AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoDrone Tech in Iceland: Université de Sherbrooke unveiled Ice Dart, a cat-claw-inspired landing system that can perch multirotors on steep, irregular ice; field tests on Icelandic icebergs and glaciers hit slopes up to ~58–60° with winds over 30 km/h. Climate & Ocean Science: Heidelberg researchers report that Iceland’s ice-sheet growth and retreat over 230,000 years reshaped North Atlantic seawater chemistry, tracked via neodymium signals in deep-sea cores from the Rockall Plateau. Arctic Wildlife Shift: New work links warming Greenland Sea waters and shrinking sea ice to “feeding frenzies” of fin, humpback and minke whales, with capelin moving north and drawing up to ~16,000 whales per summer. Biotech Dealmaking (Iceland in scope): Alvotech signed a licensing/commercialization agreement with Lotus Pharmaceutical for biosimilars (durvalumab and emicizumab) across the U.S. and selected Asian markets. Ophthalmology for Iceland: Lupin’s VISUfarma secured an exclusive license to commercialize Yuvezzi eye drops for presbyopia across the EU, UK, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland. Greenland Industry Update: Greenland Mines advanced work at Skaergaard and Sarfartoq and approved a 1-for-50 reverse stock split. Energy/Infrastructure: Eyjagöng hired Norconsult for a cost-and-feasibility assessment of a subsea tunnel between Iceland’s mainland and the Westman Islands, with results expected by year-end. AI & Data Centers (Nordics): Nvidia is “matchmaking” GPU supply with Nordic data-center operators as AI infrastructure demand surges.
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