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This year’s Arvid Carlsson Award by Sahlgrenska Science Park was awarded to Anders Hyltander, Surgical Science.

“Park Annual is a great forum for bringing the life science community in West Sweden together,” says Malin Andersson, Vice President Wound Care R&D at Mölnlycke, a Gold Sponsor for this year’s Park Annual event.

PeckiiLess, a new company within Sahlgrenska Science Park’s accelerator programme, is developing blood glucose measurement based on human exhalation. The goal is to improve the lives of as many diabetics as possible by  non invasive technology.

“Building a stronger ecosystem builds stronger business… The ecosystem here – how we can tap into it and help strengthen it – is very important to us,” says Matti Ahlqvist, Site Executive Director, Gothenburg at AstraZeneca a Gold Sponsor for this year’s Park Annual event.

ReGo, a new company within Sahlgrenska Science Park's accelerator programme, is redefining how the medical device industry interacts with end-users, helping companies reduce costs for clinical investigations and combine several sources of information into a cohesive post-market follow-up plan.

“Park Annual is a great way to gather people who share our ambition to accelerate health innovation and unlock new solutions to global health challenges,” says Marie Uddenmyr, Community Manager at GoCo Health Innovation City, the Main Sponsor for this year’s Park Annual event.

Innovation and knowledge in conjunction with good entrepreneurship is tributed when Sahlgrenska Science Park is awarding a prize in Nobel laureate Arvid Carlsson’s honour. The winner will be recognized at the virtual life science event Park Annual on 7 October 2021.

Is there a particular Nordic way of innovating in Life Science? Do our flatter hierarchy models matter, in academia and in business, in terms of questioning results and opportunities?

The Foundation for Bio-Medical Engineering at Chalmers has awarded the 2021 Innovation Prize in the spirit of Henry Wallman to Associate Professor Andreas Fhager, Chalmers.

Nominate your candidate for the 5th Arvid Carlsson Award by Sahlgrenska Science Park. The winner will be recognized at the virtual life science event Park Annual on 7 October 2021.

The event will give companies and public organizations operating in the fields of pharmaceuticals and healthcare the chance to meet healthtech Swedish startups with the goal of initiating collaborative projects together.

Loss of balance and consequently fall injuries are major public health concerns, and the issue is growing given the increasing elderly population in society. In Sweden, the majority of emergency department visits, hospitalization and deaths are caused by accidents involving a fall.