Biotech, Biopharmaceutical and Biosciences Companies in Sweden.
Accuro Immunology AB, Stockholm, Sweden:biomedical discovery company based at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. Based on its proprietary TEIPP* technology, Accuro develops active immunotherapies directed at escape variants of several cancers. T-cell based immunotherapies.

 
Actar, Stockholm, Sweden:A biomedical company that bridges from academic research and futher pharmaceutical development needs by identifying, selecting and refining innovative biological targets. Actar conducts the sought-after and crucial stages through identification and validation of new specifically directed lead compounds, before the projects can be transferred for further development in major pharmaceutical companies.

Aerocrine,  Stockholm, Sweden:Develops and commercializes unique and tailored products for the monitoring of nitric oxide (NO) as an inflammatory marker and care of patients with inflammatory disorders, such as asthma.

Active Biotech, Lund, Sweden:Medical biotechnology company.Human immune system. The company has a strong R&D portfolio and pipeline products focusing on autoimmune/inflammatory diseases and cancer.

Affibody,  Stockholm, Sweden: A life science company focusing on oncology products for molecular imaging, targeted therapy and biotechnology applications.

Alligator Bioscience AB, Medicon Valley, Sweden:A biotechnology company that uses its proprietary FIND® (Fragment INduced Diversity) technology to develop new and optimize existing therapeutic and diagnostic proteins.

Amgen AB., Stockholm, Sweden. Amgen is one of the worlds largest biotech companies. U.S. based.The Nordic organization includes clinical research, medical information, distribuition and marketing.The product portifolio includes drugs such as Neupogen®, Aranesp® and Kineret®

Anamar Medical, Medcoast, Sweden: Develops drug candidates and biomarkers for prevention and identification of cartilage damage in destructive joint diseases such as Rheumatoid Arthritis and Ostheoartritis.

AngioGenetics AB, Stockholm, Sweden:A drug discovery company focused solely on development of therapeutics based on the process of angiogenesis. Angiogenesis modulation (inhibition or stimulation) constitutes a therapeutic area with potential to revolutionize treatment of diseases such as cancer, coronary artery disease, impaired wound healing and age-related macular degeneration.

Attana AB, Stockholm-Uppsala Bioregion, Sweden. Founded in 2002 based on sensor technologies for detecting, registering and measuring chemical and biochemical reactions. Attana develops and sells proprietary continuous flow biosensors along with consumable sensor chips with various selective and metal coatings.

Artema Medical, Stockholm-Uppsala Bioregion: A global OEM supplier of Respiratory Gas Measurement Technology and other medical devices for the Operating Room and Intensive Care Unit.

AS-Faktor, Stockholm-Uppsala Bioregion, Sweden: A R&D company focused on functional food for special needs. The core business is research on active peptides within e.g. Menières disease. The company has two products on the market: Salovum, for treatment of inflammatory conditions, and SPC-flakes, for treatment of enteritis.

Berzelius Clinical Research Center (BCRC),Linköping, Sweden. BCRC supports clinical trials conducted at Primary Care Centers and Hospitals in close collaboration with the Medical Faculty at the University in Linköping and the University Hospital in Linköping.

Betagenon, Stockholm-Uppsala Bioregion, Sweden. An early stage biotechnology company 2001 to research, develop and commercialise pharmaceutical products based upon the research knowledge in type 2 diabetes.

Biacore, Stockholm, Sweden: A global supplier of systems for protein interaction analysis, an area of increasing importance for scientists in the academic, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and diagnostic markets. The Company's systems generate unique data on the interactions between proteins and other molecules, including small molecules such as drug candidates.

BioArctic Neuroscience, Stockholm-Uppsala Bioregion, Sweden: A biotech company in the Alzheimer's disease field with the mission to develop new treatments, diagnostics and unique transgenic animal models for drug screening and research.

Biolin, Medicon Valley, Sweden:Research and development focused group and creates value growth through rational development and commercialization of research-driven companies within life sciences and related areas.

Biolipox, Stockholm-Uppsala Bioregion, Sweden: A pharmaceutical company based on arachidonic acid research - a substance influencing a number of inflammatory processes in the body such as asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), rhinitis, pain and arthritis.

