- 72% are spin-offs from academia
- 50% are associated with incubators or science parks
- All companies except two have less than 50 employees
- 26 companies were founded over the last four years
- The companies collectively have more than 200 projects or launched products
Highlights
- A comprehensive list of Swedish companies active in the field covering projects and products, development phase and partnering status
- Therapeutic and technology highlights include oncology, infectious diseases, imaging and liquid biospies
- National resources and platforms are also covered: Science for Life Laboratory, Human Protein Atlas and National biobanks and quality registers.
Development across Sweden
The companies are clustered in five major regions, with the capital region Stockholm-Uppsala home to almost 50%. More than one fourth of the companies are located in the southern Malmö-Lund region, followed by 14% in the Gothenburg region and 7% in the Umeå region. Linköping region also hosts 5% of the companies, mainly within imaging technologies.
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