Recipharm Wins SwedenBIO Award

The winner of the ninth annual SwedenBIO Award was announced on Thursday night (4th June). This year Recipharm AB was honoured for its efforts and contribution to Sweden life science during the past year.

The citation reads: "Recipharm has purposefully and with great skill built a solid organisation with a critical mass. A good revenue model has contributed to that the company created jobs in Sweden, but also established itself internationally. Recipharm is an extraordinary life science company that during the year strongly contributed to an increased interest in the industry and is an inspiring example for the whole of Swedish life science industry."

The prize is awarded to a company that demonstrated achievements and success beyond the norm in the life science industry in the past year and that has contributed to an increased interest in the business.

Lars Aldersson, Chairman of SwedenBIO said: “Recipharm shows that with the help of strong leadership, a responsible investment strategy and focus on quality it is possible to build a global life science company based in Sweden, something that will hopefully inspire others to similar deeds."

Thomas Eldered, CEO, commented: “We are very honoured to be recognized by SwedenBIO in this way. As an international company based in Sweden we are committed to investing and developing life science talent and capability here.”