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Nytt AI-verktyg ska hjälpa forskare förstå varför läkemedel misslyckas
Ett nytt AI-verktyg ska lösa ett av läkemedelsutvecklingens stora utmaningar: patienter som inte svarar på sina behandlingar. Genom att koppla samman stora mängder biomedicinsk data hoppas svenska Mavatar kunna ge forskare nya svar – snabbare.
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Novo Nordisk appoints Mike Doustdar as new CEO
The Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk has appointed Mike Doustdar as its new CEO. At the same time, the company announced it was lowering its forecasts – which caused the stock to drop sharply on Wednesday.
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The scientist behind Novo Nordisk's obesity success: “I never stopped believing in GLP-1”
the game," says Lotte Bjerre Knudsen, Chief Scientific Advisor at Novo Nordisk.
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FDA plans to replace animal testing with AI – “Paradigm shift”
The requirement for animal testing in drug development will be phased out and replaced by AI, according to an announcement by the FDA. The decision has been met with skepticism from the National Association for Biomedical Research.
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She is CSL Behring's new Nordic General Manager
Since the beginning of january, Helena Bragd is the new Nordic General Manager for the biotech company CSL Behring and CEO of CSL Behring AB.
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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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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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Carl Borrebaeck – professor and serial entrepreneur with a taste for speed
Award-winning cancer researcher, the founder of many listed companies, and constantly in the academic and commercial spotlight for decades. However, Carl Borrebaeck, Professor of Immunotechnology at Lund, is not yet satisfied. “We have a new, potentially super exciting project in the pipeline,” he says.
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CROs in drug development: "We use our expertise to speed up the process
Consultancy firms have become an increasingly important part of drug development. “It’s a trend and a business model that works, and we see no indication that it will change,” says Helena Lüning of the industry organisation ASCRO.
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Norwegian company wins bidding battle for Sensidose
The lengthy battle to acquire medical device company Sensidose is apparently over. Generic medicines company EQL Pharma is pulling out, selling its shares and leaving the way open for Norwegian company Navamedic.
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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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Editorial: ”AI that both impresses and frightens”
”In the past, I've rarely been particularly impressed by something that was produced by AI. But this is something completely different”, Samuel Lagercrantz writes in an editorial.
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Rapid development in blood analysis – “Sweden is leading the race”
Thousands of analytical tests using just one single drop of blood. What was revealed as a hoax just a few years ago is now a reality, according to KTH professor and serial entrepreneur Mathias Uhlén.
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Collaboration for a simpler production of gene therapies launched
A collaboration between universities and companies aims at providing better production methods for the development of gene therapies. The initiative is led by Johan Rockberg, Professor at KTH.
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Nytt internationellt center för stamcellsforskning skapas i Köpenhamn
Ett nytt center för stamcellsforskning slår upp portarna i januari månad. Bakom satsningen står Novo Nordisk Foundation och förhoppningen är att centret ska leda fram till ny medicinsk teknik och stamcellsterapier.
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Anna Törner: Squid game, anyone?
”Den entusiasm och finansiering som finns att uppbåda i mindre bolag räcker till ett skott, och detta måste avfyras med ohygglig precision”, skriver Anna Törner i en krönika.
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Anna Törner: You won’t find this many Concorde projects anywhere else
"Suddenly Concorde projects seem reasonable in life science because it´s about life and death", writes Anna Törner in a column.
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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.
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Helena Strigård: The rise of the community
Sweden Bio´s CEO is looking back at the last decade of development in the industry. Something has shifted in the interdependence between small and larger companies.
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Blodigt samarbete - för tronen och fler blodgivare
Ett oväntat samarbete för att få fler att ge blod.
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Stora kliv på Park Annual
Action, collaboration och speed – det var dessa ord som dominerade när åhörarna på Park Annual svarade på frågan: Vilket är ditt budskap till den nationella life science-strategin?
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Opinion: Where do all the cool Swedish life science companies go?
It’s puzzling why Swedish life science companies hardly get a mention alongside Spotify, Skype, Klarna, King, iZettle, and other cool, innovative and successful ‘startups’ founded in Sweden.
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Lucka 17 - Titta vem som finns här
Det lackar mot jul och det vill vi uppmärksamma tillsammans med er. Varje dag fram till jul får vi här veta vad profiler i life science-världen har på sin önskelista.