2012-05-16 14:09 CYTO365 won the “Best business plan"-award, at the Venture Cup Väst (West) regional final held in Gothenburg on 10 May. The company has patented a safe new valve, “CYTO365", which prevents thrombosis and air embolism in patients during chemotherapy treatment.Velit Biologics, develops SB101, a new cancer drug which chokes tumours by cutting off their nutrients via blood vessels.

2012-03-12 09:27 Immunicum develops vaccines for the therapeutic treatment of cancer. The Gothenburg-based company now includes the first patients in phase l/ll of cancer vaccine study. In total, 12 patients with metastasis cancer of the kidney are being treated in order to investigate possible side effects and the antitumour effect of the vaccine.

2012-02-13 14:18 Bone-anchored prostheses for amputees are a pioneering method of treatment that significantly improves the quality of life for an important group of younger disabled individuals. The Gothenburg-based company Integrum recently presented the OPRA implant system — Osseointegrated Prosthetics for the Rehabilitation of Amputees, in the USA.

2012-01-23 15:53 Hjärnfonden collects donations and supports research about the whole brain and nervous system. Charlotta Lindwall, at the University of Gothenburg, receives SEK 280,000 for her research into stem cells.

2012-01-03 12:17 Transplantation related research is being organised in a completely new way within Transplantation Biology & Regenerative Medicine at the Transplantation Centre at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Göteborg. The new concept is based on the purpose of transferring knowledge from research to patient as quickly as possible. The center now moves to Sahlgrenska Science Park offering ideal premises.

2011-09-26 16:07 Professor Tomas Albrektsson receives the Gold Medallion Award from the American Prosthodontic Society. He has also been elected honorary member of the British Society for Specialist Prosthodontic Disciplines. Prof. Albrektsson is Head of the Department of Biomaterials at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

2011-09-15 16:23 Cellartis AB, a premier provider of stem cell derived products and technologies, today announced that the company is to be acquired by the French biotech corporation Cellectis S.A. Cellartis AB was founded 2001 in Göteborg, Sweden, as a university spin-off and has developed a world-leading stem cell platform and products based on human pluripotent stem cells.

2011-06-22 11:15 Astra Tech, headquartered in Mölndal, Sweden, has two main business divisions: a dental division and a healthcare division. AstraZeneca today announced that it has agreed to sell its Astra Tech business to DENTSPLY for approximately $1.8 billion in cash.

2011-05-19 15:52 GöteborgBIO congratulates Professor Per-Ingvar Brånemark, the winner of the European Inventor Award 2011 in the category "Lifetime Achievement". During half-a-century, he has been working with how titanium collaborates with biological tissue, thus implanting hope into thousands of people in the world.

2011-05-15 20:05 For the first time ever in the world, researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy have produced a blood vessel from stem cells and then used it in an operation on a 10-year-old girl at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg. Surgeon/Professor Michael Olausson was able to create a new connection with the aid of this blood vessel between the liver and the intestines, necessary to cure the girl.