Almost 50 % increase in ten years

Between 2009 and 2019, the number of life science companies in the Stockholm-Uppsala region increased by almost 50%. This is stated in a report published by the Stockholm Science City Foundation on the 31 of March. Half of the employees within Sweden's life science work in the region, which means 31,500 people at nearly 1,000 companies. The report also shows that half of Sweden's patent applications originate from the region.

Research!Sweden is working to strengthen medical research for health

Research!Sweden's vision is that medical research and business continue to develop in, or move to, Sweden and that advancement of medicine reaches the general public at a faster rate. The Secretary General Anna Nilsson Vindefjärd with colleagues continue the work with this as a guiding light together with many committed partners, both in the life science system, the patient organizations and in politics.

How will Europe's new Unitary Patent System impact my patents?

At the beginning of 2023 at the latest, the Unified Patent Court within the EU is expected to be effective. It will be possible to obtain patent protection with effect in several EU countries at the same time - a Unitary Patent. If you already have European patents, you need to decide in advance if you want the existing patents to be excluded from jurisdiction of the Unified Patent Court, and if so you need to opt out. On April 28, SSCi will host a seminar together with AWA and we got the opportunity to ask the patent experts at AWA a few questions about the unitary patent system.

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