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Xspray får särläkemedelsstatus för behandling av lymfatisk leukemi
Xspray Pharmas läkemedelskandidat XS004 (dasatinib) har beviljats status som särläkemedel i USA för behandling av akut lymfatisk leukemi, ALL.
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The stomach medication that became the biggest blockbuster of the 1990s
The omeprazole molecule was synthesised as early as 1979, but it took many years before the then Astra had an approved pharmaceutical. Once this happened, a tablet was available that was soon to help millions of people worldwide and break all sales records.
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Scandinavian Pharma rekryterar specialist inom biologiska läkemedel
Scandinavian Biopharma har rekryterat Johan Jarmander till tjänsten som Drug Substance Specialist Manufacturing & Development.
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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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Klaria tar in finansiering inför ansökan i EU: "Står inför ett transformativt år"
Klaria Pharma har beslutat om en nyemission på upp till 74 miljoner kronor. Syftet är att finansiera fortsatt utveckling och kommersialisering av företagets alginatfilm för drug delivery via munslemhinnan.
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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
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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
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FDA-kommitté förordar Astra Zenecas nya astmabehandling
En rådgivande kommitté till den amerikanska läkemedelsmyndigheten FDA rekommenderar Astra Zenecas preparat PT027 som en behandling mot astma för vuxna, uppger bolaget i ett pressmeddelande.
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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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The pandemic caused a reshuffle among the world’s vaccine giants – here is the new top list
Fuelled by the pandemic, the power balance in the global vaccine market has completely changed in recent years, a survey from Fierce Pharma shows
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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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Positivt FDA-besked för Guard Therapeutics njurbehandling
Svenska biotech-bolaget Guard Therapeutics har fått sin IND-ansökan (Investigational New Drug) godkänd av FDA och kan nu bredda sina kliniska studier till att omfatta även sjukhus i USA.
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The TFS family is growing
TFS HealthScience is a European based CRO company with broad expertise and experiences in the biotech and pharmaceutical sector. The company is growing and the TFS family welcomes new members.
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Klaria i spanskt samarbete om munfilm från alger
Uppsalabaserade Klaria Pharma har tecknat avtal med det spanska läkemedelsbolaget Pharmamar om utveckling av en alginatfilmsformulering till en av Pharmamars substanser. En gemensam faktor för bolagen är att bägge utvinner sina produkter ur substanser från havet.
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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
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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.
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Oncopeptides cancerläkemedel röstades ned i USA
En omröstning i den rådgivande Odac-kommittén vid den amerikanska läkemedelsmyndigheten FDA på torsdagskvällen blev ett bakslag för det svenska cancerforskningsbolaget Oncopeptides. Rådets medlemmar röstade emot cancerläkemedlet Pepaxto (melfalan flufenamid) med siffrorna 2 för och 14 emot.
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