Mats Blom

Auris Medical AG manufactures electronic devices for ear disorders. It develops novel pharmaceutical therapies to protect hearing and to silence tinnitus. The company was founded by Thomas Meyer in April 2003 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

NorthSea Therapeutics BV operates as a biotechnology company. It develops oral, structurally engineered fatty acid therapeutics. The company was founded by Hilde H. Steineger and David A. Fraser and is headquartered in Naarden, the Netherlands.

Modus Therapeutics AB operates as a clinical-stage drug development company that develops new pharmaceutical therapies designed to restore impaired blood flow and oxygen transport in diseases with unmet medical needs. The firm’s product Sevuparin, evaluates in a phase II clinical trial in sickle cell disease (SCD) and repeated painful crises in SCD, so called vaso-occlusive crises (VOC) that leads to loss of vital organ function and reduced life span. The company was founded by Carl Mats Wahlgren in 2011 and is headquartered in Solna, Sweden.

Swedish Orphan International Holding AB is an international group with its head office in Stockholm, Sweden. The original company was formed in 1988, taking as its starting point the US Orphan Drug Act of 1983. In 2004, the company was acquired by a consortium consisting of Investor Growth Capital, Skandia Investment and the management of Swedish Orphan International AB. The operating companies are Swedish Orphan International and its subsidiaries in Europe and Japan. The organizational structure is primarily based on a logistical perspective. In order to reach patients in emergency situations, regardless of where they are, it needs an extensive organization with strong local roots and the ability to see things in a larger perspective. The better and broader its partnerships, the more effectively the firm can work and the greater the synergies that it can achieve between the various markets.