Conny Börje Bogentoft

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.

PharmaSurgics is a clinical stage biotech company developing novel treatments for the prevention of harmful scarring (adhesions) after surgery. Post-surgical adhesions develop in millions of patients every year and are a source of great patient suffering and enormous healthcare expenditures. The company was founded in 2005 after extensive research done by Dr Inger Mattsby-Baltzer, PhD and Professor Kjell Olmarker MD, PhD at the Sahlgrenska Academy. PharmaSurgics is based in Göteborg, Sweden, where comprehensive in vitro and in vivo facilities have been established.

Omnio Healer AB is a company developing novel drug candidates based on a series of conceptual breakthroughs in inflammation research. This new, pro-inflammatory approach opens up completely new therapeutic strategies for wound healing and anti-infection. The company's lead drug candidate, aimed primarily at otological indications, has achieved promising preclinical results and will enter a clinical development program in late 2010. Since its foundation in 2006 Omnio Healer has assembled a management and development team. This includes scientists within the field, experienced product development professionals and active investors led by Karolinska Development AB, providing access to a network of biotechnology development resources. The company is based in Umeå, Sweden.

Umecrine AB provides pharmaceuticals against mental and physical symptoms. It develops antagonists to reduce symptoms and conditions caused by endogenous sex and stress hormones on the brain. The company was founded by Carl Torbjörn Bäckström in 2000 and is headquartered in Umea, Sweden.

Promore Pharma AB is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development of therapeutic peptides for the bioactive wound care market. The company was founded by Mona Ståhle and Johan Heilborn on January 29, 2003 and is headquartered in Solna, Sweden.

Galenica AB develops and manufactures pharmaceutical drugs. It offers service to partners for the development of oral, dermal, nasal, rectal, pulmonary and parenteral formulations of small molecules to peptides/proteins and biologics. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Malmo, Sweden.