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EMA review confirms a risk of new cancer after CAR-T
CAR-T cancer therapies can, in rare cases, induce secondary cancers. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) now recognises this and requires a warning label to be attached to the product information and patients to be followed up for life.
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Lista: Bäst betalda toppcheferna i läkemedelsvärlden
Det är kul när det går bra för andra, eller hur? Några av dem som det gått riktigt hyggligt för – åtminstone ekonomiskt – listas här på rankningen över de bäst betalda vd:arna inom Big Pharma 2023.
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Bio Europe to Stockholm – ”The Swedish ecosystem is now taking the opportunity”
The international life science conference Bio Europe is coming to Sweden for the first time in November. The conference, whose program takes inspiration from ABBA songs, turns 30 this year. "There is great interest in Sweden and Swedish solutions globally," says Anna Redwood from Business Sweden.
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EU bokar 40 miljoner doser fågelinfluensavaccin
EU säkrar 40 miljoner doser vaccin mot fågelinfluensa – redan innan smittan nått Europa.
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Bio Europe intar Stockholm i höst – ”Det svenska ekosystemet tar nu tillfället i akt”
Den internationella life science-konferensen Bio Europe kommer i november för första gången till Sverige. Konferensen, vars program tar inspiration av ABBA-låtar, fyller i år 30. ”Det finns ett stort intresse för Sverige och svenska lösningar globalt”, säger Anna Redwood från Business Sweden.
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”Vi har börjat skala upp så fler ska få tillgång till analyser”
Mångsysslaren Richard Rosenquist Brandell har ofta jobbet i tankarna dygnet runt. Han har ett stort engagemang för precisionsmedicin och blodsjukdomar och har fått några av sina bästa idéer på crosstrainern.
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Setback for pharmaceutical companies in the Zantac case
A Delaware judge has ruled in favour of allowing expert witnesses to testify in a case involving the now-cancelled drug Zantac and its potential carcinogenicity.
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Sofia Wallström is Lif's new CEO
Sofia Wallström has been appointed as the new CEO of the industry organization Lif, the trade association for the research-based pharmaceutical industry in Sweden.
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Nobel Prize winner Torsten Wiesel turns 100: “Old men like me should use their experience to help the young”
In 1955, a young Torsten Wiesel jumped on a boat to the US and embarked on a fabulous career as a neuroscientist, crowned with a Nobel Prize for his work. Now 100 years old, he looks back on an intense life and his upbringing in Stockholm, Sweden, which shaped his desire to help the vulnerable in society.
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Pfizer har fördubblat sin onkologipipeline – ”Vi har mer än 50 pågående cancerstudier”
I Pfizers portfölj för utveckling av läkemedel står cancer i fokus. Men företaget arbetar även mycket med vaccin och läkemedel mot infektionssjukdomar. Enligt Jonas Ålebring, medicinsk direktör för Pfizer Sverige, har företaget aldrig tidigare haft en lika stark pipeline som i dag.
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Astra Zeneca satsar stort inom fetma
Nya potentiella behandlingar inom obesitas, njursjukdomar och leversjukdomar är några exempel på projekt som gör svensk-brittiska Astra Zenecas pipeline till en av världens största och bredaste.
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Innovative start-up helps doctors, scientists and industry balance coagulation risks
For many doctors caring for seriously ill patients, for example, in stroke units and cancer wards, maintaining the life-saving balance between bleeding and thrombosis is an ongoing challenge. In the late 1980s, scientists at Maastricht University in the Netherlands developed an innovative method, the thrombin generation assay (TGA), which provides a complete overview of a physiological process crucial for maintaining normal haemostasis.
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Lundaforskare tilldelas pris från Novo Nordisk Foundation
Hindrik Mulder, professor vid Lunds universitet, får Novo Nordisk Foundation Lecture Prize för sin forskning på diabetes.
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“Conducting research at universities is becoming more and more like working at a research hotel”
The government wants Swedish research to focus on excellence and innovation, but can the two be combined? Life Science Sweden talks to Anna Falk, a professor at Lund University, about research policy, the constant hunt for funding in academia and what constitutes ‘fine research’.
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Samuel Lagercrantz: “Companies that do this successfully will take the lead”
The development of new medicines and medical technologies should not focus too narrowly on prolonging life. It is equally important to develop treatments that relieve pain or eliminate painful symptoms, writes Samuel Lagercrantz in an editorial.
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Bayer has cut 1,500 roles – so far
German chemical and pharmaceutical group Bayer cut more than 1,500 roles in the first quarter alone– and most of them were management positions.
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Samuel Lagercrantz: ”Företagen som lyckas med det här tar tätpositionen”
Fokus för utveckling av nya läkemedel och ny medicinteknik bör inte för ensidigt ligga på att förlänga liv. Det är minst lika viktigt att forska fram behandlingar som lindrar smärta eller tar bort plågsamma symtom, skriver Samuel Lagercrantz i en ledare.
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Total pipeline of pharmaceutical companies reaches a record high – 22,921 medicines are currently being developed
Despite the difficult economic times, pharmaceutical companies have never developed as many new drugs as now.
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Lundabolag får brittiskt miljonbidrag för blodtest
Lundabolaget Prolight Diagnostics har fått ett statligt brittiskt bidrag på 17 miljoner kronor för fortsatt utveckling av ett blodtest som ska upptäcka eller utesluta hjärtinfarkt.
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Rapport visar stora brister i palliativ vård: ”Kan förkorta livet”
Ett lotteri, där bostadsadressen avgör. Så beskrivs den svenska palliativa vården i en ny rapport från Cancerfonden. “Väldigt anmärkningsvärt”, säger Elin Ylvasdotter, intressepolitisk expert.
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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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Forskaren in Hagastaden now inagurated
The real estate company Vectura's life science center in Hagastaden, Forskaren, is now inaugurated. The opening was attended by people from the industry, politicians and royalty.
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Astra Zeneca's Covid-19 vaccine Vaxzevria is being withdrawn worldwide
AstraZeneca initiates a worldwide withdrawal of its Covid vaccine Vaxzevria. The measure is taken just months after the company admitted the vaccine can cause a rare and dangerous side effect, but AstraZeneca claims that the decision is purely commercial.
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Japanese pharma to buy US drugmaker for $2.4 bln
Japanese Ono Pharmaceutical buys the American cancer drug developer Deciphera Pharmaceuticals in one of the largest acquisitions in the industry so far this year.
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