Liftstream is an executive search recruitment company in the life sciences sector
Is there a pay-gap in your company?
Women are not seeing as many higher-range pay raises as men, and fewer women than men also report being compensated fairly. In our recent study of Massachusetts’ life sciences cluster published with MassBio, we found gender-specific differences which showed … Continue reading
UK shows multi-stakeholder approach tackles diversity
The UK has been seriously tackling the issue of diversity in the senior ranks of British business. The Davies Review, led by the charismatic but challenging Lord Mervyn Davies, pushed UK boards to get 25% of women on the boards … Continue reading
Five Resolutions for Nominations Committees to Improve Board Performance
The New Year brings a period of reflection, what will you change in the year ahead and how will you do it? There are some clear ways in which the effectiveness of the board can be improved by the way … Continue reading
Oslo Cancer Cluster: Innovation, Funding and the Future
Authored by Karl Simpson Recently appointed to the role of General Manager of the Oslo Cancer Cluster, Ketil Widerberg has a clear vision and grand plans for the Oslo cluster. In part, this future lies in the significant global interest among … Continue reading
Oslo Cancer Clusters Biotech Ambition: The Strategic Vision
Authored by Karl Simpson Oslo, Norway is not everyone’s immediate response when asked for their view of an emerging biotech cluster with international prominence. Norway, a country with rich resources and an economy which has been benefiting from the considerable … Continue reading
Immunotherapeutics biotech Nordic Nanovector demonstrates progress
Authored by Karl Simpson Biotechnology IPOs have been hitting the market in significant numbers over the 2013-14 period. In the main, these companies were North American companies. However, this fever has spread across the Atlantic and has arrived on the shores … Continue reading
Lytix Biopharma focuses on immuno-oncology future
Authored by Karl Simpson Liftstream was able to recently interview Unni Hjelmaas, CEO of Lytix Biopharma, a privately owned Norwegian company. Lytix Biopharma is developing one drug candidate for immunotherapy in cancer and one drug in topical infections. Our conversation was … Continue reading
BioNor Pharma impresses at 2014 AIDS conference
Authored by James Sheppard The Oslo based biotech company BioNor Pharma recently announced the results of its REDUC trial. The topline results from part A of the trial demonstrated that the HDAX inhibitor (HIDACi) romidepsin is able to activate latent … Continue reading
Vaccibody successfully completes 35m NOK financing round
Authored by James Sheppard The Oslo biotech cluster based Vaccibody announced that it had successfully completed a 35m NOK (US $6m) financing round. The money has been raised via the public market in Norway by issuing new shares with new … Continue reading