Sweden and Denmark – this is how they choose their strategies

Scandinavia’s two major powers in pharmaceutical research have developed strategies for growth in life science, and both countries aim to become world leaders.

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.

Nya namn i Swedish Medtechs styrelse

Två nya ledamöter har valts in i Swedish Medtechs styrelse.

Cytiva går för högtryck – nyanställer 300

Läkemedelsföretaget Cytiva fortsätter att expandera i covidpandemins spår. Bara i år räknar företaget med att nyanställa över 300 personer i Uppsala och Umeå.

Han blir medicinsk chef på XNK Therapeutics

Johan Aschan blir Chief Medical Officer och tar plats i ledningsgruppen.

Marie Gårdmark: Big data evidence generation drives change in the EU regulatory system

Rapid developments in technology have led to the possibility for the generation and analysis of vast volumes of data. Will the availability of big data lead to fundamental changes to the regulatory system? In a column Marie Gårdmark, CEO and Senior

Column: Why there cannot be a complete cure for cancer – but there is certainly another way!

"Is there a new way we need to be thinking about how to prevent cancer?" Lucy Robertshaw reflects upon which is the smartest way to beat cancer.

Första patienten har fått bamlanivimab mot covid-19

Det antivirala läkemedlet bamlanivimab mot covid-19 har nu för första gången använts i Sverige.

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.

Column: Repurposing as a golden ticket to approval

"Hopefully, in the end, patients will be winners by receiving on-label treatments for which benefit-risk has been properly assessed." In a column Marie Gårdmark, CEO at RegSmart Life Science, reflects on drug repurposing.

Samuel Lagercrantz: Collaboration and joint efforts are the key to success

Although many questions about Covid-19 remain unanswered, the development of drugs and vaccines has been incredibly rapid, writes Samuel Lagercrantz, Life Science Sweden´s Editor-in-Chief, in an editorial.

Ny medicinsk chef vid Amgen

Amgen i Sverige har tillsatt Sandra Eketorp Sylvan som ny medicinsk chef.

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.

GPX rekryterar professor inför kommersialisering

Inför kommersialiseringen av Lundaföretaget GPX Medicals produkt för lungövervakning av för tidigt födda barn rekryterar företaget tre personer.

Lucy Robertshaw: There is a bio revolution happening right now

Lucy Robertshaw is both proud and excited to be taking the baton of moderating this year’s Pharma Outsourcing event.

Samtycke från patient – i många fall inte tillräckligt för databehandling

Vilka är konsekvenserna av att den Europeiska dataskyddsstyrelsen uttalat att försökspersoner i de flesta fall inte kan samtycka till hantering av data rörande dem? Advokaterna på Cirio Advokatbyrå reder ut.

"Precisionsmedicin är på agendan hos varenda bioteknikföretag"

Flera utmaningar kvarstår för att skräddarsydd immunterapi ska nå fram.

Stort intresse för digitalt möte

Combining two drug delivery strategies to improve bioavailability

Danish researchers hope to increase the bioavailability of low solubility drugs.

Delivering drugs with small devices

There are many challenges to overcome when delivering a drug orally. Getting the drug to survive the low pH of the ventricle and being released at the correct site in the gastrontestinal tract are two of them.

Swedish Healthtech Company 1928 Pushing Forward

The full service analytics platform is expanding the business.

Kancera rekryterar från Astra Zeneca

Företaget får en ny chief medical officer med kardiologi och internmedicin som specialiteter.

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.

Pilots want to live too