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Trenderna som väntar inom healthtech
Svensk healthtech står sig ”väldigt bra”. Det säger Peter Kjäll, näringspolitisk expert på Tech Sverige. Han staplar vilka trender som sannolikt kommer prägla sektorn framöver, men också vad som kan sätta krokben för utvecklingen.
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Italian pharmaceutical company buys rights to immunotherapy from Sanofi
Italy's Recordati buys the rights to a treatment for the rare autoimmune disease cold agglutinin disease (CAD).
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AstraZeneca to use American AI platform for cancer trials
In a collaboration AstraZeneca will use an AI model from Israeli-American biotech Immunai to streamline its clinical trials in cancer.
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Sectra får kanadensisk miljardorder
Det Linköpingsbaserade medtechbolaget Sectra ska förse alla offentliga sjukhus i provinsen Québec i Kanada med sin helhetslösning för medicinsk bildhantering. Ordervärdet är 405,5 miljoner kanadensiska dollar, motsvarande drygt 3 miljarder kronor.
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Nytt läkemedel mot schizofreni godkänt i USA
För första gången på flera decennier har en ny typ av läkemedel mot schizofreni godkänts av den amerikanska läkemedelsmyndigheten FDA.
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An increasing number of people are falling ill with TBE – “Much more research is needed”
Tick-borne meningitis, or TBE, is an increasingly common disease in Sweden. Currently, there is a vaccine against the disease but no drugs. Researcher Anna Överby Wernstedt is studying the processes that occur in the brain during a TBE infection and hopes to contribute to developing a treatment.
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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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Jätteras för forskningsbolag efter stoppad studie
Skånebaserade forskningsbolaget Wntresearch rasar med nära 90 procent efter att ha meddelat att fas II-studien Neofox stoppas på grund av att läkemedelskandidaten Foxy-5 visat på begränsade kliniska effekter vid behandling av tjocktarmscancer.
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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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Implantatföretags grundare lämnar vd-posten
Medtechbolaget Integrums grundare Rickard Brånemark lämnar vd-posten och får i stället en rådgivande roll i bolaget. Ny tillförordnad vd är styrelseledamoten Scott Flora.
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Han är ny på Abilia
Hjälpmedelsbolaget Abilia har nu rekryterat Per Werin som ny Chief Operating Officer, COO.
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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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Calliditas vd om uppköpet: ”Kul att bolaget blir kvar i Sverige”
Uppköpet av svenska bolaget för specialistläkemedel Calliditas fullföljs av japanska Asahi Kasei. Tanken är att Calliditas ska blir Asahis europeiska huvudkontor, berättar Calliditas vd Renée Aguiar-Lucander.
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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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Uppköpsbudet fullföljs – Calliditas tas över av japanskt konglomerat
Japanska Asahi fullföljer budet på Calliditas Therapeutics efter att ha nått över 90 procent av aktieinnehavet. Calliditas styrelse har nu beslutat att ansöka om avnotering av bolaget från 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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