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.

MVA:s CEO: “Our investments should improve people´s everyday lives”

Involuntary infertility and diabetes are two of the areas on the agenda of the Medicon Valley Alliance.

Han är ny vd på Brighter

Healthtechbolaget Brighter har utsett Erik Lissner till tillförordnad vd och hoppas att turbulensen kring ledarskapet är över.

Norway finds its path in life science

The life science sector in Norway is on the rise.

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.

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.

Årets opinionsartiklar

Missa inte de opinionsartiklar som har blivit mest lästa i Life Science Sweden.

New diagnostic test soon ready for the market

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.

Smart "trial and error" för snabbare innovation

För att bli och förbli konkurrenskraftiga måste dagens företag och organisationer innovera i allt snabbare takt.

Nano-antikropp från alpacka blockerade coronavirus

Ett fragment av en antikropp från en alpacka verkar kunna blockera det nya corona-viruset från att ta sig in i celler.

Ökad export för läkemedelsföretagen

Pandemin slog hårt mot kemiindustrin under våren. Men läkemedelsföretagen gick mot strömmen och hade en positiv utveckling. Stödet för den svenska hanteringen av pandemin minskar bland kemitekniska företag, enligt en ny rapport.

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.

Negativa resultat i ny covidstudie med malariamedel

Ett malariamedel som prövas mot covid-19 gav inte effekt, enligt de första resultaten från en stor placebokontrollerad studie. Samtidigt hissar tidskriften Lancet en varningsflagga för en tidigare studie om samma läkemedel.

Swedish Healthtech Company 1928 Pushing Forward

The full service analytics platform is expanding the business.

Samuel Lagercrantz: Se upp också med de fina tidskrifterna

Kvalitet och anseende går inte alltid hand i hand. Samuel Lagercrantz skriver om högstatustidskrifter och hype i journalistik och vetenskap.

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

Krönika: Collaboration across borders

Drug development creates new challenges for regulators

Swedish and Danish Life Science – are there still untapped synergies?

With the increasing developments in life sciences over the past decade and strong support for the sector’s strategic importance from both the Sweden and Danish governments, the timing of The Future of Swedish & Danish Life Science conference could