Helena Strigård: The rise of the community

Sweden Bio´s CEO is looking back at the last decade of development in the industry. Something has shifted in the interdependence between small and larger companies.

Studie: Så länge klarar sig corona på olika ytor

Klarar sig i timmar i luftburna aerosoler och i flera dagar på olika ytor.

Undersöker orsakerna till förlossningsdepression

”Platsar bland de största genetiska studierna i världen av det här slaget.”

Pilots want to live too

Krönika: Collaboration across borders

Drug development creates new challenges for regulators

Swedish and Danish Life Science – are there still untapped synergies?

With the increasing developments in life sciences over the past decade and strong support for the sector’s strategic importance from both the Sweden and Danish governments, the timing of The Future of Swedish & Danish Life Science conference could not be better. A one-day conference on ongoing collaborations, new directions and required future investment will held on April 2nd at Medicon Village in Lund.

Upcoming event: New updates on drugs

At Medicon Valley Alliance venues in Copenhagen/Örestad April 1 2020 the meeting New updates in Drug Formulation & Bioavailability takes place for the for the eighth time.

A world-class research village

Eight years ago, Medicon Village was set up in Lund. Since then, this hub for research, innovation and business has developed enormously, and today the life science village is home to over 150 organisations, employing more than 2,200 people.

Krönika: Can regulators keep up with innovation?

New technology has increased the understanding of disease mechanisms and enabled approval of products targeting small but specific patient populations; sometimes referred to as precision medicine. Gene- and cell therapies have reached the market

Engage with your CMO early

Gordon Hutton is Materials Science Lead at Thermo Fisher Scientific’s, formerly GSK, small molecule API site in Cork, Ireland.

From spin-off to phase II

”The people there will basically become your new colleagues” – Carina Schmidt, former CEO of Athera, about working with different contractors.

Before you choose a CRO

– We are a small company and it is very important for us to maintain our core competence within development of novel nanomaterials, Tove Sivik Sonne, Head of Development at Spago Nanomedical says.

Pharma-on-Demand

Make or buy? That is the question that the pharma world has been asking more and more in the last couple of decades. Pernille Hemmingsen is moderator at Pharma Outsourcing Dec 10th i Stockholm. This is her thoughts about outsourcing.

Ny antibiotikaklass når fas III

Ska utvärderas i två studier som behandling av urinvägsinfektion och gonorré.

Nya fynd om hur ledinflammation utvecklas

Tidigt etablerade antikroppar kan orsaka förändringar i ledhinnor och ben som föranleder utveckling av smärtsam kronisk ledinflammation hos patienter med ledgångsreumatism. Det visar forskare vid Karolinska Institutet. Fyndet kan ligga till grund för nya sätt till prevention.

De håller koll efter transplantation

Genom att följa virusinfektion kan sjukhusen förebygga komplikationer.

Lovande behandling mot fentanylmissbruk

Camurus redovisar fas 3-data för Buvidal.

Tio minuters trädgårdsarbete räcker

Så lite som tio minuters motion per vecka ser ut att minska risken för hjärtdöd, enligt en kinesisk observationsstudie.

Brexit creeping closer – or?

In this column, lawyer Pernilla Norman, tries to sort out the different Brexit options.

How to become globally competitive

Here Gunilla Osswald from BioArctic share her experience of scaling up and be competative on the global arena.

The perfect formula for decision-making

No one has the luxury not to take a decision, writes Helena Strigård at Swedenbio.

Borreliavaccin i fas II

Franska vaccinutvecklande bolaget Valneva med tillverkning bland annat i Solna, meddelar att man startar en fas II-prövning av VLA15.

They’re all doing it – buying drug research

December 12 the time has come for this year's annual partnering meeting Pharma Outsourcing in Stockholm. In Sweden this is a growing business, with Recipharm as the biggest CRMO of the country.