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Unexpected meetings often lead to unconventional innovations. That could also be a way to describe Chalmers’ Areas of Advance aiming to facilitate these interactions. The newest Area of Advance, Health Engineering, was formally inaugurated in January this year. A timely and well-placed initiative in a region that is establishing itself as a hotspot for sector convergence within Life Science. Sahlgrenska Science Park’s board member Ann-Sofie Cans is the director of Health Engineering.

When eleven and twelve year old children are challenged to improve health through IT-solutions, there is no limit of the creativity.

Sahlgrenska Science Park has partnered up with EIT Health Brigdehead Europe, an EU organisation running a programme to help promising startup companies in health that need assistance with internationalisation.

Millions of Swedes suffer from IBS, irritable bowel syndrome. To ease the pressure on healthcare during the corona crisis, Tummy Lab, a part of Sahlgrenska Science Park’s community, gives free access to their digital IBS-school.

“The Swedish healthcare system is facing a great challenge, we want to do what we can to help”, says Anders Elfving, CEO at Tummy Lab.

Working in a startup environment offers great variation and often unexpected challenges. To embrace an entrepreneurial spirit is essential. Yuan Tian Almqvist, whose top priority is internationalisation as a Sale and Export Manager at Predicare, shares her perspective of how to thrive in a life science startup. And gives a glimpse of how the corona pandemic drives the company’s new product development.

The coronavirus pandemic has affected us all in different ways. Sahlgrenska Science Park is working alongside our partners to support businesses in managing the impact of covid-19. Below are quick links to helpful resources for companies.

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“The eHealth Award 2020 gives us an opportunity to recognize and showcase new innovations important not only to the Nordics, but also as possibilities for increased export of Nordic solutions,” says Rasmus Malmborg, senior Innovation Adviser at Nordic Innovation and new on the jury for the eHealth Award.

Att vara en duo har varit avgörande för att utveckla 1928 Diagnostics till en av Sveriges hetaste scale-ups. Om man inte är kaxig kommer man inte långt.

Nu finns alla filmer från Park Annual samlade på vår webb. Här möter du Petronella Gustavsson, vd Progress Me, i en intervju om hur självkänsla och ätstörningar kan hänga ihop. Fler intervjuer och alla filmade presentationer från dagen hittar du här.

This year’s Arvid Carlsson Award by Sahlgrenska Science Park was awarded to Professor Jens Nielsen.

“Things are progressing quickly now. All major pharmaceutical companies are interested in cell and gene therapy, especially in oncology. It is developing to be as big as antibodies and regular medicines,” says Johan Hyllner, Senior Director, Head of Cell and Gene Therapy, CVRM, at AstraZeneca. You can hear more from Johan on September 26 at the Park Annual event in Gothenburg.