Lyda M. Osorio

EffRx Pharmaceuticals SA manufactures and distributes specialty pharmaceutical products. The firm's focus areas include metabolic bone disease, oncology supportive care, pediatric medication, and medical support to companies in life cycle management. It also engages in licensing agreements and distribution and commercialization partnerships. The company was founded by Christer Ros?n in 1998 and is headquartered in Freienbach, Switzerland.

Karolinska Development AB (Private Equity) (Karolinska Development) is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Karolinska Development AB founded in 2003. The firm is headquartered in Solna.

Newron Sweden AB is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development of novel therapies for the treatment of disorders of the central nervous systems. The company was founded by Jonas Cristopher Frisen and Ann Marie Janson in 1998 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP develops, manufactures and markets prescription pharmaceutical drugs. It sells products related to gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, neuroscience, respiratory and oncology infections. The company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

Allenex (Private Equity) (Allnex PE) is the private equity division of LinkMed AB (ST: LMED) in Sweden. Located in Stockholm, the firm was formerly known as LinkMed Private Equity, founded by Ingemar Lagerlöf in 1998. To assure the continued growth of their investee companies, Allnex PE has assembled a network of medical and managerial resources, divided into Corporate Operational Functions (Board and Management Team) and the Venture Management Network (Business Network and Scientific Advisory Board). The Venture Management Network provides guidance and strategic expertise to investee companies.

Olerup International AB distributes molecular diagnostic products and services for human leukocyte antigen (HLA) typing and antibody detection. It offers transplant diagnostics and supportive software. The firm provides products and services for bone marrow and organ transplantation. Its HLA portfolio consists of two product lines, Sequence Specific Primer Genomic HLA Typing and Sequencing Based Typing. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

AnaMar AB develops drugs and provides research services for chronic joint diseases. It focuses on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel therapeutic strategies to treat debilitating inflammation and pain. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Lund, Sweden.

NovaHep AB provides stem-cell research for gene therapy of liver diseases. Its main area of focus is the development of biological, individualised blood vessels that can be used to replace non-functioning blood vessels in patients with different types of vascular disease. The company was founded by Suchitra Sumitran-Holgersson and Jan Anders Holgersson in 2005 and is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden.

KDev Exploratory AB provides drug discovery solutions. It performs discovery research in various therapeutic areas, such as screening in oncology, neuroscience, lead finding, characterization in inflammation and angiogenesis/age-related macular degeneration. The company was founded by David Jern in 2000 and is headquartered in Solna, Sweden.

Dilafor AB develops pharmaceutical products from heparin derivatives with low anticoagulant activity. It investigates document and exploits the pharmacological properties of derivatives in the field of obstetrics. The company was founded by Gunvor Ester Ekman-Ordeberg, Hans-Peter Ekre, Per-Olov Eriksson, Per Giléus, Kjell Gunnarsson, Erik Yngve Holmer, Göran Kvist, Ulf Lindahl, Anders Malmström, Tore Mellstrand, Johan Rasin, and Mats Wahlgren in 2003 and is headquartered in Solna, Sweden.

Part of Bayerische Flaschen-Glashüttenwerke Wiegand & Söhne GmbH & Co., Vitrum Holding AG operates as a holding Swiss company with interests in glass container manufacturing. The company is based in Hüneberg, Switzerland. Vitrum Holding was acquired by Wiegand - Glas Holding GmbH on December 16, 2011.

ProNoxis AB develops small-molecule drugs to treat chronic inflammation. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Lund, Sweden.

Novartis Sverige AB trades pharmaceutical products. It offers products for the treatment of ADHD, multiple sclerosis, urticaria, allergic asthma, psoriasis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, migraine, blood diseases, eye disorder, and other diseases. The company is headquartered in Kista, Sweden.

Umecrine Cognition AB develops pharmaceuticals against neurological disorders in the central nervous system. The firm focuses on the development and commercialization of novel therapeutics to treat Hepatic Encephalopathy in patients with liver disease. The company was founded by Torbjörn Bäckström in 2006 and is headquartered in Solna, Sweden.

NovaSAID AB develops treatments for inflammation and pain in conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis. It discovers selective microsomal prostaglandin E synthase-1 (mPGES-1), and has also demonstrated its effect in animal models for pain and inflammation. The firm's approach is to prevent the pathological formation of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) selectively, through the development of inhibitors of mPGES-1, the enzyme that is responsible for the formation of PGE2 during inflammation. Its mPGES-1 inhibition offers an approach for inhibiting pathological PGE2 production without adversely affecting other important prostanoids. The company was founded by Per-Johan Göte Jakobsson, Ralf Morgenstern, Bertil Samuelsson and Bengt Ingemar Samuelsson on October 26, 2004 and is headquartered in Solna, Sweden.

Palette Life Sciences AB operates as a pharmaceutical company. It specializes in developing products for local pain relief in obstetrics and gynecology. The company was founded by Berith Karlsson Tingåker, Gunvor Ekman-Ordeberg, Arne Folke Brodin and Lars Irestedt in 2009 and is headquartered in Solna, Sweden.