fourth time in a row, the Danish-Swedish life science cluster organization receives the GOLD label certification from The European Secretariat for Cluster Analysis (ESCA)
The Berlin-based organisation coordinates a network of around 200 cluster experts from more than 30 countries, which offer benchmarking and labelling services on behalf of ESCA. In addition, ESCA provides hands-on advice to cluster managers on cluster development and supports cluster policy makers and programme owners with advice on cluster programme development. High performing cluster organization can receive either bronze, silver or gold label. Medicon Valley Alliance (MVA) was awarded with...