Despite the credit crunch, biotech stocks on the Oslo stock market have performed surprisingly well. Algeta has led the way following a successful fundraising at 1,7 USD at the turn of year and by the beginning of May they had more than doubled to 3,6 USD. Other rises included Clavis up 11.1 %, Biotech Pharmacon +69 %, and PhotoCure +49.1 %.

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Peter Agre is the President of the American Association for the Advancement for Science (AAAS) and currently heads up the Malaria Research Institute at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. He was awarded a Nobel Prize for his discovery of aquaporins, the long sought after water channel proteins, in 1991. His discovery, as well as his Norwegian heritage, has led him into a longstanding collaboration with aquaporins researchers at Oslo’s centre for excellence in neuroscience.

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The famous Norwegian explorer, humanitarian and diplomat Nansen (1861-1930) also pioneered routes the mind and is the inspiration behind the new Nansen Neuroscience Network exhibiting at BIO2009 in Atlanta.

Oslo Cancer Cluster CEO Bjarte Reve (36) is one of 200 Young Global Leaders appointed by the World Economic Forum in 2009. Reve intends to use his nomination to promote the development of better cancer diagnostics and treatments in Africa.

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The development of microarray technology has raised expectations for a new generation of both predictive and diagnostic tests able to measure complex combinations of biochemical and genetic markers. 

Along with the CMBN in Oslo, the other main axis of the new Nansen Neuroscience Network is the MI Lab in Trondheim, a Norwegian Centre for Research Based Innovation. MI Lab pioneers a more intelligent approach to neuroimaging.

One to Watch - BerGenBio

RNA continues to be one of the hottest topics in drug discovery and a mini-cluster of companies is appearing in Norway. Following PCI-Biotech and siRNAsense, the latest entrant is BerGenBio.

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Oslo is host for the 6th international workshop on Wearable Micro and Nanosystems for Personalised Health in June. Spectacular technology demonstration events and outstanding speakers…