No 01 2023 // A major theme in this issue is Life Sciences for a Better World, highlighting both global and Nordic efforts being done within the fields of the Environment, Global health, Social responsibility and Peace. We take for example a closer look at the status of clinical trials in the Nordic region and the risks of APIs in the Baltic Sea, we learn more about a company’s possibilities to increase its social impact and why academic freedom is so closely linked to democracy. Our profiles are Nobel laureate Carolyn Bertozzi, and Jónas Einarsson, CEO of Radforsk.