The main purpose of the award is to highlight the continuous research endeavours to beat cancer.
In 2022 Henrik Grönberg was awarded the prize[4] The pink ribbon is a campaign that The Swedish Cancer Society has carried out annually in October since 2003.
Famous designers craft a new ribbon each year and the Crown Princess of Sweden is patron of the campaign.
In 2019, the report noted the increased waiting times in cancer care and described the situation 'a post code lottery’.
The waiting times did not meet the new standardized care process – from suspicion to treatment, called Vårdförloppet.