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Akinion Pharmaceuticals AB operates as a holding company that focuses on the development of pharmaceutical for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia. It develops, markets, and sells a product based on Biovitrum’s anti leukemia kinase inhibitor research. It is a drug development that manufactures a lead candidate drug, AKN-028, which is a small molecule kinase inhibitor. The company was founded by Vendela Parrow in 2009 and is headquartered in Solna, Sweden.

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.

Axelar AB operates as a biotechnology company. It aims to develop novel efficacious anti-cancer treatments. The company was founded by Erik Gustav Magnus Axelson and Lars Olov Larsson in 2003 and is headquartered in Solna, Sweden.

ClanoTech AB is a holding company that develops drugs for the treatment of cancer and macular degeneration. Its lead candidate is an inhibitor of the alpha5beta1-integrin receptor which is present in fibroblast and on vascular endothelial cells. Its Alpha5beta1-integrin is strongly up-regulated in fibroblast when switching to the fibrotic state and in scars after glaucoma surgery. Its strategy spans from therapeutic areas with high commercial potential as wet Age Regulated Macular Degeneration to ophthalmology niche indications with orphan drug opportunity such as developing advent in glaucoma surgery techniques. The company was founded by Yihai Cao in 2006 and is headquartered in Solna, Sweden.