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Topplista innovationer: Så gjorde vi
Det är en grannlaga uppgift att ranka svenska innovationer då det finns många aspekter att ta hänsyn till. Kan man ens jämföra ett läkemedel med en medicinteknisk produkt?
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He is zooming in on topical preparations
According to Zelmic CEO David Sagna, topical products in drug development is a growing market, and to keep pace with the development, the company is awaiting approval for its new GMP facility.
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Flyttar gränser för gen- och cellterapi
”Vi är bra på att vara innovativa och flytta gränser inom gen- och cellterapi och den här studien symboliserar det på ett tydligt sätt”, säger Evelina Vågesjö, vd för Ilya Pharma, om den kliniska studie som företaget startar nästa år.
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Han går på djupet med topikala beredningar
Topikala produkter inom läkemedelsutveckling är en växande marknad, enligt Zelmics vd David Sagna, och för att hålla jämna steg med utvecklingen väntar företaget på godkännande för sin nya GMP-anläggning.
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Swedish breakthrough in Alzheimer’s: “We can finally present great data”
Treatments for Alzheimer’s disease are currently among the hottest topics in drug development. Two Swedish research companies with high ambitions and successes in the field participated in Bioscience 2022 conference at Life City in Hagastaden, Stockholm.
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Neanderthal genes and Nobel Prize in a popular lecture at Bioscience
An inherited gene variant from our ”evolutionary cousins” – the extinct Neanderthals – may affect how our bodies break down certain drugs. “It’s only a matter of time before we actively start screening for it,” said KI researcher Hugo Zeberg when describing the study at Bioscience 2022.
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"Are we doing business the wrong way around in the Life Science Sector?"
For the past 50 years we have created solutions for problems that we thought would solve the problems. Pharmaceuticals have created big block buster drugs which were great for that time but now we realise that these drugs were in fact only tested in white men and certainly not for patients who are older who are taking a number of medications.
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Svenskt genombrott inom Alzheimers i fokus på Bioscience: "Äntligen har vi fina data"
Behandlingar mot Alzheimers sjukdom hör till det hetaste just nu inom läkemedelsutveckling. Två svenska forskningsbolag med stora ambitioner – och framgångar – inom området deltog vid tisdagens konferens Bioscience 2022 på Life City i Hagastaden.
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A green nursery for biotech rooted in the Scanian soil
Red Glead has established itself as one of Lund’s largest companies in pharmaceutical development. Life Science Sweden went to Skåne and met two of the founders, Johan Evenäs and Martina Kvist Reimer.
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He is heading a new company for the development of Coegin’s cancer drug
The biotechnology company Coegin Pharma places the development of its drug candidate AVX420 in a newly formed company, Avexxin Oncology, based in Norway, and John Zibert will be the CEO.
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Novavax is developing a vaccine candidate against Covid-19 and seasonal flu
A combined vaccine against both Covid-19 and seasonal flu is showing promising results in studies, according to the American drug developer Novavax. The adjuvant, which forms an essential part of the vaccine, originates from Sweden.
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Lucy Robertshaw startar mötesplats om svensk life science
Lucy Robertshaw, som modererat flera event åt Life Science Sweden, lanserar en sajt på engelska om svensk life science.
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Han är socialutskottets nye ordförande
Kristdemokraten Christian Carlsson är ny ordförande i riksdagens socialutskott. Han efterträder partikamraten Acko Ankarberg Johansson, som blivit sjukvårdsminister i den nya regeringen.
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Alert from the Swedish Medicines Agency: Many complications with gastric balloons
According to the Swedish Medicines Agency, an increasing number of serious complications are being reported in procedures with gastric balloons as a method for weight loss. The authority fears significant shortcomings in the information to patients both before and after the procedure.
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“We need to build flexible operating theatres”
Flexible operating theatres, micro-sensors on surgeons to monitor their well-being and 3D images projected onto organs to be operated on. These are a few ideas that three specialist surgeons are suggesting for the operating theatre of the future.
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Cytel Inc acquires the SDS Group
The multinational statistical software developer and contract research organization Cytel Inc, headquartered in Massachusetts, USA, acquires the Swedish consulting company SDS Life Science.
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“We aim to be a start-up company with an academic spirit”
Chronic pain and Alzheimer’s are two diseases that plague many people worldwide and seem impossible to cure. However, Huddinge-based company Alzecure is working on developing drugs for both conditions.
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Karolinska institutet fick 21 nya professorer
Genetiskt orsakade hjärtstopp, kampen på molekylnivå mellan celler och angripande virus och kväveoxidens positiva hälsoeffekter. Det är några av forskningsfälten som Karolinska institutets 21 pinfärska professorer ägnar sig åt.
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”Riktlinjer följs inte alltid som man skulle önska”
Det behövs kontaktytor mellan vårdprofession, patienter och företag, konstaterar Penilla Gunther och Mattias Hellström i en tv-intervju från Fokus Patient Event.
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Tre delar på kemipriset för utveckling av klickkemi
Årets Nobelpris i kemi delas av Barry Sharpless, Morten Meldal och Carolyn Bertozzi för utveckling av klickkemi och bioortogonal kemi.
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“We need to keep investing in research and innovation”
Jenni Nordborg has worked for just over four years to highlight life science in Sweden. Her mandate as national coordinator ends in December 2022. ““Life sciences has been a long-term priority of governments since many years and I have no doubt that the ambitions will be strong going forward”, says Jenni Nordborg.
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Promising Alzheimer’s study data sends Bioarctic stock soaring
The drug candidate lecanemab from Swedish company Bioarctic significantly slowed down the deterioration in patients with early on-set Alzheimer’s, according to preliminary results from a phase III study.
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Biosimilars bring price pressure, but are they sufficiently used?
When biosimilars were introduced just over 16 years ago, hopes were raised that they would give many more patients access to effective but otherwise extremely expensive treatments with biological drugs. So, how well has Swedish healthcare used biosimilars? The answer partly depends on whom you ask.
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Business Sweden’s new team is rolling out the blue-yellow carpet
According to Business Sweden’s life science team, the combination of substantial medical know-how and an ever-flourishing tech sector is a success factor for Sweden. “It’s a perfect storm, a beneficent, perfect storm,” says Programme Manager Britta Stenson.