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ALS – When the body has given up, but the brain persists
The nerve disease ALS gradually deprives the patient of control over the muscles and, eventually, also of speech. The eyes continue to function, though, and with the help of, among other things, a Swedish-developed invention, communication with the outside world can continue. “It’s their window to the world,” says ALS researcher Caroline Ingre.
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“Photon counting in computed tomography is the holy grail”
Erik Fredenberg, a researcher in physics at KTH and GE, is working to implement photon-counting CT in clinics. To shorten lead times and reduce the radiation dose in patients, he is setting out to develop a framework for virtual clinical trials for the technology.
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The stomach medication that became the biggest blockbuster of the 1990s
The omeprazole molecule was synthesised as early as 1979, but it took many years before the then Astra had an approved pharmaceutical. Once this happened, a tablet was available that was soon to help millions of people worldwide and break all sales records.
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He is zooming in on topical preparations
According to Zelmic CEO David Sagna, topical products in drug development is a growing market, and to keep pace with the development, the company is awaiting approval for its new GMP facility.
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Behandling som skjuter upp diabetes typ 1 godkänd i USA – "Historiskt ögonblick"
Den amerikanska läkemedelsmyndigheten FDA har godkänt en behandling som fördröjer utbrottet av typ 1-diabetes, och därmed kan bespara patienter åratal av insulinsprutor, blodsockerkontroller och hård diet.
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Spermosens tar in 24 miljoner – ska lansera ny diagnostik inför IVF
“En banbrytande produkt som kan hjälpa miljontals drabbade av ofrivillig barnlöshet”. Så beskriver bolaget Spermosens en ny mätmetod för män som företaget uppger ger bättre chans vid IVF-behandling.
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Swedish breakthrough in Alzheimer’s: “We can finally present great data”
Treatments for Alzheimer’s disease are currently among the hottest topics in drug development. Two Swedish research companies with high ambitions and successes in the field participated in Bioscience 2022 conference at Life City in Hagastaden, Stockholm.
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Neanderthal genes and Nobel Prize in a popular lecture at Bioscience
An inherited gene variant from our ”evolutionary cousins” – the extinct Neanderthals – may affect how our bodies break down certain drugs. “It’s only a matter of time before we actively start screening for it,” said KI researcher Hugo Zeberg when describing the study at Bioscience 2022.
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"Are we doing business the wrong way around in the Life Science Sector?"
For the past 50 years we have created solutions for problems that we thought would solve the problems. Pharmaceuticals have created big block buster drugs which were great for that time but now we realise that these drugs were in fact only tested in white men and certainly not for patients who are older who are taking a number of medications.
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A green nursery for biotech rooted in the Scanian soil
Red Glead has established itself as one of Lund’s largest companies in pharmaceutical development. Life Science Sweden went to Skåne and met two of the founders, Johan Evenäs and Martina Kvist Reimer.
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De vann en postdoc hos Astra Zeneca
120 forskningsförslag från hela världen lämnades in till Astra Zenecas globala Postdoc Challenge. Eslövbon Cátia Bonito Ferreira var en av sex personer som tog sig till final med hopp om att vinna en fullt finansierad postdoc-tjänst. Nu står det klart vem, eller vilka, som vann tävlingen.
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“We need to build flexible operating theatres”
Flexible operating theatres, micro-sensors on surgeons to monitor their well-being and 3D images projected onto organs to be operated on. These are a few ideas that three specialist surgeons are suggesting for the operating theatre of the future.
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EU:s inköp av covidvaccin utreds av åklagare
Europeiska åklagarmyndigheten, Eppo, har inlett en utredning om misstänkta oegentligheter i samband med affärer med covid-19-vaccin inom EU. Flera internationella medier kopplar uppgifterna till ifrågasatta kontakter mellan Pfizers ledning och EU-toppen Ursula von der Leyen.
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Postdoc på spel i Astra Zenecas internationella tävling
Eslövsbon Cátia Bonito Ferreira ska på onsdag presentera sitt forskningsförslag om behandling för en sällsynt sjukdom inför en jury i hopp om att få en betald postdoc vid Astra Zenecas anläggning i Göteborg. ”Jag vill förbättra livskvaliteten för dessa patienter”, säger hon till Life Science Sweden.
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Kancera trotsar tuffa tider – tar in 90 miljoner för projekt mot äggstockscancer
Läkemedelsutvecklaren Kancera har beslutat om en nyemission på cirka 90 miljoner kronor. Syftet är att få in kapital till den fortsatta utvecklingen av bolagets behandling mot äggstockscancer.
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66 barn misstänks ha dött av hostmedicin – WHO utfärdar varning
WHO varnar för fyra sorters hostmedicin från det indiska läkemedelsbolaget Maiden Pharmaceuticals, vars medicin tros ha orsakat 66 barns död i Gambia.
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“We need to keep investing in research and innovation”
Jenni Nordborg has worked for just over four years to highlight life science in Sweden. Her mandate as national coordinator ends in December 2022. ““Life sciences has been a long-term priority of governments since many years and I have no doubt that the ambitions will be strong going forward”, says Jenni Nordborg.
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Umeåinkubator startar internationellt program
Umeå Biotech Incubator, UBI, har varit med och utvecklat en rad framgångsrika svenska startuppbolag. Nu tar man ytterligare ett steg och drar igång ett internationellt inkubatorprogram.
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Biosimilars bring price pressure, but are they sufficiently used?
When biosimilars were introduced just over 16 years ago, hopes were raised that they would give many more patients access to effective but otherwise extremely expensive treatments with biological drugs. So, how well has Swedish healthcare used biosimilars? The answer partly depends on whom you ask.
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Nytt coronavirus upptäckt hos fladdermöss – tog sig förbi vaccin
Ett nytt coronavirus i levande fladdermöss har upptäckts av forskare i USA. Enligt forskarna är viruset resistent mot befintliga covidvaccin.
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Cyxone får grönt ljus för fas IIb-studie
Forskningsbolaget Cyxone har fått klartecken från läkemedelsmyndigheten och den centrala etiska kommittén i Polen för att starta en klinisk fas 2b-studie med sin läkemedelskandidat Rabeximod, som är under utveckling som en behandling av ledgångsreumatism (RA).
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Bought a tablet factory – and built his own empire
In 1995, Thomas Eldered was CEO of one of Pharmacia’s factories in the Stockholm area when the Swedish pharmaceutical giant, after a takeover, decided to move its production abroad. 34-year-old Thomas was facing an imminent risk of losing his job. However, instead, it actually turned out to be the starting point for one of the biggest success stories in Swedish life science.
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Life Science-podden: The perfect moment for an IPO
When is the right time to go for an IPO? What strategy is recommended in today´s rather uncertain business climate when it comes to taking your life science company public?
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Möjligt maktskifte i de största regionerna
I Västra Götalandsregionen och i Region Stockholm har allianspartierna tillsammans med Miljöpartiet styrt de senaste fyra åren och i Region Skåne har de klassiska allianspartierna hållit i tyglarna. Nu ser det ut att ändras.