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Ingrid Lönnstedt: What does the p-value mean?
The smaller the better, and preferably smaller than 0.05. A p-value smaller than 5% means that the treatment effect is statistically significant at 5% significance level. But what does that mean? Read Ingrid Lönnstedt´s column to learn more.
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Michael J. Foxs stiftelse ger pengar till svenskt bolag
Göteborgsbaserade företaget Irlab får finansiering från skådespelaren Michael J. Foxs stiftelse. Pengarna ska gå till en klinisk fas I-studie med företagets läkemedelskandidat för behandling av apati.
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A vaccine the world is waiting for: “It can change the lives of many”
A Solna laboratory is developing a vaccine that could save the lives of countless children in low- and middle-income countries. “Working on something that can make a difference for many people is important to me,” says Christine Hägglund, Laboratory Manager.
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Business Sweden: “Companies have a lot to offer in data-driven precision medicine”
Data-driven precision medicine can potentially solve major healthcare problems, states Business Sweden in a new report on the subject.
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Founder of Bioarctic, Lars Lannfelt, is honoured: “I want to create something for the future”
It´s like a scientist’s dream: to be the world’s first with a drug that genuinely affects one of our major diseases. Lars Lannfelt and his company Bioarctic have achieved just that, and they are thus making a significant contribution to the history of Swedish medicine. He is now being awarded the Research!Sweden Award 2023.
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“A major energy boost for the entire cancer vaccine field”
The development of cancer vaccines has accelerated in recent years. Norwegian Ultimovacs is one of the companies attempting to develop a new type of treatment line for cancer patients, and the company recently presented positive data from a phase II study.
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High-tech companies are increasingly focusing on health
Tech companies have been taking an interest in healthcare for many years, and this interest seems to be increasing. “It’s not a sudden shift in trend, it’s more about them advancing their positions,” says Anna Lefevre Skjöldebrand, CEO of Swedish Medtech.
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”En stor energiinjektion i hela cancervaccinfältet”
På senare år har utvecklingen av vaccin mot cancer gått allt snabbare. Norska Ultimovacs är en av de företag som försöker ta fram en ny typ av behandlingslinje för cancerpatienter. Nyligen presenterade företaget positiva data från en fas II-studie.
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Study: Cancer vaccine prolongs survival in difficult-to-treat tumour disease
According to a new study, a combination of a cancer vaccine from Norwegian company Ultimovacs and two immunotherapies significantly prolonged survival in cases of the aggressive cancer mesothelioma.
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Besvikelse hos Combigene efter avslutat avtal: ”Mycket oväntat”
Genterapibolaget Combigene drabbades av en missräkning när amerikanska Spark Therapeutics i helgen meddelande att man lämnar tillbaka de globala rättigheterna för epilepsiprojektet CG01.
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Pfizer fälls för läkaruttalande om cancerläkemedel
Pfizer får en knäpp på näsan och en rejäl nota efter att ha publicerat en video där en läkare rekommenderat bolagets cancerbehandling framför andra.
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The physician at the tech giant: “Observations in the emergency room made my mind up”
When Nasim Farrokhnia was in third grade at school in Tehran, the capital of Iran, her father gave her a book about Marie Curie, which soon became her favourite book. Perhaps her interest in science was born there and then, as science and new technology have since been a constant feature of her working life. Today, she is a Healthcare Manager in Microsoft’s Western Europe team.
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Study names with an attitude – more important than you might think
Ironman, T-rex, Star-Trek. Popcorn, Proper, Scout. Nope, these are neither fantasy films nor dog names. They’re the names of ongoing cancer studies in Sweden.
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Astra Zeneca’s Sweden CEO: “We have great faith in our portfolio”
It all started with a summer job as an operator at Astra’s chemical factory in Snäckviken, just outside Södertälje. More than three decades and countless different assignments later, Per Alfredsson, born and raised in Södertälje, is CEO of Astra Zeneca Sweden, which employs 7800 people in Södertälje, Stockholm and Gothenburg. “It was a very special feeling to be in charge of the entire organisation,” he says in an interview about his career and potential future blockbusters.
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Elon Musks hjärnchip får grönt ljus för att testas på människor
Ett implantat som ska göra det möjligt att styra datorer med tankens kraft. Nu har Elon Musks Neuralink fått klartecken för kliniska studier med sitt hjärnchip på människor – och söker försökspersoner.
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19 medicines in Sweden are under investigation in a major EMA inquiry
19 medicines marketed in Sweden are affected by an ongoing extensive European investigation into suspected fraud at an Indian contract research organisation. Among them are medicines for HIV, epilepsy, cancer and Parkinson’s, which may be withdrawn
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Samuel Lagercrantz: A special kind of hellishness afflicts post-COVID patients
In addition to the disease itself those suffering from post-COVID have to deal with people who try to label them as hypochondriacs, writes Samuel Lagercrantz in an editorial.
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Double up for Korbinian Löbmann
This year, Korbinian Löbmann will moderate the New Updates in Drug Formulation & Bioavailability meeting in Copenhagen for the fifth time. Furthermore, he will also moderate The Future of Swedish & Danish Life Science congress in Lund for the first time.
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Sprint licensierar ut cancerprogram i sin största affär hittills
Sprint Bioscience licensierar ut de globala rättigheterna till cancerprogrammet Vada till amerikanska Day One Biopharmaceuticals. Avtalet, som är bolagets största hittills, är potentiellt värt upp till 316 miljoner dollar, motsvarande drygt 3,4 miljarder kronor.
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Why the world renown researcher Marc Tessier-Lavigne resigns as Stanford´s president
In mid-summer, neuroscientist Marc Tessier-Lavigne announced his resignation as President of Stanford following allegations of manipulated study data. According to the reporter Theo Baker, who first reported the story, Tessier-Lavigne “rewarded the winners and punished the losers”. Here is the background of the story which has shaken the American scientific community over the summer.
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Uppgörelse klar om Henrietta Lacks odödliga celler
Sedan över 70 år lever Henrietta Lacks celler vidare i laboratorier världen över, och har bidragit till medicinsk forskning som räddat otaliga liv. Själv visste hon inte ens om att cellproverna togs och ingen kompensation har getts – förrän nu.
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Nytt Alzheimerstest säljs direkt till konsument
Amerikanska Quest Diagnostics har lanserat ett blodtest för diagnos av Alzheimers som marknadsförs direkt mot konsument. Testet mäter nivån av beta-amyloid, och ska bidra till tidig upptäckt av sjukdomen.
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Astra Zeneca köper genterapier av Pfizer
Astra Zeneca tar via dotterbolaget Alexion över en portfölj av genterapier i tidigt skede från Pfizer.
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Neanderthal gene variants may cause Viking disease
A new study suggests that the so-called Viking disease, which affects the hand function in many older people, may be linked to gene variants inherited from Neanderthals.
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