News & Events

Setterwalls is one of Sweden’s leading law firms within the field of life sciences. Meet Hanna Sonning, Senior Associate at Setterwalls and Member of the Swedish Bar Association, and her colleagues at Park Annual, 30 November.

Ny Teknik lists 33 young Swedish technology companies that will change their industries - in everything from pharmaceuticals to electric aircraft and steel manufacturing. These are the tech stars of tomorrow.

To put West Sweden on the global map when it comes life science and health innovation. That’s the goal for Health Innovation West, an arena for collaboration between the industry, academia and the healthcare sector.

​​​​​​​Being a global MedTech entrepreneur was never the plan. Today, Angela Spang runs seven different businesses with focus on improving patient outcome by making surgery simpler and safer. At Park Annual, 30 November, Angela Spang will share her story on how to build a successful business and operate in a highly regulated industry across the globe.

Gnosco, part of the Accelerator at Sahlgrenska Science Park has merged with Demetra skin imaging solution, establishing the brand-new company, Dermicus, to help clinicians transform the diagnostic and treatment processes of skin conditions – when and where patients need it.

Jenny Johansson, co-founder of the company Eyescanner Technology, received the ÅForsk Entrepreneurship Scholarship 2021. Eyescanner is part of the Accelerator at Sahlgrenska Science Park.

Yesterday, the West Swedish Incubators invited the industry and selected startups to a matchmaking event at Kronhuset Gothenburg. The aim of the event was to discuss how several large companies' work with innovation and what is required to approach large companies with their associated market.

Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and serious disabilities globally. After nearly ten years of research and development, starting at Chalmers, Medfield Diagnostics Strokefinder is approved to be used clinically on the European market. It detects stroke at an early stage, enabling early diagnostics and improved outcome for the patient.

The first episode of the interview podcast Klara, Färdiga, Entreprenör is released, where West Swedish entrepreneurs talk about their innovations, startup journeys and lessons they have gathered. Behind the podcast is the incubator network West Swedish Incubators, of which Sahlgrenska Science Park is a part. The goal is to raise the innovation power in Western Sweden and get more people to dare to invest in their business ideas.

This spring several Jobbsprångare, trainees from the program Jobbsprånget have done their training with different companies in the Sahlgrenska Science Park community. Jobbsprånget is a national initiative matchmaking employers with non-European talents recently arrived in Sweden. We recently caught up with Swetha Kambham, one of the talents, to hear more about her fantastic story.

Since the start of the year, five new startup companies have signed up to join the Healthtech Accelerator at Sahlgrenska Science Park. The companies are now receiving tailored advisory and support services centred on their specific innovation and company.

Elypta, part of the Accelerator at Sahlgrenska Science Park, raises $21 million Series A to develop metabolism-based multi-cancer early detection test.