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From lab to patient – the art of developing new antibody therapies
For 25 years, Danish company Genmab has been developing antibodies and has managed to get several drugs all the way to the patient. Esther Breij has been along for much of the journey and has experienced setbacks, but also huge discoveries. “It’s amazing when you succeed,” she says.
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Obesity-drug pioneers win Lasker Award
This year’s Lasker Prize in Clinical Research has been awarded to three researchers for their discoveries in GLP-1-based drugs that, according to the jury, “have revolutionised the treatment of obesity”. Among others, Novo Nordisk’s Lotte Bjerre Knudsen is honoured.
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Allt fler insjuknar i TBE – ”Det behövs väldigt mycket mer forskning”
Fästingburen hjärnhinneinflammation eller TBE blir allt vanligare i Sverige. I dag finns vaccin mot sjukdomen men inga läkemedel. Forskaren Anna Överby Wernstedt studerar vad som sker i hjärnan vid en TBE-infektion och hoppas kunna bidra till utvecklingen av en behandling.
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Anna Törner: ”Mom, do you think you’ll ever get married again?”
”I realize I’m slowly descending into that familiar statistical rabbit hole, where life’s biggest uncertainties are reduced to point estimates and confidence intervals”, Anna Törner writes in a column.
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Johan Pehrson takes over the responsibility for research policy in Sweden
The Liberals' party leader Johan Pehrson takes over the assignment as Minister for Education. This was announced by Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) on Tuesday last week.
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Sobi announces agreement with Enable Injections
Swedish biopharma Sobi has entered into an international development and distribution agreement with US drug delivery company Enable Injections.
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“We should avoid surgery if we can”
Since February this year, she has been Scientific Director Life Science at the Karolinska Institutet. Life Science Sweden met Anna Martling for a talk about role models, surgery and Sweden’s strengths and weaknesses in medical research.
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What will be the next big hype after obesity? – An expert panel highlighted their top picks
What will be the next big trend in life science? Everything from Alzheimer’s, Crispr and Omics were highlighted when the issue was debated at this year’s major life science event in Lund.
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Ingrid Lönnstedt: ”The confidence interval and its width”
Always keep an eye on the width of your and others’ confidence intervals, writes Ingrid Lönnstedt in a science column.
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Takeover bid is being completed – Japanese company acquires Calliditas
Japanese company Asahi Kasei completes the bid for Calliditas Therapeutics after reaching over 90 percent of the shareholding. Callidita's board has now decided to apply for delisting of the company´s share from Nasdaq Stockholm.
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Artificial intelligence in radiology – “Risk prediction is very exciting”
A growing number of solutions based on artificial intelligence are being developed and used in healthcare. According to Sophia Zackrisson, Professor of Radiology at Lund University, radiology is a field that is well suited to the technology.
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BioArctic moves forward with its candidate for Parkinson’s
BioArctic announces positive early phase study results for its drug candidate for Parkinson’s disease.
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MSD discontinues two Keytruda trials
MSD has stopped two late-stage trials that tested its blockbuster immunotherapy Keytruda as a treatment for skin and lung cancer.
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AI-företag köper tillgång till vetenskapliga studier – ”Svårt att reagera som forskare”
Stora förlag för vetenskapliga tidskrifter har i miljonaffärer sålt tillgång till studier till techbolag som utvecklar AI-verktyg. Reaktionerna bland svenska forskare är blandade.
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Vårdförbundet planerar säga upp nya avtalet
Vårdförbundet planerar att säga upp det nya avtalet med SKR innan årsskiftet för att kunna förhandla om ett nytt 2025. Det rapporterar P4 Jönköping.
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Karriärcoachen: Så blir du bättre på att be om hjälp
Ensam är stark, säger ordspråket. Men det gäller inte i arbetslivet. Tvärtom. Men hur ska du göra för att be om hjälp utan att vara för påträngande? Karriärcoachen Tina Persson tipsar.
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Anna Törner: Yes, I Am Sick, But Not Weak
”People often say that someone who is ill only has one wish—to get better. But I think that is not true. Someone who is ill also longs to be understood, to be respected, to not have their identity overshadowed by their condition”, writes Anna Törner in a column.
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”Vi behöver reflektera över hur vi skapar en arbetsmiljö som premierar mod”
I en hårt reglerad bransch som läkemedelsindustrin finns strikta regler och arbetsrutiner för att stötta och förenkla arbetsvardagen, men regler och rutiner kan också hämma och skrämma. Helena Fröstadius, utbildare och kvalitetskonsult, och Ellinor Crafoord, vd och senior rekryteringskonsult, lyfter problematiken och vill att fler diskuterar fenomenet.
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Biotech-entreprenör och sci-fi-författare – ”För att koppla av började jag skriva”
Han har grundat Lundabolaget Iconovo, författat en trilogi sci-fi-deckare och drömmer om en Netflix-serie baserad på hans egna böcker. ”Det roligaste är att ta en idé och realisera den” säger Orest Lastow.
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Danish biotech to buy struggling American oncology company
Danish drugmaker Pharmacosmos has agreed to acquire American pharmaceutical company G1 Therapeutics in a deal that amounts to 405 million dollars.
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Kvinnohälsa en outnyttjad marknad – ”Det finns goda kommersiella möjligheter”
Mer och mer sker inom området kvinnohälsa när det kommer till både innovation och investeringar. Förutom att vara en viktig marknad är det även en relativt outnyttjad marknad, menar Charlotte Nørgaard Langer.
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The investor: “The major common diseases are hot again”
She has previously been voted Investor of the Year and will now be moderating The Future of Swedish & Danish Life Science congress. We check the temperature of the industry with Nina Rawal from Trill Impact Advisory.
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Thumbs down for lecanemab in the EU – “Very surprised”
The Azheimer's drug lecanemab has received a negative assessment from the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), according to an announcement made by the Agency last week. Bioarctic’s CEO Gunilla Osswald describes the reactions after the announcement as a surprise and disappointment.
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Healthcare study: Alzheimer’s blood test shows high accuracy
A blood test for identifying Alzheimer’s has now been tested in the general healthcare setting. According to the researchers, the test was 90% accurate in making a diagnosis.
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