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Alvotech nobbas i USA efter brister i fabrik – dyker på börsen
Isländska Alvotech, noterade på Stockholmsbörsen, har fått ett bakslag i sin lansering av biosimilaren AVT05 i USA, en kandidat som ska motsvara läkemedlet Simponi (golimumab).
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Xbrane backar efter ny FDA-smäll – ”Vi är mycket besvikna”
Xbrane Biopharma backar med över 30 procent på börsen efter fortsatta problem hos en kontraktstillverkare – vilket väntas leda till ytterligare förseningar av en av bolagets biosimilarer i USA.
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Astra Zeneca pauses multi-million investment in the UK
Astra Zeneca has paused a planned investment worth $270 million. It is the latest pharmaceutical company to pull back on its commitments in the UK.
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Astra Zeneca fryser miljardinvestering i Storbritannien
Astra Zeneca har pausat en planerad investering på motsvarande 2,5 miljarder kronor. Det är det senaste läkemedelsbolaget som drar tillbaka sina satsningar i Storbritannien.
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Billion-Dollar Deal Sends BioArctic Soaring
Swedish Alzheimer-focused company BioArctic has entered into a licensing collaboration with Novartis regarding a technology aimed at enhancing efficient drug delivery to the brain. The BioArctic stock surged significantly following the announcement.
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Problem hos kontraktstillverkare stoppar Regenerons blodcancerläkemedel
För andra gången har Regeneron nekats godkännande i USA för en ny lymfombehandling. Orsaken uppges denna gång vara anmärkningar mot en extern tillverkningsanläggning, som ägs av Novo Nordisk.
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BMS and venture capital giant form new company
The American pharmaceutical company Bristol Myers Squibb, together with the venture capital firm Bain Capital, is forming a new biotech company. The company will develop treatments for autoimmune diseases where there is currently a lack of effective therapies.
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FDA approves Gilead’s HIV injection: “Historic day”
Gilead Sciences’ preventive HIV drug, lenacapavir, was approved on Wednesday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), sparking new hope for finally breaking the transmission chain of a virus that affects 1.3 million people annually.
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Camurus får grönt ljus i EU för behandling mot akromegali
Lundabolaget Camurus behandling för hormonsjukdomen akromegali – eller jätteväxt – har fått ett positivt utlåtande av den europeiska läkemedelsmyndigheten EMA och rekommenderas för godkännande i EU.
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Aqilion's licensing journey: From Merck partnership to new opportunities
Be extremely meticulous with your scientific data, but spend just as much time and effort on business development. That piece of advice comes from Aqilion's CEO Sarah Fredriksson and is directed at biotech companies aiming to find a good licensing partner.
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Who pays for Rebecca Doe – and all of us?
Anna Törner on how easily we get used to the idea that healthcare is free - when it really is about how and who pays for it
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The art of successful licensing – “A lot has to align”
Sharp research, strong data and a high level of innovation are all very good, but more than that is required to achieve the goal of many biotechnology companies: to succeed with a licensing deal.
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Security flaw in Swedish breast cancer screening software – woman passed away
A lack of safeguard in Sectra's software led to a woman with breast cancer receiving an incorrect diagnosis. She later passed away. The software is used in 20 out of 21 regions in Sweden. It is also used in neighbouring Nordic countries. “Extremely serious,” says the Sectra CEO to Medtech Magazine.
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First preterm infants study – a vital step for Neola
After years of developing an advanced lung monitoring system, Neola Medical has received some delightful news: permission to start its first clinical study on preterm born infants.
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Life science trends 2025 – The economy
Upcoming patent expirations are driving pharmaceutical companies to acquire in 2025. In Sweden, we may be on our way to brighter times and fewer bankruptcies. Today´s part of the series with trend insights in life science for 2025 is about the economy.
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GSK acquires oncology research company
GSK acquires the American biotechnology company Idrx for up to 1.15 billion dollars.
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Life science trends 2025 – Part 1 obesity drugs
More obesity drugs are being launched this year following Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly's previous successes with GLP-1 drugs. But the next big breakthrough in obesity has a different mechanism of action, writes Samuel Lagercrantz in the first article in a series of trend insights for 2025. Today: obesity.
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Large study on milk: Risky for women but not for men
The risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD) and acute myocardial infarction (MI) increased for women with milk intake levels higher than 2 glasses per day, while no such association was found in men, according to a new large Swedish study.
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Anna Törner: ”If I fall seriously ill, I’ll move to Finland”
”It is both undignified and undemocratic that cancer patients must travel to Finland to uphold a façade of fairness that does not truly exist”, Anna Törner writes in a column.
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Orbán's extended arm becomes health commissioner in the EU
Hungarian Olivér Várhelyi may soon become the most influential official for the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry in the EU. Várhelyi, who is close to Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán, is seen as a controversial figure due to his opposition to abortion and for calling EU members ”idiots.”
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Xbrane enters licensing agreement with Indian generics giant
Swedish biosimilar developer Xbrane Biopharma and the Indian company Intas Pharmaceuticals have entered into a license and co-development agreement.
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Roche’s Genentech terminates licencing deal with Norwegian biotech
Genentech is ending a license collaboration with Norwegian biotech Nykode Therapeutics regarding a clinical stage cancer vaccine program.
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USA-besked får Lundabolag att backa på börsen – ”Beslutet från FDA är beklagligt”
Brister hos en kontraktstillverkare riskerar att försena ett eventuellt godkännande av Camurus läkemedelskandidat mot en sällsynt hormonsjukdom i USA. Beskedet fick bolagets aktie att falla på börsen på tisdagen.
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Takeover bid is being completed – Japanese company acquires Calliditas
Japanese company Asahi Kasei completes the bid for Calliditas Therapeutics after reaching over 90 percent of the shareholding. Callidita's board has now decided to apply for delisting of the company´s share from Nasdaq Stockholm.