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Investments worth 40 billion in the Öresund region – “A huge investment wave”
A new report reveals that medical companies in the Oresund region are investing like never before.
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New rules for diagnostic products, but who will certify them? “An extreme shortage area”
In less than two weeks, new and stricter EU rules will enter into force for thousands of products used in important diagnoses of, among other things, cancer and Covid-19. However, not one single institute in the entire Nordic region is able to certify the diagnostics companies’ products according to the new regulations. “In the end, it risks affecting patients,” says Anna Lefèvre Skjöldebrand, CEO of Swedish Medtech.
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Paolo Macchiarini in court – “The sole intent was to cure”
Paolo Macchiarini’s surgical procedure was illegal, life-threatening and caused severe and prolonged suffering to patients the prosecution claimed when the trial against the Italian surgeon began on Wednesday last week.
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When carelessness, forgetfulness and coincidence become the researcher’s best friend
Forgetfulness, coincidence and a stroke of luck hardly make up a fruitful method of serious research. Or do they? Actually, a number of important medical advances have come about thanks to completely random incidents and the open-mindedness of scientists who were ready to think outside the box.
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Lista: 25 miljardärer inom svensk life science
Antalet svenska miljardärer totalt har mer än fördubblats på två år, till 542 stycken, enligt en kartläggning som Aftonbladet-journalisten Andreas Cervenka gjort. 25 av miljardärerna återfinns inom life science-sektorn. Vi redovisar dem här.
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Life science-företag på lista över bästa arbetsplatserna
Flera företag inom life science placerar sig på listan över Sveriges bästa arbetsplatser som sammanställts av undersöknings- och konsultföretaget Great place to work.
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Studie: Ovanligare med återinfektion i covid hos barn än hos vuxna
Återinfektioner i covid-19 förekom mer under deltavågen än under alfavågen och barn återinfekterades i lägre utsträckning än vuxna, enligt en ny studie.
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Lucy Robertshaw: Are we in the perfect storm?
“Is there a perfect storm on the horizon again as elective surgeries were cancelled due to patients being admitted with Covid-19? We now have a long backlog of people who are presenting with chronic diseases that need to access healthcare again”, writes Lucy Robertshaw in a column.
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This is how Anette Steenberg will put Medicon Valley on the world map
Anette Steenberg has been CEO of the Swedish-Danish life science cluster Medicon Valley Alliance since 1 November last year. Life Science Sweden called her to ask about her visions and the challenges of merging the worlds of Swedish and Danish life science.
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Hansas läkemedel för njurtransplantation når även tyska marknaden
Hansa Biopharma har nu fått klart med pris och subvention i Tyskland för Idefirix, ett läkemedel som är till för patienter som är i behov av njurtransplantation, men inte kunnat få det på grund av särskilt stor risk för avstötning.
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Björn Ursing: Physicians new role in AI driven healthcare
”AI could be the key we need for tomorrow’s healthcare, but it is not a stand-alone tool”, writes Björn Ursing in a column about how the role for physicians changes in the era of AI.
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Elicera develops CAR-T against solid tumours – may become the first in the world
Today, there are five EU-approved CAR-T therapies, all focused on different types of blood cancer, but no one has yet succeeded in making the method work against solid tumours. At Gothenburg-based Elicera, they are working relentlessly to succeed in that field as well. “It is the largest field, and the potential is enormous,” says the company’s CEO Jamal El-Mosleh.
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CAR-T therapies give continued hope: “Almost half of the patients have become disease-free”
When the first CAR-T therapies appeared, hopes were raised for the effective treatment for critically ill cancer patients. After a somewhat sluggish start, about 90 patients in Sweden have now been treated with this method. “Almost half of them have become disease-free, at least of those treated with Yescarta, which are the ones I know best,” says Gunilla Enblad, Chairman of the national working group for CAR-T treatment.
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Samuel Lagercrantz: Immunotherapy against cancer is still in its early stages
For more than 100 years, researchers have tried to target the body’s own immune system to fight cancer cells. They have occasionally been laughed at and ridiculed by the medical establishment. However, from our perspective today, we can sum it up with the saying: He who laughs last laughs best, writes Samuel Lagercrantz in an editorial.
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Björn Arvidsson: ”We need to change perspective”
If you say “life science” to a person on the street and ask them to explain what it is, you will probably get no good answer. The same question to your network will generate as many versions as the people you ask. Most likely, we will miss many opportunities with our lack of communication, writes Björn Arvidsson in a column.
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Marie Gårdmark: Finally, it’s time for a revision of the EU pharma legislation
A challenge for the EU Commission is to deliver a new framework that will also take care of another “pillar” of the pharmaceutical strategy, namely, to ensure that new medicines will be available for all citizens in Europe, writes Marie Gårdmark in a column.
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“Together Stockholm-Uppsala and Medicon Valley can make Scandinavia a leading life science region”
“Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland all have national life science strategies, but the Swedish strategy is the only one explicitly emphasizing the Nordic dimension. But what if the leading life science nations, Denmark and Sweden, joined forces, took the lead and pioneered Nordic life science collaboration? Wouldn´t we then be able to "bake a bigger cake?", writes Anette Steenberg and Ulf G. Andersson in a debate article.
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The route to vaccines for everyone: “We did not just sit around and wait”
The pandemic was in full swing, and no one knew when or even if a vaccine would come. At that point, the Swedish Minister of Social Affairs called with a proposal, and Richard Bergström did not hesitate. “I already had a notion that this would work,” he says in an interview with Life Science Sweden.
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Anna Törner: Success requires bold decisions!
“Doing things right is fine, but doing the right things as soon as possible is even better”, writes Anna Törner in a column.
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Giulia Gaudenzi: Innovation for good
"I challenge the innovator landscape to take a mental leap. Relying on innovation-solely to end inequality is not enough, therefore consciously and purposively – we need to engage bravely with the politics of poverty and scarcity. Even in life sciences", writes Giulia Gaudenzi in a column.
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Spotify och vaccinbråket – detta har hänt
En superhajpad podcast, ett öppet brev från 270 amerikanska hälsoexperter och en protesterande gammal rockare med rutig flanellskjorta har toppat tidningar och nyhetssajter på sistone. Men vad var det egentligen som utlöste jättebråket och gjorde att Spotify på sina håll nu ses som ett hot mot folkhälsan?
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Theranos-skandalen – så gick det till när Elizabeth Holmes lurade USA:s toppinvesterare
Biotechbolaget Theranos var ett av de mest hyllade amerikanska företagen och dess vd Elizabeth Holmes blev en av USA:s yngsta miljardärer. Men 2015 vände allt för den framgångsrika entreprenören och sedan gick det bara utför. I början av den här månaden dömdes hon för bedrägeri av en domstol i Kalifornien.
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Jan Nilsson i KVA:s expertgrupp: ”Illa att sprida förutfattade teorier om postcovid”
Det är viktigt att forskning bedrivs för att klargöra orsakssambanden om hur postcovid uppstår, framhåller Jan Nilsson, professor i Vetenskapsakademiens expertgrupp om covid-19. Hör honom prata om postcovid i Life Science Swedens videointervju.
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Ny chef på Ersta sjukhus
Sara Lindholm Larsson lämnar sin tjänst på Karolinska universitetssjukhuset och blir chef på Ersta sjukhus i Stockholm.
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