Prisar behandlingar mot parasiter

Tre forskare tilldelas årets upplaga av Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin för forskning på nya behandlingar mot parasitsjukdomar, som malaria.

Elekta stämmer amerikansk konkurrent

Lämnar in en stämningsansökan för patentintrång i USA.

Nobelpristagaren sommarpratar

Den norske nobelpristagaren Edvard Moser blir en av sommarvärdarna i det populära programmet Sommar i P1. – Där jag växte upp växte forskare inte på träd.

Han lämnar Elekta

Niklas Savander lämnar vd-rollen, som tas över av styrelseledamoten Tomas Puusepp.

Vill tala om resistensen

Regeringen bjuder in till samtal om en ny strategi mot antibiotikaresistensen i Sverige.

Nu stämmer Meda Apotex

Vill skydda patenten för läkemedlet Dymista mot hösnuva.

Meda försvarar Dymista

Förbereder sig för att skydda sin hösnuvebehandling mot generikaföretag.

Hyllar lokalsinnet

Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin 2014 tilldelades upptäckten av de celler i hjärnan som ger oss förmågan att navigera i vår omgivning.

Nobelpriset till Norge

Nobelpriset i medicin eller fysiologi 2014 tilldelas upptäckten av celler som utgör ett positioneringssystem i hjärnan.

Cellavision spår tuffa tider

"Den dämpade efterfrågan på medicintekniska varor som vi upplevde under slutet av 2012 har fortsatt in i 2013", skriver vd:n i samband med delårsrapporten.

Fewer visitors but satisfied exhibitors

Biotech Forum Scanlab attracted fewer visitors than in 2008. Exhibition manager Bo Rasmussen is content, claiming that the exhibitors are very satisfied.

Happy exhibitors!

There were fewer vistors this year but most exhibitors are content.

Showroom for free

The latest equipment with trained staff. Sci Life Lab in Stockholm want to offer top conditions at the new imaging laboratory. But some vendors are skeptical to the idea of supplying test equipment for free.

Will the industry follow the economic revival?

Welcome to the eleventh Biotech Forum + Scanlab Fair!

9 steps to perfect partnering

Rigorous planning and a focus on your business plan is essential for successful partnering, accoring to Camilla Huse Bondeson at Conlega. Follow her 9 steps to perfect partnering.

Early stage research and low turnaround dominates

Nordic science parks are full of advanced research performed by small companies but little research is done in later stages. Only a couple of the best performers have companies in phase III, according to Biotech Scandinavia's survey.

We are poor lobbyists

I doubt there has ever been a really well thought out Scandinavian campaign with intentions to really change attitudes among both the public and politicians.

A crash course in IP strategy

"Publish, publish, publish!" Sound familiar? So to meet the researcher's wishes, do you scribble a patent application with lipstick on a napkin and send it in? At the seminar Patent Strategies in the Biotech Company, you will have the chance to find out why this might not be the best idea.

BMAs: Run your own business

After graduation you must decide: be an employee or start your own business. This is not really the situation for BMAs today, but a collaborative project between Swedish public actors and some companies aims to change that and make entrepreneurs of BMAs.

Hey Johannes Hedman...

... graduate of SKL and LTH, who has improved a method of forensic analysis

Age essential when testing drugs

Anders Rane has been arguing that genes and age are both important factors in understanding how medicines affect individuals. Only last year, the EU established regulations stating that pharmaceuticals must be tested for children as well as for adults.

From planning stage to handshake

"Partnering is an effective tool to get in touch with the decision makers high up in an organization's administration," says Camilla Huse Bondeson at Conlega. And according to her, rigorous planning is the way to succeed.

How to get the most out of the fair

Ny professor startskott för LiU-satsning

May Griffith är ny professor i regenerativ medicin på Linköpings universitet och hennes kompetens blir startskottet för universitetets satsning på området.