Biotage, Stockholm-Uppsala Bioregion, Sweden: A global company focused on life sciences. It provides complete solutions, knowledge and experience in the areas of genetic analysis and medicinal chemistry.

BioTeknica, Kista, Sweden:A consulting firm specializing in engineering, quality, and regulatory projects for the Medical Device, Biologics, and Pharmaceutical industries

BioInvent,  Medicon, Sweden: Discovery and development of therapeutic antibodies. BioInvent conducts innovative drug projects in the areas of HIV infections, vascular diseases, cancer, atherosclerosis and diseases of the joints

Biovitrum, Stockholm-Uppsala Bioregion, Sweden:With operations in Sweden and in the UK Biovitrum conducts research and develops pharmaceuticals for unmet medical needs both for common diseases and conditions that affect smaller patient populations.

Camurus, Medicon Valley, Sweden: A provider of drug delivery systems for peptides, proteins, and insoluble drugs.

CanAg Diagnostics, MedCoast Scandinavia, Sweden:A biotechnology company specialized in the development, manufacture and sales of products for the diagnosis and management of severe diseases. The company has two profit centers: Laboratory tests (kits) and Reagents (Monoclonal antibodies).

Carlsson Research, MedCoast Scandinavia, Sweden: Devoted to the discovery and clinical development of new pharmacological treatment principles for psychiatric and neurological disorders.

Carmeda, Stockholm-Uppsala Bioregion, Sweden:Develops, manufactures and markets bioactive surfaces and biocompatible materials based on polysaccharides through strategic alliances in the medical device and pharma industry.

Cartela, Lund, Sweden:A biotech company dedicated to the development of innovative therapy and diagnosis primarily within the area of arthritic disease.

CellaVision, Lund, Sweden: CellaVision's business concept is to develop automated system solutions for medical microscopy analysis.

Creative Peptides, Stockholm, Sweden:A biopharmaceutical company with the mission to bring products to the market that will significantly improve on the treatment and prevention of long-term complications of diabetes, which are currently not effectively and safely treatable.

Crystal Research, Stockholm, Sweden:Dedicated to help the scientific community to speed up the structure determination process of target macromolecules by offering tailor-made crystallization and synchrotron X-ray services

Diamyd Medical AB, Stockholm Sweden: Diamyd® autoantigens, Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes,  GAD Protein Therapy.

Doxa AB, Uppsala, Sweden:A biomaterial company that through networking, partnering and alliances; develops, manufactures and commercializes products based upon its proprietary bioactive ceramic technology. The business opportunities are divided into the therapy areas orthopedics and odontology.

Eribis Pharmaceuticals AB, Stockholm-Uppsala Bioregion, Sweden: A research-intensive pharmaceutical company focusing on the development of new, effective drugs for the treatment of cardiovascular disorders, in particular Congestive heart failure, and surgical preconditioning.

Erysave, Lund, Sweden: Develop a completely novel technology for particle separation – PARSUS. The business idea is to develop devices for use in hospitals and laboratories based on the technology.

Essentys AB, Lund, Sweden:An innovative biotech company developing therapeutics for the treatment and prevention of diseases in the elderly.

GE Healthcare, Uppsala:A $14 billion unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) that is headquartered in the United Kingdom. Worldwide, GE Healthcare employs more than 42,500 people in more than 100 countries.

Genovis, Lund, Sweden:A biotechnology company operating out of the IDEON Science Park in Lund. The products are designed for introducing new genes into cells.

Glucox, Stockholm, Sweden:A biotechnology company with the primary goal of developing a clinically applicable therapeutic drug for treatment of type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance.

Glycorex Transplantation AB (publ.), Lund, Sweden:Develops products that decrease the risk of graft-rejection. The products facilitate an increased number of transplants, both allotransplants and xenotransplants.

Gyros AB, Uppsala, Sweden:Develops, manufactures and sells equipment for miniaturized and integrated laboratory processes based on microfluidics.

HEPTAHELIX AB,  Malmö Sweden:A drug discovery company dedicated to research concerning G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs). GPCRs represent an important part of drug discovery efforts in pharmaceutical companies, with potential to serve as targets for new drugs to treat many complex and serious diseases, including inflammatory conditions, metabolic, cardiovascular and neurological diseases.

Independent Pharmaceutica, Stockholm, Sweden:Provide pharmacological solutions for treatment of nicotine addiction. The company is spun out of research from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden.

