Edvard Smith

Karolinska University Hospital is a premier health facility and one of Europe's largest teaching hospitals located in Stockholm, Sweden. The Swedish company provides healthcare services for a wide range of disorders, from major public health diseases to rare medical conditions. As a designated provider of highly specialized medical services, they have a primary responsibility for the clinical components of research and education. Together with the world-respected Karolinska Institutet, they lead in medical breakthroughs. The company educates and train tomorrow's medical specialists and healthcare professionals as a major teaching hospital.

MGI PHARMA, INC. develops, manufactures & markets pharmaceutical and medical products for therapeutic markets. The company's products include Aloxi injection, Dacogen, Gliadel water, Hexalen capsules, and Salagen Tablets. It has alliances with Helsinn Healthcare SA, Kissei Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Dainippon Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Pfizer, Inc. and Novartis Pharma AG. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Bloomington, MN.

The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) is a leading medical oncology society that provides a professional network for its members and works with national societies across Europe. The non-profit company is based in Lugano, Switzerland. ESMO's position on a wide range of legislative and non-legislative policy files on both EU and levels is available to learn about. Raffaella Casolino is the third ESMO young medical oncologist serving as a cancer expert on the WHO Cancer Control team. ESMO's Young Oncologists Corner is dedicated to providing educational and networking opportunities for medical oncologists under 40.

Avaris was founded in 2001 by research teams at the Karolinska Institute and Karolinska Innovations AB. The company is based on four proprietary technology platforms within cell and gene therapy. Avaris drives the research development and commercialization of new therapies in close collaboration with the founders, research teams, and strategic partners. The company is well positioned in cell and gene therapy field for chronic infections, cancer and inherited diseases. Avaris vision is to become the number one supplier of individualized cell and gene therapy treatments in northern Europe. In order to reach this goal it is exploring possibilities to acquire, or in license cell therapy technologies that complement the in house growth. Avaris is also open to partnering possibilities.