Anna Törner: You won’t find this many Concorde projects anywhere else

"Suddenly Concorde projects seem reasonable in life science because it´s about life and death", writes Anna Törner in a column.

MVA:s CEO: “Our investments should improve people´s everyday lives”

Involuntary infertility and diabetes are two of the areas on the agenda of the Medicon Valley Alliance.

Antivirala läkemedel identifieras med ny screeningmetod

Forskare från Karolinska Institutet och Uppsala Universitet har utvecklat en metod för att kunna identifiera nya eller gamla läkemedel med antivirala effekter.

CDC varnar för stigmatisering vid postcovid

Den amerikanska smittskyddsmyndigheten, CDC, uppmanar läkare att ha ett empatiskt förhållningssätt vid behandling av patienter med postcovid.

Norway finds its path in life science

The life science sector in Norway is on the rise.

Marie Gårdmark: Big data evidence generation drives change in the EU regulatory system

Rapid developments in technology have led to the possibility for the generation and analysis of vast volumes of data. Will the availability of big data lead to fundamental changes to the regulatory system? In a column Marie Gårdmark, CEO and Senior Consultant at RegSmart Life Science, develops her views on this subject.

Column: Why there cannot be a complete cure for cancer – but there is certainly another way!

"Is there a new way we need to be thinking about how to prevent cancer?" Lucy Robertshaw reflects upon which is the smartest way to beat cancer.

Björn Arvidsson: Let's build on the positive momentum

Progress needs narratives and heroes, and more than ever, going into the new year feels like an opportunity for a fresh start.

Column: Repurposing as a golden ticket to approval

"Hopefully, in the end, patients will be winners by receiving on-label treatments for which benefit-risk has been properly assessed." In a column Marie Gårdmark, CEO at RegSmart Life Science, reflects on drug repurposing.

Samuel Lagercrantz: Collaboration and joint efforts are the key to success

Although many questions about Covid-19 remain unanswered, the development of drugs and vaccines has been incredibly rapid, writes Samuel Lagercrantz, Life Science Sweden´s Editor-in-Chief, in an editorial.

Column: "Are we already living in the new normal?"

2020 felt like the year that we were building the house around us whilst moving into it at the same time.

New diagnostic test soon ready for the market

Lucy Robertshaw: There is a bio revolution happening right now

Lucy Robertshaw is both proud and excited to be taking the baton of moderating this year’s Pharma Outsourcing event.

Combining two drug delivery strategies to improve bioavailability

Danish researchers hope to increase the bioavailability of low solubility drugs.

Delivering drugs with small devices

There are many challenges to overcome when delivering a drug orally. Getting the drug to survive the low pH of the ventricle and being released at the correct site in the gastrontestinal tract are two of them.

Svensk-danskt event blir e-möte

I september anordnas Life Science Swedens två event The Future of Swedish & Danish Life Science och New Updates in Drug Formulation & Bioavailability för första gången som digitala möten.

Ny definition av smärta välkomnas

Den nya definitionen kan enligt en smärtläkare bidra till att patienter slipper mötas av okunniga utlåtanden.

Marie Gårdmark: Do EMA and FDA talk to each other?

Of course they do! The collaboration started already in 2003, writes Marie Gårdmark in a column.

Negativa resultat i ny covidstudie med malariamedel

Ett malariamedel som prövas mot covid-19 gav inte effekt, enligt de första resultaten från en stor placebokontrollerad studie. Samtidigt hissar tidskriften Lancet en varningsflagga för en tidigare studie om samma läkemedel.

Ökad dödlighet av klorokin och hydroxyklorokin vid covid-19

En stor observationsstudie pekar på att de omtalade malarialäkemedlen mot covid-19 ökade dödligheten på sjukhus. (UPPDATERAD)

Swedish Healthtech Company 1928 Pushing Forward

The full service analytics platform is expanding the business.

Giulia Gaudenzi: ”Key lessons from global health research”

The world will still face major challenges in the post Covid-19 pandemic, writes Giulia Gaudenzi at the KTH Division of Nanobiotechnology at Scilifelab, in a column.

Forskare undersökte syrapumpshämmare med datorsimuleringar – gör koppling till demens

Forskare från Karolinska institutet har i en preklinisk studie sett en mekanism som de anser pekar på att långvarig användning av syradämpande läkemedel kan bidra till en ökad risk för demens.

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.