InNetics, Linköping Sweden: Provides systems biology software tools and services to improve the quality and confidence in the target selection and validation process in genomic-based drug discovery.

iNovacia, Stockholm, Sweden:Provides drug discovery services to biotech and pharmaceutical companies. Crafted by unique chemistry, long-standing experience from drug discovery and an arsenal of biological and biophysical technologies, iNovacia develops discoveries into prototype drugs

INNOVAGEN AB, LUND, SWEDEN:antibody, custom peptides, R&D

Item Development, Stocksund Sweden:Develops, markets and licenses cardiovascular drugs world wide and also has products for improvement of compliance in medication.The company markets the well-known Dosett, a product for organizing medications.

Karo Bio, Huddinge, Sweden: Karo Bio has operations in Sweden and the United States. Karo Bio has been listed on the Stockholm stock exchange (Reuters: KARO.ST) since 1998 and maintains a leading position in the field of drug discovery focused on nuclear receptors.

Karocell Tissue Engineering AB, stockholm, Sweden: Started in 2001 based on research from the Karolinska Institute since the end of the 1980’s. The company is focusing on tissue engineering which applies the principles of biology and engineering to the development of functional substitutes for damaged tissues.

LightUp Technologies AB, Huddinge,Sweden: A biotechnology research and development company focused on bringing new real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) products and technologies to the market for medical diagnostic uses.

Lipopeptide AB, Stockholm, Sweden: Develops novel product candidates to facilitate wound healing, tissue regeneration and effec tive treatment of wounds with impaired healing. The company’s lead product LP-01 is currently in preclinical development

Ludesi, Lund, Sweden:A biotech/IT start-up company at Ideon Science Park in Lund, specialized in mathematical imaging for 2D gel electrophoresis. The company offers to solve the bottleneck in 2D gel analysis.

MDS Pharma Services, Lund, Sweden: Innovatice solutions to drug discovery and development, preclinical drug development, early and late drug development. Global Clinical Development.

Medivir, Huddinge, Sweden: An innovative, specialist research company that develops pharmaceuticals. The company is located in Huddinge, Sweden and Cambridge, UK. Medivir’s research is focused on developing new drug compounds based on target enzymes proteases and polymerases for treating illness mainly in the areas of immunological and infectious disease.

NeuroNova,  Stockholm, Sweden:A research-based company whose mission is to discover and develop innovative and cost-effective drug and cell therapies for the treatment of disorders of the central nervous system based on the regenerative potential of the human brain.

Northern Sweden Clinical Research Institute, Umeå Sweden: R&D center, Contract Laboratory

Octapharma, Stockholm, Sweden:A Swiss-based, independent, global plasma fractionation specialist. Its core business is the development, production and sale of high quality plasma derivatives.

Orexo, Uppsala, Sweden:A product-focused drug delivery company that develops proprietary pharmaceuticals to address areas of unmet therapeutic need.

OxyPharma,  Stockholm, Sweden:A Swedish drug discovery company developing new drugs primarily for the treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and Multiple Sclerosis (MS).

Pfizer Inc., Täby Sweden: discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets prescription medicines for humans and animals and many well-known consumer brands. The company has three business segments: health care, animal health and consumer health care. The products are available in more than 150 countries.

PCG, Uppsala, Sweden:A Swedish independent Contract Research Organisation, providing Data Management, Statistical and Medical Writing services to the pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device companies within clinical development

Phadia, Uppsala, Sweden:Develops, manufactures and markets complete blood test systems to support the clinical diagnosis and monitoring of allergy, asthma and autoimmune diseases.

Q-Sense AB., Västra Frölunda Sweden :Develops and markets research instruments based on the patented QCM-D (Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Dissipation Monitoring) technique.

Quiatech, Uppsala, Sweden:Aims to become a leading provider of enabling technologies to facilitate improved productivity in post-genomics based drug discovery, in development and manufacturing of gene-based therapeutics, as well as to enable the expansion of the molecular diagnostics market.

Remedium Oy/Ltd., Bromma, Sweden:A privately owned Contract Research Organisation offering clinical trial services for the pharmaceutical industry.

