The newly employed Head of Biotech Investments in The Norwegian Cancer Society, Sigrid Fossheim, has already had several meetings with potential oncology companies to invest in. – We aim to make our first investment before the Summer of 2014, says Fossheim. The Norwegian Cancer Society is the largest private contributor to cancer research in Norway. […]
The six year evaluation of Oslo Cancer Cluster as a Norwegian Centre of Expertise concludes that Oslo Cancer Cluster is a strong biotech cluster, well positioned within the global oncology industry. “This plays well with our ambition to take the step up a level and become a Global Centre of Excellence,” says Jónas Einarsson, acting CEO […]
Despite keen competition from other outstanding medical research groups, Oslo Cancer Cluster Board members Professor Ragnhild A. Lothe and Professor Rolf Bjerkvig have won the competition for funds for new K.G. Jebsen centres in the field of medicine – a long side John-Bjarne Hansen. By giving NOK 16 million to each of the three new […]
Oslo Cancer Cluster member BerGenBio announce that preclinical studies on the agent BGB324 may be effective as new treatment for patients with drug resistant Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML). The data was presented in a poster at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) early December. It is estimated that CML accounts for […]
