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Rise and Scantox cease conducting animal testing in Stockholm
Access to in vivo toxicology services is significantly decreasing in the Stockholm area as Rise shuts down animal testing and Scantox reorganizes. ”The costs are high, and demand is weak”, says the division manager at Rise to Life Science Sweden.
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Hypothesis testing versus conspiracy theory
"How do you know what is a conspiracy theory and what is a reasonable, scientifically based conclusion?" In a column, Ingrid Lönnstedt reflects on this question.
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Partial court victory for entrepreneur who lost his company
Swedish life science entrepreneur Mikael Kubista has won the first round against a law firm that he, along with other co-owners, sued for negligent advice in connection with losing his company, Tataa Biocenter.
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MSD discontinues development of cancer drugs after trial failures
MSD suspends Phase 3 trials for two drug programs for different forms of cancer after trial failures.
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Norwegian cancer research companies merge
The Norwegian companies Ultimovacs and Zelluna Immunotherapy plan to merge. At the same time, it is made clear that Ultimovacs' CEO is leaving the company.
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Joy at Egetis after positive CHMP opinion – ”The single most important milestone”
Stockholm-based Egetis Therapeutics has received a positive CHMP opinion for Emcitate, which could become the first approved treatment for the rare disease MCT8 deficiency."
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Nytt fetmapiller gör entré i Sverige – nu till apoteken
Den här veckan kommer ett nytt aptitdämpande fetmaläkemedel, Qsiva, för första gången till svenska apotek. ”Jättebra med ett till alternativ”, säger obesitasforskaren Ylva Trolle Lagerros till Life Science Sweden.
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Lilly recruits top Swedish researcher in Alzheimer´s
One of Sweden's leading Alzheimer's researchers, Oskar Hansson, has been recruited by pharma giant Eli Lilly and will be moving to the USA.
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600 million SEK for life science - "Should not be the country of moderation"
Sweden will prioritize excellence over breadth in research. This was made clear when the government presented the research proposition for the next four years.
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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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Thomas Eldered: ”Innovation is the key”
Thomas Eldered speaks in a web clip about the challenges facing the life science sector in the future and what he, as an investor, finds most interesting in new companies.
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“Research is always a lot of failures and a few successes”
Gene therapies open up fantastic possibilities, but they are also extremely expensive to produce. Genenova aims to change that and make the treatments accessible to more people. “Our overall ambition is to reduce costs a hundredfold”, says professor Johan Rockberg at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.
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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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De guidar till branschens dolda jobb
Vad får du inte missa att lyfta fram när du letar nytt jobb inom life science? Och hur hittar du de dolda jobben? En ny kurs ska guida dig till drömjobbet.
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Sanofi mångmiljardsatsar på insulinfabrik i Kina
Den franska läkemedelsjätten Sanofi planerar att investera en miljard euro, motsvarande omkring 11,5 miljarder kronor, i en ny produktionsanläggning för insulin i Kina.
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In search of Marcel Proust's lost health
A great writer, but also a weak person and a hypochondriac. That has been the usual image of Marcel Proust. But the pediatrician and literary scholar Carl Lindgren paints a partly different picture in a new book about the French master's life, health
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Investigations against AstraZeneca: ”Chinese interests may be behind them”
Why are there several investigations against AstraZeneca employees in China right now? Life Science Sweden continues to seek answers.
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Medivir CEO on upcoming study: ”It's about working together with others”
Medivir is a small company with a big task: to take its drug candidate, via extensive clinical studies, all the way to a patient group that currently lacks approved treatment alternatives. "We can't do that on our own – our entire R&D activities are about working together with others," says the company's CEO Jens Lindberg.
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Trumps nya FDA-chef varnar för "massiv övermedicinering"
Donald Trump har nominerat kirurgen och författaren Marty Makary till ny chef för den amerikanska läkemedelsmyndigheten FDA, som enligt den tillträdande presidenten har ”förlorat amerikanernas förtroende”.
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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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Utredningarna mot Astra Zeneca: ”Kinesiska intressen kan ligga bakom”
Varför pågår det flera utredningar mot Astra Zeneca-anställda i Kina just nu? Life Science Sweden fortsätter att nysta i härvan.
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Montertext för epilepsiläkemedel fälls – ”Är vilseledande”
Ett produktpåstående om ”långvarig effekt och tolerabilitet” riskerar att bli vilseledande om det inte förtydligas. Det anser Informationsgranskningsnämnden, IGN, som menar att marknadsföringen av ett epilepsiläkemedel i en utställningsmonter strider mot branschens etiska regler.
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Anna Törner: ”Om jag blir allvarligt sjuk flyttar jag till Finland”
”Det känns ovärdigt och odemokratiskt att cancersjuka människor ska åka till Finland för att vi ska uppehålla skenet om en rättvisa som egentligen inte finns”. Det skriver Anna Törner i en krönika.
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Två droppar blod kan räcka för nytt alzheimertest
Ett stick i fingret och 1-2 droppar blod på ett kort – så lätt kan det i framtiden bli att testa personer för Alzheimers sjukdom.
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