Resistentia Pharmaceuticals, Uppsala, Sweden:A biotechnology company focusing on the development of innovative immunotherapies. The comany's lead project is an immunotherapy for the treatment of allergy/asthma.

Robolux, Lidingö Sweden : Develops, produces and sells multiport diaphragm valves for the pharmaceutical industry.

Samba Sensors, Göteborg, Sweden was founded in 1992 and is focusing on pressure measurement in medical applications. The products are generic and can be used in various applications, such as measuring cardiovasular blood pressure and monitoring respiratory functions

SBL Vaccines (SBL), stockholm, Sweden:A Swedish registered company with in-house research, development and manufacturing capabilities, marketing  specialist vaccines internationally

Scandinavian CRI, Göteborg Sweden:A clinical research institute characterised by a philosophy of strong academic partnership as the foundation for achieving commercial goals in clinical development. Based in Sweden ­with offices in Gothenburg and Stockholm ­ SCRI runs clinical programmes throughout the Scandinavian region and beyond.

SEDOC Pharmaceutical Medicine AB, Solna, Sweden:A privately owned clinical contract research organization (CRO) with offices in Stockholm and Lund (Medicon Valley)

SeQuant, Umeå Sweden :A research and development oriented company providing leading-edge technology derived from expertise in chromatography and material science.

Serono, Solna, Sweden:An international biotech company with products within the four core therapeutic areas Reproductive health, Multiple sclerosis, Growth and metabolisma and Dermatology. The  pipeline includes both recombinant proteins and small molecules, focusing on the existing therapeutic areas as well as new targets such as oncology and autoimmune diseases.

Sidec Technologies AB,  Stockholm, Sweden:Provides Protein Tomography™ to visualize protein interactions and conformations in situ and in vitro. Protein Tomography™ is based on the company’s 3-D reconstruction technology and electron tomography.

Stricent AB, Lund, Sweden:A Swedish company founded 2002 by Jan-Erik Gustavsson and Jerker Ringström that creates solutions for the biotech and pharmaceutical industry in order to reduce cost and time as well as simplify the administration of drug development.

SweTree Technologies, Umeå Sweden:A plant and forest biotech company providing proprietary technologies and products for Seedling & Forestry industries, fiber based industries such as pulp, paper and packaging industries, and for niche areas of the agricultural biotech business.

SymCel AB, Kista, Sweden: is a privately held company founded in 2004, engaged in development of innovated instrumentation and methods for biological research. The core technology is based on calorimetry.

TFS Trial Form Support Group (TFS), Helsingborg Sweden:A full-service CRO (Contract Research Organization), providing the pharmaceutical, biotechnological and medical device industries with all clinical trial services covering the whole clinical trial program from phase I to IV.

UniTech Pharma, Matfors Sweden:An independent contract manufacturer of products to be used in clinical studies showing "Proof Of Concept". Present operations are fermentation and purification.

Wyeth, Solna, Sweden:Discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets prescription medicines for humans, animals and consumer brands. With research and development (R&D) programs focused on small molecules, vaccines, and biotechnology, Wyeth is exploring more than 60 new therapies for medical conditions such as diabetes, breast cancer, multiple sclerosis, HIV, Alzheimer’s disease, and schizophrenia.




Centers, Institutes, Associations, and Organiztions of Biotechnology in Sweden.

Biotechvalley.nu, Strängnäs biotech cluster, Stockholm, Sweden: Strängnäs is one of Sweden’s centres for biomanufacturing.

Biotech Umeå, Umea, Sweden: A joint venture between the industry and the community in the Umeå region to improve conditions for hightech companies. The organization will promote the region and aid commercialization of research from Umeå University.

Ideon Science Park, Lund, Sweden: Science Park.

Medeon Science Park, MALMÖ, Sweden. Science Park

Mjärdevi Business Incubator, Linköping, Sweden: Support small companies in the startup-phase by providing officies, contacts and support to enable inventors to comercialize their ideas.

NS-CRI - Northern Sweden Clinical Research Institute, Umeå Sweden:A Contract Research Organisation offering clinical trial services for the pharmaceutical industry and local scientists in the field of medicine and health care. The company is located in the northern part of Sweden, with working field in the whole part of Scandinavia.

SwedenBIO, Stockholm, Sweden.

Uppsala BIO, Uppsala, Sweden. Biohub