Tagged with sweden

Sweden Swedish firm Orexo AB, despite its relatively small stature, is playing a major role in combating one of the USA’s biggest public health emergencies – the opioid crisis.   Orexo, most widely known for its opioid dependence drugs, was founded in 1995 in Uppsala, Sweden. Its top-selling product is Zubsolv,…

Sweden Michelle Werner, country president for AstraZeneca’s Nordics and Baltics region, highlights the company’s strong connections with local stakeholders due to its historic roots and large footprint in Sweden. Werner also discusses how the organization, which employs nearly 7,000 people in the country, plays an integral part in ensuring that patients…

Sweden Changing demographics and revolutionary technological advancements are altering the structure of the medtech industry paving the way for Arjo, a global Swedish supplier of medical devices and solutions, to rise up to the challenge. CEO Joacim Lindoff discusses the journey after Arjo’s split from Getinge in 2017, the company’s revived…

Sweden With chromatography having been invented in Uppsala, Sweden, it makes sense for GE Healthcare’s Life Science business to have its largest global manufacturing and R&D operations there. GE Healthcare Nordics President and CEO Lotta Ljungqvist gives an overview of the firm’s global portfolio and highlights the importance of Swedish operations…

Sweden Ulf G Andersson, CEO of the Medeon Science Park in Malmö, the Nordic’s oldest science park exclusively focused on life sciences, gives an overview of the history of the park, highlights the Medeon’s competitive advantage. He also offers first insights in his strategy of placing Medeon at the heart of…

Sweden Thanks to the cooperation of its citizens, Sweden boasts a comprehensive patient registry of electronic health records. Multinational pharma companies increasingly look to these registries to collect real-world evidence, which helps them develop more innovative treatments.     Combining data from the disease registry with the healthcare databases allows us…

Sweden Grifols is a pioneer in plasma science that develops plasma into essential medicines used to treat rare, chronic and life-threatening conditions. Eric Björnestål, general manager for the Nordic region, explains how the company is leveraging its knowledge of the public tender process to continue to grow in the region, highlights…

Sweden Patrick Van de Velde, general manager of Promega’s Swedish affiliate and also responsible for the company’s operations in Nordics, highlights the reason why Sweden has been selected as one of Promega’s 16 global offices. Having built the branch from scratch, he underlines the main growth drivers of the company in…

Sweden Martin Tenlen was appointed as the general manager of the Nordics region for CSL Behring, the world’s fifth-largest biotech company, at the start of 2019. He highlights his priorities for leading the local affiliate, improving access to new treatments, leveraging Sweden’s innovation-friendly ecosystem through collaboration and strengthening the company’s leading…

Sweden Swedish Medtech is Sweden’s largest medical technology industry organization, representing more than 180 companies. CEO Anna Lefevre Skjöldebrand explains how patient needs are driving today’s medical device industry, analyzes Sweden’s unique assets and explains the importance of having a social mission.   it is evident that patient needs are really…

Sweden Karo Pharma is a Swedish specialty pharma company that develops and markets products to pharmacies and healthcare providers. CEO Christoffer Lorenzen discusses the company’s growth strategy through acquisitions of trusted well-positioned brands, the challenge of incorporating two similar-sized companies, and his high ambitions for the future of Karo Pharma.  …

Sweden Berkeley Vincent, managing director of Janssen in the Nordics and Baltics, discusses the challenges of the digital future for the Swedish affiliate and the whole healthcare industry and highlights Janssen’s strong involvement in the innovative Swedish R&D ecosystem. He also explains why Sweden is in a unique position to lead…