|Articles|September 9, 2014

The Nordic Region’s “Star” Companies

Three companies were crowned the Nordic region’s “shining examples of innovative life science companies” in Stockholm, Sweden, this week.

Three companies were crowned the Nordic region’s “shining examples of innovative life science companies” in Stockholm, Sweden, this week.  Nordic Life Science Days, the region’s largest partnering conference, gave its annual Nordic Star Awards to Bone Index (Kuopio, Finland), Lytix Biopharma (Oslo, Norway) and PledPharma (Stockholm, Sweden).

Bone Index was noted for its osteoporosis diagnostic, Bindex, while Lytix Biopharma was rewarded for its results in the field of immuno-oncology. PledPharma was praised for its clinical project platform that targets significant medical needs.


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