Vinnova ger stöd till precisionsmedicin – här är projekten som får anslag

Vinnova anslår totalt 323 miljoner kronor i en stor satsning på precisionsmedicin.

The Oresund region aims at becoming Europe’s microbiome Mecca

The Medicon Valley Alliance’s ambition: Skåne and the Copenhagen region will become world leaders in microbiome research.

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.

Karta över 192 mänskliga celltyper ska gynna forskning

En ny karta över enskilda celltyper i mänskliga vävnader har presenterats och kan fungera som en grund för forskning om människans biologi och sjukdomar.

Hjälp - svensk industri efter i digitaliseringen

En internationell undersökning som it-konsultbolaget Experis gjort visar att svenska företag digitaliserar och automatiserar sin verksamhet långsammare än jämförbara länder.

ATMP-expert till Eliceras styrelse

Karin Hoogendoorn har valts in i styrelsen för Elicera Therapeutics.

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 Consultant at RegSmart Life Science, develops her views on this subject.

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.

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.

SDS Life Science satsar på regulatorisk spetskompetens

New diagnostic test soon ready for the market

"Imponerande kraftsamling gav vaccin"

Det rekordsnabba framtagandet av nya vaccin under pandemin visar vad läkemedelsindustrin – och mänskligheten – kan åstadkomma när pressen är tillräckligt stor.

Storbritannien godkänner Pfizers covid-19 vaccin

Vaccinet kommer att finnas tillgängligt på brittiska sjukhus från och med början på nästa vecka.

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.

Läkemedelsupptäckt med CRISPR-screening

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.

Marie Gårdmark: Do EMA and FDA talk to each other?

Of course they do! The collaboration started already in 2003, writes Marie Gårdmark in a column.

Abigo nyanställer

Life science-företaget Abigo har anställt en ny kommunikationschef och en ny risk and quality specialist.

Här är vaccinkandidaterna mot coronaviruset

Totalt finns det idag tio pågående kliniska studier om vaccinkandidater mot det nya coronaviruset.

Giulia Gaudenzi: ”Key lessons from global health research”

The world will still face major challenges in the post Covid-19 pandemic, writes Giulia Gaudenzi at the KTH Division of Nanobiotechnology at Scilifelab, in a column.

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.

Nya chefer på Xvivo

Anne-Li Sigvardsson och Andreas Wallinder rekryteras inifrån bolaget.