Swedish biotech company Sobi opens its North American headquarters at 890 Winter St. in Waltham today.

Rami Levin, Sobi’s vice president for North America, said the company chose Waltham because of Massachusetts’s biotech cluster and strong talent pool.

"This also offers us the opportunity to collaborate with some of the finest research institutions and universities in the world," Levin said in a statement.

The Stockholm-based company opened its first U.S. affiliate in 2012 in Pennsylvania. The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center worked with the company on its relocation plans. Sobi will have 21 employees in the 8,000-square-foot office by year’s end, according to the life sciences center.

Sobi specializes in protein biochemistry and biologics manufacturing. In the North American market, the company focuses on inflammatory, genetic and metabolic diseases. Its Orfadin drug is FDA-approved for treatment of Type 1 tyrosinaemia, which causes liver and kidney diseases.

Swedish Biotech Opens Waltham Headquarters

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