January, 2013
No. 22

How can the new innovation office at the Medical Products Agency (MPA) facilitate drug development
Jan 17, Solna. Welcome to discuss with the new MPA innovation office. Read more

Health 2.0 Stockholm
Jan 22, Stockholm. Health 2.0 Stockholm and Quantified Self Stockholm joins forces for this effort to explore what open data and  application programming interfaces (API:s) in healthcare has to offer. Read more

Information meeting regarding innovation vouchers to life science companies
Jan 24, Stockholm. During the seminar the two voucher programs (product and service development and internationalization) will be presented. Read more

Diagnostics Forum
Feb 13, Uppsala. The conference focuses on economical and medical needs of new diagnostics, and includes presentations with examples of research solutions. Read more

KI Science Park DAY will be held on 25th of April.

Member companies get the chance to introduce themselves to key people in the life science industry that are willing to support innovative projects.

KI Science Park DAY is an opportunity to promote development projects sprung from Karolinska Institute's innovation system.

Read more

Uppsala BIO
BIO-X invites proposals for new products, methods or services that can lead to improved prevention and detection of hospital-acquired infections.

The Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation
Call for project grants within research on medical technology of relevance for children with cancer.

Vinnova
Forska&Väx.

The County Administrative Board
Business Development vouchers for Life Science Companies in the Stockholm, Södermanland, Gotland and Uppsala County.

Read more about current calls

FormPipe Software receives a SEK 2.5 million order from Recipharm
Recipharm has signed an agreement on the Electronic Quality Management System (EQMS) product with FormPipe Life Science to streamline multiple quality and compliance processes. The total order value amounts to 2.5 million SEK to FormPipe Software. Read more

Are you a Life Science professional?
Join the Tools of Science LinkedIn group for discussions relevant for academic researchers, core facilities, CRO´s and other life science companies in Sweden. Join here

When the City Council of Stockholm adopted the local plan for the future campus Albano, it was an important milestone for higher education in the city. Albano is essential for the neighbouring universities including Stockholm University, the Royal Institute of Technology and Karolinska Institutet, for all future students and guest researchers and the entire Stockholm knowledge region.

Full article here

Initiated by the Norrmalm city planning council, a number of meetings have been held on the topic of how to develop an environment in Hagastaden that is stimulating for children and youth. The vision states that Hagastaden will be a true science city, also for young people.

Several plans have been made to develop Hagastaden into a place where curiosity and learning plays a key role. This includes elementary schools with a nature science profile, parks and a center where experiments and entertainment meet.

Full article (in Swedish) here