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Go ahead for leg wound study
Tripep starts a phase II-study of their wound healing joint venture project.
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First ever study of human stem cell treatment
The FDA says yes to the world's first study in man of a human embryonic stem cell based therapy to treat spinal injury.
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Pfizer lays a chunky bid on Wyeth
The merger of two pharma giants is the largest industry deal so far this year. Pfizer will acquire Wyeth in a cash-and-stock transaction currently valued at approximately $68 billion. The Boards of Directors of both companies have said yes to the deal that may lead to lay-offs of some 8,000 persons.
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EU says yes to Roche drug
EU approves a first in class therapy for treatment of patients with moderate to severe form of rheumatoid arthritis.
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Swedish multi competent machine soon launched
The Swedish company Biosensor will launch new equipment able to detect twelve different narcotics and explosives simultaneously.
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Crafoord Prize to an American and two Japanese
Today the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announces the laureates of the Crafoord Prize in Polyarthritis 2009.
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View pathology images in your iPhone
The Institute for Medical Informatics in Oslo announces a brand new iPhone application for virtual microscopy.
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Vitrolife wants to acquire Medicult
The Swedish company Vitrolife intends to make en exchange offer to the shareholders of the Danish company Medicult to acquire all outstanding shares in the company.
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Prenatal testing breakthrough
For the first time specific gene expression information from fetal cells isolated from maternal blood samples is available.
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Bio-Linux goes global
Recently the NEBC Bio-Linux Version 5.0 was released, a one-stop shop for bioinformatics tools in a Linux context.
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Bio engineering breakthrough in Denmark
Brand new research makes BioGasol's cellulosic ethanol process even more competitive.
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Swedish cancer therapy granted
Pledpharma, Linköping University and Ryhov County Hospital receive a research grant from the Research Council FORSS to conduct clinical studies in cancer patients.
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Glucose facilitates the use of indigo
The Finnish researcher Anne Vuorema oat the MTT Agrifood Research Finland proves in her new doctoral dissertation that glucose can serve as a reducing agent of indigo.
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New tools to fight bacteria
Better guidelines for doctors, detailed patient journals, and national monitoring systems are some of the tools needed to combat the increasing problem of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. That is stated in a report commissioned by the Swedish government.
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Ambassador program makes MVA big in Japan
The first ambassadors of the Medicon Valley Ambassador Programme have only worked in each other's countries for six months. But they have already made a significant difference for their sister clusters.
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A platform for dialogue
As a step towards connecting the life science industry in Denmark, Biologue was founded three years ago with 10 member companies. Today, the network has 40 members and a very busy event calender.
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Martin Bergö: "The Idea is the Thing"
Martin Bergö, 38, goes wherever ideas take him - it's a process that has led to, and resulted from, plenty of unexpected results. Those ideas have been recognized as good ones: in 2008, he was awarded the Eric K. Fernström Foundation's Prize for young researchers. It isn't the first award for the Associate Professor at Gothenburg University's Sahlgrenska Academy. In 2007, he received a grant award of 16 million SEK from the European Research Council for his pioneering work.
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