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HealthCap

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HealthCap is a venture capital firm that invests in life sciences globally.

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01.01.1996

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Founded in 1996 and based in Stockholm, Sweden, HealthCap has raised over EUR 1.2 billion and invested in more than 125 companies in healthcare, life sciences, nanotechnology, mobile, and information technology sectors. Their investment strategy focuses on diseases with high unmet medical needs and breakthrough therapies that have the potential to be transformative. They have developed 30 pharmaceutical products to market approval and brought more than 50 innovative medical device products to market, generating significant value to patients, physicians, society, and investors.
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M&A Details
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Acquired by

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announced date

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Bjorn Odlander
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Bjorn Odlander is the Partner at HealthCap. Odlander previously headed the ABB Aros Health Care Equity Research Team. He is a Medical Doctor. Prior to joining Aros in 1992, Odlander was active at the Karolinska Institute pursuing scientific research in the biochemistry of inflammation. In 1990 Odlander published his thesis, rendering a Ph.D. degree in Medical Chemistry from Karolinska Institutet. During his tenure with Aros, Bjorn Odlander also served as advisor to the management of several major pharmaceutical and medical technology companies.

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