Adnan Yousuf and I started Bling almost 10 years ago, wanting to democratize entrepreneurship. We didn't have a clear picture of the end goal then; we just knew we wanted to solve a problem. The problem was exclusion and how it leads to economic instability, leading to many other things.
Stockholm Life Tech has contributed to a greater understanding between different actors in life science. In this way, it has contributed to building Sweden as a knowledge nation, says Åsa Johansson at A Working Lab.
Professor Magnus Ingelman-Sundberg at Karolinska Institutet receives a grant within the ERC Proof of Concept programme. This is awarded to researchers who have received funding from the European Research Council ERC and want to develop the innovation potential of their previous discoveries.
With nearly 30 years in life science, Jessica Martinsson has achieved a lot. She has a background in drug development from Pharmacia and Biovitrum, and co-founded Sprint Bioscience. In March, she took over as CEO of SwedenBIO. Here she tells, among other things, which strengths and challenges she thinks life science in Sweden faces and what she likes the most in her new role!
Work to achieve good health and well-being is in focus in life science. The sector's progress is thus crucial to achieving one of the 17 global goals for sustainable development. What types of change are required for the life science sector to contribute to the other sustainability goals?