Life Science 2019

Shifting the Paradigm of Birth Control: A Danish ­Start-Up Is Engineering Mucus at the...

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Since the birth control pill was introduced over 60 years ago, there has not been much innovation in this niche area. Of course, there are other types of delivery methods, but they are all based on the same hormonal...
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Start-Up for Transplant Treatments Has Set Its Sight on Billion-Dollar Market

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“We are developing a biopharmaceutical drug to treat a herpes virus infection called cytomegalovirus (or CMV). Most people are carriers and, just like other herpes viruses, once you get it, you can’t get rid of it” Thomas Kledal, CEO...

“Denmark Will Not See a New Novo Nordisk”

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The companies of the future will be more virtual, requiring the best skills and resources available. Globally speaking, that talent will be secured by outsourcing all the activities you can get away with. According to Morten Mølgaard Jensen, the CEO...

Snipr Biome: Assassinating Superbugs and Creating a New Paradigm with CRISPR

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It’s a rare thing for a new biotech to hit the front page or go viral. But that was the case a few years back when the molecular scissors ‘CRISPR’ were used to edit rabbit genes to make them...

Danish Life Science: Up-and-Comers Are Finding Success on Swedish Stock Exchange

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Rather than develop a shiny new app or a fancy gadget, the young Danish company – Scandion Oncology – is developing a drug to help people living with cancer to win the fight. According to Nils Brünner, the company’s CEO:...

When Universities Turn Their Patents into Start-Ups Everybody Wins

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More often than not inventors take out patents to protect the investment that established companies and start-ups made to bring the technology to market. Most universities file a number of patents every year based on the research undertaken in...

Finding Talent Who Can Walk through Walls

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Throughout his distinguished career, Dr. Robert Langer has faced a lot of ‘no’s’. As a chemical engineer who was eager to work on drug delivery systems, his ideas cut against the grain of conventional wisdom: “It was tough. As a...

The Next Life Science Successes Are Being Waylaid by Funding Constraints

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The computer-aided aortic occlusion catheter developed by the Danish start-up Neurescue is the first of its kind in the world. It is a sophisticated balloon that can be safely inserted into the blood vessel of a cardiac arrest victim...

Oncology Research Is Done in Vain If It’s Not Transferred to Patients

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In 2015, the Danish company EpiTherapeutics was sold and merged with the United States biotech, Gilead. Prior to its acquisition by the American giant, the company emerged from the University of Copenhagen and researched epigenetics. Their research was lauded...