An industry emerging from crisis

"Scanlab is normally indicative of the status of investment incentives in the laboratory industry "

How to be a perfect mingler

Linkedin, Facebook, MSN and Gmail are all perfect tools for the urban businessman or woman to keep track of and stay up-to-date with contacts. "But in the end, networking is about meeting and talking to people face-to-face," says mingling expert Mia Forsgren.

Reproducibility and handling in focus with new electronic pipette

The Eppendorf Xplorer electronic pipette has been developed with reproducibility in mind.

Academia - a strong player on the lab market

While the industry was short of money during the financial crisis, government incentives were in full swing in Sweden during 2009. - Our sales to academia increased ten percent last year, says Håkan Hjortsmark, sales manager at Perkin Elmer.

Your partnering tool - step by step

Profile, agenda and requests. Those are the basic steps to follow to use the partnering tool for Biotech Forum. Follow our guide to successful partnering!

Specialblandade vätskor på beställning

Buffertarna från Custom Reagents LLC levereras enligt beställarens önskemål utifrån ett protokoll på företagets hemsida.

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.

Hallå där Bjarte Reve...

... vd på Oslo Cancer Cluster som just har inlett ett samarbete med ett amerikanskt kluster. Hur och när kommer samarbetet att ge resultat hos era bolag?

Astrazeneca betalar 5,8 miljarder i skattetvist

Bolaget har nu nått en uppgörelse i en tvist som sträcker sig tillbaka till 1996.

Changeable proteins cause nerve disease

An incorrectly folded protein is one of the reasons behind the nerve disease ALS, according to new research. But the protein does not have structural errors all the time and only certain types contribute to the harmful protein accumulations that cause the ALS disease.

Clinical trials in large scale to Stockholm

Karolinska Trial Alliance, KTA, will open a medical clinical for clinical trials in Phases II-IV. The clinic will be able to accommodate up to 150 patients per study, so that companies do not have to go abroad for clinical trials.

VTT in brief

VTT is a broad science cluster with research within applied materials, chemical and biochemical processes, energy, industrial systems management, information and communication technologies, microtechnology and electronics.

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.

Platform for high security virus purification

Millipore Corporation has introduced the Viresolve Pro Solution system, a new system for purification of viruses. The technology in the new platform includes a novel patent pending membrane.

Mingling do's and don'ts

Linkedin, Facebook, MSN and Gmail are all perfect tools for the urban businessman or woman to keep track of and stay up-to-date with contacts. "But in the end, networking is about meeting and talking to people face-to-face," says mingling expert Mia Forsgren at Begriplig.

Cate Poulsen, Qiagen

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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.

Högkänslig spektrometer via USB

Den nya Deep UV Maya200 Pro är en tvådimensionell FFT-CCD spektrometer från Ocean Optics som används med fördel för högkänslig fluorescensdetektion.

Mediciner i svenska vatten en hälsofara

Även de låga halter av olika läkemedel som finns i svenska vattendrag ökar inflammationen i mänskliga celler.

Hoppfullt för hiv-läkemedel

En nyligen avslutad studie av en antikroppsterapi visar på positiva resultat.

Major changes to the Q-Med board

The nomination committee wants to replace half of the existing board, including the current Chairman. An Extraordinary General Meeting will take place on February 4.

Swedish top scientists to EMBO

Two Swedish top scientists will have a really good chance to influence European life science research from now on. One is from the Karolinska Institutet, and one is from the University of Uppsala.

Teams up with leading dermatologist

Tripep has signed a letter of intent with a major Japanese specialty pharma company to bring their wound healing treatment to a big market.