We need to create a better climate for professional collaboration between academia and industry. This is what SwedenBIO's CEO Jonas Ekstrand writes in a column in Kemivärlden Biotech. He believes that there is still a mutual suspicion between the two spheres that does not provide a good basis for productive interactions.
Jonas Ekstrand believes that we should look at how other countries have solved this and points to Canada and the US where senior industrial researchers can do sabbaticals in academic laboratories.
He writes: “We could stimulate more mobility through more calls for shared research positions, establish a sabbatical system and increase the academic credit for R&D carried out with industry.
How to create sustainable trading on the stock exchange
The life science sector is one of the strongest for listed small companies in Sweden. At the same time, the competition in the sector is fierce and it is necessary to work with the issues that affect share trading. A well-functioning share trading is important for creating growth in small and medium-sized companies.
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Brännpunkt Life Science is an interview series in collaboration with DNB Sweden that focuses the magnifying glass on the intersection between innovation, capital and health. In the first part, we meet Adam Kostyal, European head of listing at Nasdaq, who looks at how the stock market year looked for the sector, talks about the impact of the pandemic and shares his predictions for the future.
