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Birk Venture AS (Birk Venture) is an independent Scandinavian venture capital firm which was founded in 2010 by Hans Ivar Robinson. Based in Oslo, Norway, the firm focuses exclusively on the life science industry, utilizing their industry experience and international network to partner with young companies with significant growth prospects.

Pfizer AS operates as biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development and manufacture of pharmaceutical products. It develops and produces medicines such as penicillin; vaccines; and medicines for the treatment of cancer, pain, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, mental illness, and rheumatism. The firm also offers drugs against parasites. The company was founded on November 25, 1959 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.

APIM Therapeutics AS develops and commercializes novel anti-cancer therapies. It offers a physiological intervention point allowing the potentiation of the action of clinical drugs across multiple cancer indications. The company focuses on the development and commercialization of novel anti-cancer therapies potentiating chemo-therapy induced responses in cancer cells. The company was founded by Marit Otterlei in 2009 and is headquartered in Trondheim, Norway.

Accession Therapeutics Limited is a British biotech company that is developing novel immuno-oncology therapeutics to eradicate cancers by harnessing the immune system more powerfully than ever before. The company is based in Oxford, UK and was founded in 2020 by Bent K. Jakobsen, who has been the CEO since then. The company's product, Trocept, is the first approach that meets the three requirements of being highly specific, broad in action to kill all cancer cell variants present, and potent in activating the full immune system arsenal local to the tumour. The team is built around successful biotech entrepreneurs experienced in taking projects through to the clinic and is supported by a Board comprising experienced international healthcare investors.

AstraZeneca AB engages in biopharmaceutical business. It provides treatment of diseases in cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, cancer, respiratory, inflammation, and autoimmunity. The firm offers operations in the areas of infection, neuroscience, and stomach and intestinal diseases. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Sodertalje, Sweden.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Troms Kraft AS produces, distributes, and sells electricity. It owns and operates power line networks, hydropower plants, and wind farms. The company was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Tomasjord, Norway.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Novo Nordisk Scandinavia AB develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products and services. Its products include medicine for diabetes, hemophilia, growth disorders, and hormone therapy. The company is headquartered in Malmö, Sweden.

Artbio, Inc. is a company that is focused on redefining cancer care by developing a new class of alpha radioligand therapies (ART) and building an ecosystem that maximizes their potential. Artbio is based in Cambridge, MA and has subsidiaries in Norway. The company puts the patient at the core of everything they do. The company was founded in 2021 by Emanuele Ostuni, Roy Hartvig Larsen, and Øyvind Sverre Bruland. Emanuele Ostuni has been the CEO since 2021.

GIAMAG Technologies AS specializes in product development for life science applications using their proprietary magnet technology. The company was founded in 2012 by Arne Torbjørn Skjeltorp and is based in Kjeller, Norway. The Norwegian company has ongoing projects with industrial partners and hospitals, partly financed by the Research Council of Norway, Innovation Norway, and project partners. In addition to product development, they also provide industry partners with magnet simulations, prototyping, and quality testing. GIAMAG has extensive experience in running R&D projects and a broad network within the research environment. The CEO is Tone Blixøen.

Institute For Energy Technology (IFE) is a research organization based in Kjeller, Norway. The Norwegian company has been internationally leading since 1948 and have contributed to new renewable energy solutions, petroleum technology, and industry. IFE stands for the Department of Energy Technology, and they bridge the gap between research, education, and industrial activities. The private company's research focuses on energy and materials for a better future. The company has subsidiaries in Tistedalsgata and Os, Norway.

Oslo universitetssykehus HF operates local hospital, acute hospitals, and regional hospital for residents and has a number of national tasks. It carries out patient treatment, research, and trial treatments, gives advice and provides education. The company was founded on December 1, 2008 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.

Lovisenberg Diakonale Sykehus AS provides internal medical services. It offers mental health care, interdisciplinary specialized drug treatments, planned surgical activities, as well as oral medical treatments. The company was founded on December 9, 1992 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.

Helse Sør-Øst RHF owns healthcare companies and hospitals. It provides specialized health services. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Hamar, Norway.

Norges Skiforbund organizes sports teams and clubs. The firm prepares skiing activity and develops top athletes. It provides combined jumping and cross country skiing, alpine skiing, freestyle, and driving. The company was founded in 1908 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.

Advokatfirmaet Hjort DA provides legal services. Its areas of competence includes transport and tax law; property law; protection of privacy; marketing and intellectual property law; and human rights. The firm offers range of legal services to corporate clients in the public and private sectors, as well as private individuals. The company was founded by Harald Nørregaard in 1893 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.

Engimmune Therapeutics AG is a developer of off-the-shelf soluble T-cell receptor drugs to treat solid tumors. The company is based in Allschwil, Switzerland. The Swiss company's proprietary platform technologies enable them to engineer stable, multi-specific TCRs that have high affinity for target cancer antigens and trigger a potent and durable anti-cancer T-cell response without causing damage to healthy cells. The company was founded in 2021 as a spin-off of ETH Zurich from technologies developed by Dr. Rodrigo Vazquez-Lombardi and Professor Sai Reddy. Lars Nieba has been the CEO of the company since 2023.

ExpreS2ion Biotechnologies ApS operates as a biotechnology company which engages in the field of protein production in Drosophila Schneider-2 cells. Its services include custom proteins and research & development reagents, process development, and feasibility studies. The company was founded by Charlotte Dyring, Martin Roland Jensen, and Willem Adriaan de Jongh in 2009 and is headquartered in Horsholm, Denmark.

Opsona Therapeutics Ltd. operates as a immunology drug development company. It focuses on novel therapeutics and specializes in the prevention and treatment of solid organ transplantation, cancer, diabetes, autoimmune, inflammatory and Alzheimer’s diseases. The firm developed OPN-305, an antibody to reduce pro-inflammatory cytokine production, which is now at the clinical testing phase. The company was founded by Luke O'Neill, Kingston Mills and Dermot Kelleher in 2004 and is headquartered Dublin, Ireland.