Erik Mellgren
Erik Mellgren is a Swedish journalist visiting the United States as part of the Stanford Innovation Journalism Fellowship program. He is a 25-year veteran of Ny Teknik, a leading technology and innovation magazine in Sweden.
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Two local biotech companies have joined forces to develop a new protein drug. The agreement, between Codon Devices and Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, both of Cambridge, MA, was made public today.
Merrimack... Read more »
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Phoenix Technologies of Milpitas, CA, said today that it will acquire TouchStone Software, the North Andover, MA-based maker of tools for diagnosing and updating Windows personal computers. Touchstone stockholders will get... Read more »
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Reveal Imaging, a Bedford, MA-based maker of explosives detection devices, said Tuesday that it has collected $20.3 million from a group of investors led by BBH Capital Partners III.... Read more »
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New England’s private equity firms raised nearly $7 billion during the first quarter of 2008, more than twice the amount raised in the same period of 2007. That’s far stronger growth... Read more »
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The U.S. ambassador to Sweden, Michael Wood, wants American investors to put their money into Swedish cleantech. This week he presented his case to New England investors and venture capital firms.... Read more »
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Last summer, the US Patent Office issued a package of new rules for patent applications. On Monday, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia decided to permanently block... Read more »
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New England’s high-tech economy netted 7,600 jobs in 2006, as all six states in the region gained over the previous year. But the growth nowadays comes mainly from software and engineering... Read more »
