Brexit looking back and looking forward

More than 3 years have passed after the vote and there is still uncertainty around the outcome although the UK December 12 election set a clearer course towards an exit early 2020.

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.

"Djupinlärning är inte magi"

Det är inte magi men det handlar om mer än att kunna känna igen katter på internet, säger Peter Kasson vid Uppsala universitet. Han använder deep learning i sin forskning och kan på så sätt göra betydligt kraftfullare förutsägelser men från mycket enklare indata.

Orsaker och prevention på möte om demens

Drottning Silvia bjöd nyligen in till det 3:e internationella stormötet Dementia Forum X 2019. Mötet samlade verksamhetsledare, beslutsfattare, forskare och kungligheter från hela världen i biblioteket på Stockholms kungliga slott.

Brexit creeping closer – or?

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

Meet the governmental life science office

More clinical trials, promotion for digitisation and interoperability together with increased use of data generated by both healthcare and individuals. The duties of the Life Sciences office are plentiful.

It´s time to establish relations

Communication with the patient is the key to future healthcare, writes Hanna Brodda, editor in chief of Life Science Sweden.

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.

Fondmedel till forskning

Insamlingsstiftelsen Cancer-och Allergifonden ger medel till 23 forskningsprojekt.

Epilepsigener pekar mot ny behandling

I den största internationella studien i sitt slag har 11 nya gener kopplade till epilepsi upptäckts.

De väljs in i IVA

Flera nya ledamöter ur life science och medtech-leden.

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.

Spindeln chanslös mot cellulosa

Ny lungbehandling säker

Nytt läkemedel vid idiopatisk lungfibros Boehringer Ingelheim har visats vara säkert.

Senzagen blir först med luftvägstest

Nu presenterar bolaget ett in vitro-test för luftvägsallergier.

Tung värvning till Cellink

Biobläck-företaget Cellink knyter Mina J Bisell till sitt advisory board.

Årets Salss handlar om hjärnan

Årets toppmöte för företagare, världsledande forskare och läkare samlas nu för ett tre dagars konvent i Stockholm. Arrangören Barbro Ehnbom har ett tydligt mål med sitt möte: - Här ska det göras affärer, säger hon till Life Science Sweden.

The best wealth is Health

We are living in a world where wealth more and more is measured in being able to do the things you like and enjoy in life. As the wealth increases in terms of economic strength, the expectation of a long and healthy life increases and with that a demand of enjoy life.

Opinion: Where do all the cool Swedish life science companies go?

It’s puzzling why Swedish life science companies hardly get a mention alongside Spotify, Skype, Klarna, King, iZettle, and other cool, innovative and successful ‘startups’ founded in Sweden.

Svensk vd till Mercks styrelse

Han är svensken som tagit sig till toppen i 3M-koncernen. Nu tar han plats i Mercks styrelse.