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"The Swedish Innovation Award, founded in 2007 by ÅF in partnership with Swedish business magazine Veckans Affärer, is one way of honouring those people who have succeeded in taking an innovation all the way from initial idea to commercial success. Such people deserve attention, no matter whether they work in the R&D division of a major multinational or in the garage at home. The prize is worth SEK 100,000 and the very first award went to Johan Löf, CEO of RaySearch, a company that develops radiation therapy software for the treatment of cancer. The prize provides us with an important platform from which to voice our ideas on how to maximise the commercial potential of the inventiveness and innovative thinking in Sweden. This is a matter close to our heart at ÅF."
Jonas Wiström, President and CEO (www.va.se/innovationspriset)