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Sirpa Jalkanen is a professor in the Academy of Finland, board member of Orion, and cofounder of BioTie Therapies and Faron Pharmaceuticals. BioTie Therapies and Faron Pharmaceuticals develop drugs for inflammation and immune-related conditions. In 2016, BioTie was acquired by Acorda TherapeuticsAlready a subscriber Login You have read all your…
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine highlights a process that is integral to aging, cancer, and infectious disease, but has not been well known outside of cell biology. On 7 December 2016, Professor Yoshinori Ohsumi from the Tokyo Institute of Technology received the Nobel Prize in PhyAlready a…
Eugen Steiner has worked in venture capital for 23 years but his roots as a medical doctor still influence the way he nurtures start-ups as a venture partner. “My role as a venture partner [at HealthCap - a family of venture capital funds investing globally in life sciences] is like…
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US has produced more than its share of engineers and computer scientists, but unlike many of his peers, alumnus Dr. Robert Langer, ScD, turned his chemical engineering skills to medicine, becoming one of the world’s leaders in perfecting effectiveAlready a subscriber Login You…
