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SUS prövar CAR-T-terapi mot fler cancerformer
Behandling med CAR-T-cellsterapi ska prövas för flera ovanliga former av lymfom i en klinisk studie som vid årsskiftet inleds vid Skånes universitetssjukhus (SUS).
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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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New study: Post-Covid symptoms are common even after mild Covid-19
According to researchers at the University of Gothenburg, loss of smell and taste, shortness of breath and chest symptoms are the most common complaints after a mild Covid infection.
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Prisas för arbete mot antibiotikaresistens: “Behöver pumpa ut nya molekyler”
Professor Otto Cars får en hedersutmärkelse för sitt arbete med att bromsa utvecklingen av antibiotikaresistens – och han är långt ifrån färdig: “Vi måste tänka större, inrätta ett globalt institut där många forskare får stora resurser”.
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Paxlovid kan minska risk för långtidscovid, enligt ny studie
Pfizers covidläkemedel Paxlovid minskar risken för långtidscovid, enligt en ny studie från amerikanska Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Ny kraft ska leda Pharmacologs kvalitets- och certifieringsarbete
Asal Attabipour har anställts som Director of Quality Assurance och Regulatory Affairs (QA & RA) på Pharmacolog.
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Elicera i spanskt samarbete om CAR T-terapi mot skelettcancer
Elicera Therapeutics har ingått ett samarbetsavtal med ett spanskt forskningsinstitut för att stötta utvecklingen av CAR T-behandlingar för Ewings sarkom, en ovanlig form av skelettcancer.
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She is Sweden´s new Minister of Healthcare
Today, Tuesday, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, who leads the Moderate Party and the centre-right coalition in Sweden, presented the government's new ministers. Christian Democrat Jakob Forssmed gets the role of Minister for Social Affairs and Acko Ankarberg Johansson (also of the Christian Democrat Party) becomes Minister for Health Care.
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Alert from the Swedish Medicines Agency: Many complications with gastric balloons
According to the Swedish Medicines Agency, an increasing number of serious complications are being reported in procedures with gastric balloons as a method for weight loss. The authority fears significant shortcomings in the information to patients both before and after the procedure.
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Black box i operationssalen ska göra kirurgin säkrare
Som enda svenska sjukhus använder sig Mora lasarett av black box vid titthålskirurgi. Förebilden är flygplanens svarta lådor, och metoden används flitigt i USA. Men i Sverige finns inget regelverk för tekniken.
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Business Sweden’s new team is rolling out the blue-yellow carpet
According to Business Sweden’s life science team, the combination of substantial medical know-how and an ever-flourishing tech sector is a success factor for Sweden. “It’s a perfect storm, a beneficent, perfect storm,” says Programme Manager Britta Stenson.
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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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Artiklarna du kanske missade – läs dem i sommar
I sommarens solstol, flygsäte eller hängmatta kan det bli lite tid över för läsning och lyssning. Här tipsar vi om några av de texter – och en podd – som Life Science Sweden publicerat tidigare i år.
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Göran Stiernstedt: “We are the world’s worst at continuity”
Failed investments in primary care, an unreasonable system with online doctors and a public failure at coordinating the healthcare IT system. Göran Stiernstedt does not mind his language when describing the shortcomings of today’s healthcare system. “It makes me extremely frustrated,” he says.
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Marie Gårdmark: New incentives for orphan products on its way
"Let’s hope that the learnings from development of new therapies for rare diseases will spill over to more common conditions, orphan products paving the wave for drug development in a broader context", writes Marie Gårdmark in a column.
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Elicera får mångmiljonbidrag av EU för utveckling av CAR-T-terapi
Cell- och genterapibolaget Elicera Therapeutics tilldelas 2,5 miljoner euro, motsvarande drygt 26 miljoner kronor, i EU-finansiering för fortsatt utveckling av sin CAR-T-terapi mot B-cellslymfom.
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Start-up developing ”digital twin” received award during the EIT Health Summit
A biotech company, a medtech company and a company in digital health were on the podium when the EIT Health Catapult awarded its winners.
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Angelica Loskog: ”Som barn var jag jättefixerad vid cancer. Där började mitt intresse”
Life Science Sweden vill veta mer om Angelica Loskog och ställer frågor om hennes liv som forskare.
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Hello Angelica Loskog!
Life Science Sweden would like to know more about Angelica Loskog and interviews her about her life as a researcher.
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Paolo Macchiarini in court – “The sole intent was to cure”
Paolo Macchiarini’s surgical procedure was illegal, life-threatening and caused severe and prolonged suffering to patients the prosecution claimed when the trial against the Italian surgeon began on Wednesday last week.
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Elicera går framåt med sitt onkolytiska virus: "Viktig milstolpe"
Cell- och genterapibolaget Elicera Therapeutics har tagit ytterligare ett steg med sitt onkolytiska virus som utvecklas för att angripa ett flertal olika cancerformer.
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Lucy Robertshaw: Are we in the perfect storm?
“Is there a perfect storm on the horizon again as elective surgeries were cancelled due to patients being admitted with Covid-19? We now have a long backlog of people who are presenting with chronic diseases that need to access healthcare again”, writes Lucy Robertshaw in a column.
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Samuel Lagercrantz: Immunterapin befinner sig fortfarande i ett tidigt stadium
I mer än 100 år har det funnits forskare som har försökt rikta kroppens eget immunförsvar mot cancerceller. Ibland har de blivit utskrattade och hånade av det medicinska etablissemanget. Men där vi står idag kan man ändå sammanfatta det hela med: skrattar bäst som skrattar sist, skriver Samuel Lagercrantz.