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Definite answer with new cancerous gene
A newly discovered cancer gene is enabling the diagnosis of adenoid cystic caranoima using a genetic test.
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A crash course in IP strategy
"Publish, publish, publish!" Sound familiar? So to meet the researcher's wishes, do you scribble a patent application with lipstick on a napkin and send it in? At the seminar Patent Strategies in the Biotech Company, you will have the chance to find out why this might not be the best idea.
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Anything is measurable
At the seminar "Du är vad jag mäter - hjärnans kemi i ett provrör", Jonas Bergquist, professor of analytical chemistry and neurochemistry, will dig deep into the research of analyzing markers in body fluids.
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Diagnostics for personalized medicine
Per Matsson from Phadia anticipates changes in the standards for health care. Accordiing to him, expensive new drugs will create a market for more extensive diagnostics.
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Per Hammargren, Sales Director, ICU Scandinavia AB
Why are you going to Scanlab and Biotech Forum?
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Young, bright and committed to labtech
Ghazal Voghoui recently bought her first apartment and finally settled in Stockholm again. Last year, she finished her law studies and she is relieved to be back after living in Geneva for four years. On November 10 she will take a big career leap, becoming the new CEO of Swedish Labtech.
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From planning stage to handshake
"Partnering is an effective tool to get in touch with the decision makers high up in an organization's administration," says Camilla Huse Bondeson at Conlega. And according to her, rigorous planning is the way to succeed.
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DNA extraktion och rening med magnetkulor
Applied Biosystems använder sig av magnetkuleteknik i sin nya produkt MagMAX DNA Multi-Sample Kits, som är till för användning vid extraktion och upprening av DNA.
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Nytt webbverktyg ger koll på gener
Hur kombinerar man ihop all information om uttryck av gener, interaktioner mellan proteiner, signaleringskaskader, proteiners intracellulära lokalisering och så vidare? Forskare vid Stockholm Bioinformatics Center presenterar nu en möjlig lösning i form av ett offentligt tillgängligt webbverktyg.
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Sambandet insulin och cancer studeras
Sanofi-Aventis inleder en studie för att utvärdera och jämföra effekter av olika varianter av insulin. De kommer också att undersöka om det finns något samband mellan insulinanvändning och bröstcancer.
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ADHD-medicin säljs av svenskt bolag
Swedish Orphan har fått distributionsrätt i Norden för ett preparat, som används för att behandla Attentions Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder, ADHD.
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With their hands on the legal levers
It is wonderful news for the Scandinavian scientific community. At the end of May it stood clear that Lund will host to the European Spallation Source.
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Han ger råd till Gothia Forum
Det nya samarbetet kring kliniska studier i väst har fått en ordförande till sin advisory board.
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Stor och liten i lovande samarbete
Ökad kunskap och bättre behandling av åderförkalkning. Effekter på flera plan är förhoppningen hos ett litet svenskt forskningsföretag som startar ett samarbete med en läkemedelsjätte.
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Go ahead for leg wound study
Tripep starts a phase II-study of their wound healing joint venture project.
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First ever study of human stem cell treatment
The FDA says yes to the world's first study in man of a human embryonic stem cell based therapy to treat spinal injury.
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Pfizer lays a chunky bid on Wyeth
The merger of two pharma giants is the largest industry deal so far this year. Pfizer will acquire Wyeth in a cash-and-stock transaction currently valued at approximately $68 billion. The Boards of Directors of both companies have said yes to the deal that may lead to lay-offs of some 8,000 persons.
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EU says yes to Roche drug
EU approves a first in class therapy for treatment of patients with moderate to severe form of rheumatoid arthritis.
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Swedish multi competent machine soon launched
The Swedish company Biosensor will launch new equipment able to detect twelve different narcotics and explosives simultaneously.
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Crafoord Prize to an American and two Japanese
Today the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announces the laureates of the Crafoord Prize in Polyarthritis 2009.
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View pathology images in your iPhone
The Institute for Medical Informatics in Oslo announces a brand new iPhone application for virtual microscopy.
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Vitrolife wants to acquire Medicult
The Swedish company Vitrolife intends to make en exchange offer to the shareholders of the Danish company Medicult to acquire all outstanding shares in the company.
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Prenatal testing breakthrough
For the first time specific gene expression information from fetal cells isolated from maternal blood samples is available.
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Bio-Linux goes global
Recently the NEBC Bio-Linux Version 5.0 was released, a one-stop shop for bioinformatics tools in a Linux context.