Emplicure was selected as one of the bests Scandinavian startups in the European HealthCatapult (EHC) programme. They will now be one of the companies to represent EIT Health Scandinavia in the semifinals in Europe. In the first selection round held in Stockholm the 27^th of May Susanne Bredenberg, CEO of Emplicure, was pitching in front of an experienced jury.

Each year the Uppsala University Innovation Prize 'Hjärnäpplet' is awarded to one or more researchers or doctoral students for outstanding transference of knowledge from the University to a company and/or other external organisation that has resulted in an innovation. This innovation may have come about in a new or existing company or organisation. This year 2018, Håkan Engqvist receives the prize with the motivation;