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Flemingsberg – en växande nod för Life Science
Flemingsberg i södra Stockholm har länge varit hem för ett livskraftigt life science-kluster. Nu sker en tydlig acceleration då fler företag etablerar sig, samarbeten fördjupas och innovationskraften växer.
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Flemingsberg – en växande nod för Life Science
Flemingsberg i södra Stockholm har länge varit hem för ett livskraftigt life science-kluster. Nu sker en tydlig acceleration då fler företag etablerar sig, samarbeten fördjupas och innovationskraften växer.
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Virology professor on the threat from X: ”The next pandemic could be worse“
The question is not if, but when we will be affected by a new unknown virus that causes yet another pandemic. Are we sufficiently prepared? "Absolutely not!", responds virologist Niklas Arnberg.
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Vectura värvar Britta Stenson från Business Sweden
Fastighetsbolaget Vectura har rekryterat Britta Stenson till en ny roll som Director Community Life Science.
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Björn Arvidsson: ”We must raise our gaze to find the answers of the future”
A system approach isn't just about understanding complexity – it's about making better decisions. By seeing ourselves as part of larger systems, we can better anticipate the consequences of our actions, writes Björn Arvidsson in a column.
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Novo Nordisk establishes new factory in Denmark
Novo Nordisk establishes a new production facility in Odense, Denmark, an investment of 8.5 billion Danish kroner.
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“We should avoid surgery if we can”
Since February this year, she has been Scientific Director Life Science at the Karolinska Institutet. Life Science Sweden met Anna Martling for a talk about role models, surgery and Sweden’s strengths and weaknesses in medical research.
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Gothenburg, the city of life science – We are ‘Little Boston’
Western Sweden is investing in life science within everything from advanced therapeutic drugs to femtech. At the same time, stakeholders are looking to other industries for inspiration and knowledge.
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Bio Europe to Stockholm – ”The Swedish ecosystem is now taking the opportunity”
The international life science conference Bio Europe is coming to Sweden for the first time in November. The conference, whose program takes inspiration from ABBA songs, turns 30 this year. "There is great interest in Sweden and Swedish solutions globally," says Anna Redwood from Business Sweden.
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Specific proposals and targets top the universities’ desired priorities
What are the universities’ expectations for the update of the national life science strategy? Life Science Sweden posed the question to representatives from Karolinska Institutet and Sahlgrenska Academy.
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Decades of research destroyed at KI – a hacker attack cannot be ruled out!
Years of research, together with half a billion Swedish krona, went up in smoke when the freezers at Karolinska Institutet overheated. The breakdown has now been reported to the police.
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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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Rickard Sandberg on this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine: ”A key discovery”
The discovery that paved the way for the development of todays mRNA vaccines is the basis for this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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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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Why the world renown researcher Marc Tessier-Lavigne resigns as Stanford´s president
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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This is the future location of the new national innovation cluster
Mölndal and Goco Health Innovation City will be the site of a new national innovation cluster for advanced therapies. The business community and the Swedish government are splitting the costs of the project, which is expected to produce new treatments
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KI’s new President: “We need to work closer together”
A closer link between research and education and a stronger “we-feeling” are aims that Annika Östman Wernerson sets out to achieve as the new President of Karolinska Institutet. She will not give up her research entirely though. “I think it’s crucial to maintain a close presence in the business,” she says.
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Hello Jenni Nordborg!
Life Science Sweden would like to know more about Jenni Nordborg and asks her about her new job, why she became a chemical engineer and who her role model is.
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Column: ”Authentic leadership and clear mandates pave the way for more female CEOs”
”I believe that the aspect of having clear mandates and titles on the one hand and women progressing into top positions must be explored further”, Helena Strigård writes in a column.
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Svensk studie ger ökat hopp om nasalt covidvaccin
Höga nivåer av antikroppar mot sars-cov-2-viruset i näsans slemhinna ger skydd mot covid-19-smitta i minst åtta månader, enligt en svensk studie. Resultaten anses öka förhoppningarna om ett effektivt nasalt vaccin.
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Snabb nedgång av antikroppar hos vaccinerade
Nivån av antikroppar mot covid-19 hos fullvaccinerade sjunker snabbare än man hittills trott, enligt resultat från en svensk studie.
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Framtidens vård samtalsämne på Clubhouse
Björn Arvidsson och Magnus Lejelöv vill se fler diskussioner om hälsa och sjukvård och har tagit initiativ till ett community på den hajpade nya plattformen Clubhouse.
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Björn Arvidsson: Let's build on the positive momentum
Progress needs narratives and heroes, and more than ever, going into the new year feels like an opportunity for a fresh start.
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Column: "Are we already living in the new normal?"
2020 felt like the year that we were building the house around us whilst moving into it at the same time.