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The Accelerator is in a new collaboration aiming to catalyse testbed possibilities for West Swedish startups and scaleups when partnering up with Nordic Proof.

Within health innovations we see many similarities in the Nordics in scaling business to shape a brighter future. 

Anders Hyltander is Associate Professor and Strategist Life Science & AI at Sahlgrenska University Hospital. In October last year, he won the Arvid Carlsson Award for his work to develop a concept that led to widespread improvements for patients and physicians, as well as create a successful global business. We caught up with Anders recently to ask him about winning the award, his entrepreneurial journey and his thoughts on life science and health innovation in West Sweden.

Hot on the heels of being invited to join MobilityXlab, Detectivio – a company in Sahlgrenska Science Park’s Healthtech Accelerator programme – has now won the prestigious HealthTech Award 2022.

Detectivio received the Healthtech Award 2022 at the opening of Vitalis, the largest ehealth event in Scandinavia. The award, a cooperation between GREAT, Vitalis and Sahlgrenska Science Park celebrates healthtech innovations that make a difference for people’s lives.

​​​​​​​Vitalis, the largest ehealth event in Scandinavia, takes place on May 17-19 at the Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre (Svenska Mässan) in Gothenburg. You'll meet us there together with 18 companies in the HealthTech Nordic booth. Here are five things to look out for at Vitalis.

Vitalis, the largest ehealth event in Scandinavia, is getting closer. As a member of the HealthTech Nordic community we will be there, together with amazing pioneers breaking the waves and reinventing healthcare.

With new technology trends and digital transformation driving fresh opportunities and new challenges in life science and healthtech, the competition for talent is fierce. Sahlgrenska Science Park is actively helping emerging healthtech companies to connect with the right people with the right skills to support their growth journeys so they can engineer a healthier future for us all.

Arman Enekvint, resident doctor in ophthalmology at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, is participating in Sahlgrenska’s Innovation & Healthtech programme and is the first medical doctor to be a member of jury for the annual Health Tech Award.

MYoroface, company within Sahlgrenska Science Park community, has been granted the right to provide its product IQoro on prescription in the UK as of 1 May 2022.

Collaboration within the industry and with other industries is a key success factor for healthtech companies in West Sweden. That’s according to Sahlgrenska Science Park's CEO, Charlotta Gummeson, in a recent interview with MedTech Magazine. 

Three startups in the community have recruited new employees after Sahlgrenska Science Park facilitated connections with Jobbsprånget.