Tagged with Denmark

France France and Denmark have a rich history of healthcare collaboration, from basic research to clinical trials, as well as major manufacturing investments. What links these two nations, and what are the threats to further collaborations in the coming years?   For a country with a population of just six million…

France Denmark and France are intensifying their cooperation in life sciences at a time when resilience, innovation and industrial capacity have become strategic priorities for Europe. In this interview, Hanne Fugl Eskjær, Denmark’s Ambassador to France, reflects on how complementary strengths in research, digital health and public-private collaboration are shaping a…

USA The United States sits at a turning point in allergy care, shaped by decades of legacy practice and a growing demand for disease-modifying solutions. In this conversation, Peter Halling outlines how ALK navigates structural complexity, builds local scale, and prepares its next wave of innovation across immunotherapy and anaphylaxis. The…

Denmark Drawn from Healthcare & Life Sciences Review Denmark 2025, this selection captures the major forces now reshaping one of Europe’s most dynamic life science hubs. From Denmark’s bid to double the sector’s economic weight by 2030, to its sweeping “Health Closer to You” reform, biotech surge, clinical-trials strategy, and evolving…

Denmark Not only can Denmark lay claim to some major life science inventions – from the design of the world’s first ever insulin pen and disposable ostomy pouch to breakthroughs in fundamental discovery such as the development of the Gram Stain as an essential methodology for classifying bacteria – but it…

Denmark Despite its diminutive size, Denmark boasts a world-renowned healthcare and life science industry containing both household pharma giants as well as a robust network of academia, a host of niche service providers, and a growing throng of biotech start-ups. And with life science exports surpassing EUR 23 billion last year…

Denmark When it comes to Denmark’s flourishing local biotech scene, the country is again clearly punching far above its weight. The EU member state has already managed to muster world-class expertise in areas like peptide chemistry and metabolic disorders, anchored by the success stories of homegrown entities that made it big…

Denmark Public Health Reimagined Denmark’s total health expenditure as a share of GDP has increased moderately over the past decade with the country spending 278 billion KKR (37.2 billion euros) in 2024, of which 83% was financed directly from government health schemes. Yet despite the country’s well-earned reputation for delivering high…

Denmark Making Life Sciences Strategic The super-sized contribution of the life sciences sector to Denmark’s national economy can hardly be overstated. With over 100,000 professionals currently engaged in biotech and pharmaceuticals across the country, Denmark already ranks as one of the European Union member states with the largest proportion of the…

Denmark With decades of experience across nuclear medicine, oncology, and clinical development, Dr Nicholas Borys now leads MedTrace through a pivotal phase as interim CEO and Chief Medical Officer. The Danish company is advancing a novel platform that enables real-time production of oxygen-15 labelled water – a tracer long considered the…

Alexion Dana Vigier, Regional Vice President at Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease blends clinical training as a French general practitioner with broad pharmaceutical leadership experience. Formerly President of the French Pharma Association in Oncology and a Global Franchise leader at AstraZeneca, she now oversees Alexion’s operations across Central and Northern Europe, including…

Denmark Michael Kocher, Chief Executive Officer of Xellia, brings over 15 years of pharmaceutical industry experience to his leadership role at the Danish API manufacturer. Under his leadership since October 2023, the company has undertaken a comprehensive strategic realignment, divesting its US operations while refocusing on its core competencies in fermentation-based…