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Dark Data and the Pandemic - why what you don’t know matters

Dark data is data that is unknown or missing. And according to David Hand, Emeritus Professor at the Imperial College in London, it can have serious implications on scientific research and development.

2021-04-19

Culture for health and well-being

Malin Anclair and Ulrika Lindblad work as strategists at the Competence Center for Culture and Health at Region Stockholm and have recently started a new education with a focus on culture for health and well-being. We had the opportunity to ask a couple of questions about education and about the role of culture for health.

2021-04-15

The key to success is collaboration with a multitude of cutting-edge competencies

MedTechLabs is an interdisciplinary center for medical technology research funded by KTH, Karolinska Institutet and Region Stockholm. We asked Johan Schuber, Executive Director at MedTechLabs a few questions on medtech development.

2021-04-09

Stockholm - a successful innovation ecosystem

Karin Ekdahl Wästberg is Innovation Director of the City of Stockholm. We got the opportunity to aska few questions about the innovation climate of Stockholm.

2021-03-31

Webinar online: Online panel discussion: Future of health - use of health data for better treatment

With today's digital tools, it is possible to collect, share and analyze health-related data in completely new ways. This can be useful for both patients and their care providers, but also provide value for researchers and companies when developing new treatments. Register research and the use of national quality registers have long contributed to the development of healthcare in Sweden and through increased digitalisation, new opportunities are provided for efficient data collection.

2021-03-31

Webinar online: Protecting design and other intangible assets in medtech

How do you protect the intellectual property of innovations in the field of medical devices? In what ways can the protection of design, function and trademark be combined?

2021-03-30

The Stockholm-Uppsala region – a strong life science cluster

The Stockholm-Uppsala region is Sweden's largest life science cluster, gathering half of the industry within life science and employs 270,000 people. There are five universities and 21 hospitals with healthcare for close to three million people. Stockholm Science City has compiled facts about life science in the region.

2021-03-26

Vectura believes in life science clusters

Perhaps GoCo Health Innovation City can be seen as Hagastaden's equivalent in Mölndal. Today, the new district for health innovation is emerging next to AstraZeneca. The Japanese world-leading company Fujirebio Diagnostics and the listed Swedish pioneer in transplant technology XVIVO Perfusion are among the companies moving here. Joel Ambré, CEO of Vectura Fastigheter reflects on the need for meeting places for health innovation.

2021-03-24

We are recruiting a strategic communicator and project manager to the team

Stockholm Science City is currently recruiting a strategic communicator and project manager - we are looking forward to receive your application no later than April 15.

2021-03-19

Female founders - from buzzy talk to action

Female Founders aims to connect female-founded health and life science companies with investors and experienced life science professionals, provide the resources to help women raise more capital and facilitate knowledge-sharing between founders and industry veterans. We got the opportunity to ask Angela Tyrrell a few questions about the need for networking, dialogue and mentorship for women in health and life sciences.

2021-03-02

Covid-19 efforts in the region: January/February update

The Stockholm Science City bi-monthly update on Covid-19 related efforts and initiatives in the region.

2021-02-23

Communicating proximity? A case study on the dynamics of place for innovation

What happens to a place when we are there physically? Due to the fact that many work remotely as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, a unique opportunity arose to examine how important the place is for innovation, when we are suddenly out of place. Hagastaden, as an innovation cluster in life science, was a fitting case to take a closer look at for my study of how innovation is affected by the lack of geographical proximity.

2021-02-19

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