Hundra miljoner ska ge friskare barn

Världens största centrum för barns hälsa och välmående ska byggas upp vid Köpenhamns universitet, efter en rekordstor donation.

Stort medicintekniksamarbete i Västsverige

Fem parter ska samarbeta kring nya Medtech West. Akademi, vård och industri ska samverka för att stärka forskning, utveckling och innovationer inom medicinteknik. Fyra forskare får jobb vid det nya centret.

Danska elitforskare belönas

Totalt 45 forskare får dela på 12 miljoner vid årets utdelning av det danska Eliteforskpriset. Ett av årets stora EliteForskpris går till en ung hjärnforskare som forskar kring Alzheimers sjukdom och hjärnskador.

Elekta säljer cancerteknik till Ryssland

Två ledande cancerkliniker i Moskva och Sibirien får Rysslands mest avancerade system för strålterapi.

Han blir Alphahelix nya VD

Bolagets tidigare teknikchef tar ett steg upp.

Go ahead for leg wound study

Tripep starts a phase II-study of their wound healing joint venture project.

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.

Athera signs production partnership

The companys novel cardiovascular product will be manufactured in Germany.

Grant for development projects in Gothenburg

Seven research projects receive SEK 1 million to promote commercialization of early drug development and medical technology.

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.

Almost 150 will leave Coloplast

The Danish medtech company Coloplast negotiates headcount reductions, with a total number of almost 150 employees.

Less scars with new product

A new Swedish product for post surgical scar formation enters clinical development.

Vitamin D is mental health aid

Vitamin D can help stave off the mental decline that can affect people in old age, a study suggests.

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.

Lytix calls in cash

Norwegian company Lytix Biopharma closes a USD 1.4 million funding round to finance new antimicrobial and oncology lead compounds.

Future drugs from Amaryllis

A Danish research team has discovered possibolities to extract drugs fro Amaryllis.

New NO product reduces diabetic pain

The Swedish medtech company Nolabs has announced that it has achieved an important milestone in the development of a new line of products.

Medtech companies find new beam technique

The medtech companies Raysearch and Nucletron expand collaboration with two new solutions for radiation treatment planning.

Infidelity produces faster sperms

Until now, it has been difficult to prove that fast-swimming sperms have an advantage when it comes to fertilizing an egg.

Swedish multi competent machine soon launched

The Swedish company Biosensor will launch new equipment able to detect twelve different narcotics and explosives simultaneously.

Swedish Medtech söker ekonom/jurist

Measure blood sugar without finger pricking

The Danish entrepreneurial firm RSP Systems has developed a method to measure the blood sugar level in diabetes patients, simply by placing a fingertip on a small illuminating lens.

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.

View pathology images in your iPhone

The Institute for Medical Informatics in Oslo announces a brand new iPhone application for virtual microscopy.