Sweden has a reputation of being a prominent research nation with a high digital matureness and is ranked as one of the world’s most innovative countries. You've probably heard of the Pacemaker, the Leksell Gamma Knife, Losec, Spotify and cashless payment! All of them Swedish innovations. The Swedish start-up scene is vibrant and generates more life science companies per capita than any other country. Who could imagine that the Swedes, known to be moderate, typically avoid drawing attention to their own accomplishments and definitely not brag about success – are the ones ending up at the very top? In this episode we will uncover why Sweden has fostered so many successful innovations.
Guests: Hari Vigneswaran, Director of Medical affairs at A3P Biomedical, Ola Steinberg, Vice President of Research and Development and one of the founders of A3P Biomedical. Anna Nilsson Vindefjärd, Secretary General of Research!Sweden.
Moderator: Maria Helling, CEO Swecare
Voices: Agneta Karlsson, Director-General, TLV and previous state secretary at the Ministry for Health and Social Affairs,Christian Kinch, Founder of Swedish companies Bactiguard and Smartcella.
Sound clips retreived from: FLX, CNN, Visme
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A3P Biomedical, Research!Sweden.
The aim of the Swecare Podcast is to convey the innovative power of the Swedish healthcare system and to highlight initiatives, examples and solutions from both public and private actors. As a non-profit organisation, Swecare has no commercial interest, nor the ability to make medical evaluations.
