Kjell Olmarker

PharmaSurgics is a clinical stage biotech company developing novel treatments for the prevention of harmful scarring (adhesions) after surgery. Post-surgical adhesions develop in millions of patients every year and are a source of great patient suffering and enormous healthcare expenditures. The company was founded in 2005 after extensive research done by Dr Inger Mattsby-Baltzer, PhD and Professor Kjell Olmarker MD, PhD at the Sahlgrenska Academy. PharmaSurgics is based in Göteborg, Sweden, where comprehensive in vitro and in vivo facilities have been established.