Jan Lundberg was one of the speakers at the Stockholm Meeting 2008 – From Nobel Prize to commercial use and improved daily life, on April 10.

The aim of the conference was to highlight how scientific research is fundamental to the progress and development of mankind welfare.

Honorary speakers were Arvid Carlsson - Nobel Laureate for his discovery concerning the role of dopamine as a transmitter and Heinrich Rohrer - Nobel Laureate for the design of the scanning tunneling microscope.

Jan Lundberg spoke about the importance of collaboration between scientists in industry and in academia to find new treatments to diseases. “There is a huge challenge and opportunity for future discoveries in finding treatments that cure or prevent disease, as many of today’s treatments are symptomatic”.

He also stressed that in especially pioneering research you have to accept failures and learn from them. “Before there is a new drug on the market, there is a substantial failure rate, which is not well known. I see failed projects as partial successes in a way, because you have reached a conclusion and it has given you data that you can learn from for future research projects”.