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.

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.

Samuel Lagercrantz: Collaboration and joint efforts are the key to success

Although many questions about Covid-19 remain unanswered, the development of drugs and vaccines has been incredibly rapid, writes Samuel Lagercrantz, Life Science Sweden´s Editor-in-Chief, in an editorial.

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.

New diagnostic test soon ready for the market

"Imponerande kraftsamling gav vaccin"

Det rekordsnabba framtagandet av nya vaccin under pandemin visar vad läkemedelsindustrin – och mänskligheten – kan åstadkomma när pressen är tillräckligt stor.

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.

Delivering drugs with small devices

There are many challenges to overcome when delivering a drug orally. Getting the drug to survive the low pH of the ventricle and being released at the correct site in the gastrontestinal tract are two of them.

Swedish Healthtech Company 1928 Pushing Forward

The full service analytics platform is expanding the business.

Giulia Gaudenzi: ”Key lessons from global health research”

The world will still face major challenges in the post Covid-19 pandemic, writes Giulia Gaudenzi at the KTH Division of Nanobiotechnology at Scilifelab, in a column.

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 not be better. A one-day conference on ongoing collaborations, new directions and required future investment will held on April 2nd at Medicon Village in Lund.

Upcoming event: New updates on drugs

At Medicon Valley Alliance venues in Copenhagen/Örestad April 1 2020 the meeting New updates in Drug Formulation & Bioavailability takes place for the for the eighth time.

Engage with your CMO early

Gordon Hutton is Materials Science Lead at Thermo Fisher Scientific’s, formerly GSK, small molecule API site in Cork, Ireland.

From spin-off to phase II

”The people there will basically become your new colleagues” – Carina Schmidt, former CEO of Athera, about working with different contractors.

Before you choose a CRO

– We are a small company and it is very important for us to maintain our core competence within development of novel nanomaterials, Tove Sivik Sonne, Head of Development at Spago Nanomedical says.

Nytt globalt licensavtal för Bactiguard

Bactiguard har ingått ett exklusivt, globalt licensavtal för ortopediska traumaimplantat med Zimmer Biomet.

Nytt samarbete för Sprint bioscience

Samarbetar med LG Chem för att utveckla nya behandlingar för NASH och metabola sjukdomar.

Meet the governmental life science office

More clinical trials, promotion for digitisation and interoperability together with increased use of data generated by both healthcare and individuals. The duties of the Life Sciences office are plentiful.

How to become globally competitive

Here Gunilla Osswald from BioArctic share her experience of scaling up and be competative on the global arena.