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Umeåinkubator startar internationellt program
Umeå Biotech Incubator, UBI, har varit med och utvecklat en rad framgångsrika svenska startuppbolag. Nu tar man ytterligare ett steg och drar igång ett internationellt inkubatorprogram.
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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 biosimilars? The answer partly depends on whom you ask.
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Cyxone får grönt ljus för fas IIb-studie
Forskningsbolaget Cyxone har fått klartecken från läkemedelsmyndigheten och den centrala etiska kommittén i Polen för att starta en klinisk fas 2b-studie med sin läkemedelskandidat Rabeximod, som är under utveckling som en behandling av ledgångsreumatism (RA).
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Bought a tablet factory – and built his own empire
In 1995, Thomas Eldered was CEO of one of Pharmacia’s factories in the Stockholm area when the Swedish pharmaceutical giant, after a takeover, decided to move its production abroad. 34-year-old Thomas was facing an imminent risk of losing his job. However, instead, it actually turned out to be the starting point for one of the biggest success stories in Swedish life science.
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Marie Gårdmark: Potential step change – EU regulators get to play with data
A new pilot from EMA is starting in September to assess wether the analysis of 'raw data' by regulatory authorities improves the evaluation of marketing approval for new medicines. Marie Grådmark writes in a column that she is looking forward to the outcome of the pilot to hopefully then understand if “in house” analyses actually will add value.
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Möjligt maktskifte i de största regionerna
I Västra Götalandsregionen och i Region Stockholm har allianspartierna tillsammans med Miljöpartiet styrt de senaste fyra åren och i Region Skåne har de klassiska allianspartierna hållit i tyglarna. Nu ser det ut att ändras.
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Penilla Gunther blir expert i EU:s cancerråd
Som en av 15 experter tar Penilla Gunther plats i rådet som ska arbeta för att implementera EU:s cancerstrategi i medlemsländerna.
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Genes from Neanderthals can affect the correct drug dosage
A fifth of all Europeans carry gene variants inherited from Neanderthals, which cause certain drugs to break down more slowly. This may have implications for the drug doses they should take.
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Lucy Robertshaw: Did you know Stockholm wants to be in top 5 in the world for Life Sciences?
Karolinska Institutet Solna Campus has certainly become the next “Kendall Square”, writes Lucy Robertshaw in a column.
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Försök med screening för lungcancer i Stockholm – kan bli nationellt program
I höst inleds en pilotstudie i Stockholm som kan vara det första steget mot ett nationell screeningprogram för lungcancer.
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Newly discovered gene variant linked to protection against abdominal obesity
American researchers believe they have identified a rare gene mutation that protects against abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome. The ambition is that the discovery will lead to new treatments that can help reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease.
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BioVentureHub CEO: “Companies with a high degree of interaction achieve greater success”
For the first time since its inception, AstraZeneca’s BioVentureHub can now recruit new companies, as some of its tenants have grown significantly and are leaving the hub. This is the message from the biohub’s CEO Magnus Björsne in an interview, in which he also highlights a study that points out that companies with a high degree of interaction with other companies achieve greater success.
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Artiklarna du kanske missade – läs dem i sommar
I sommarens solstol, flygsäte eller hängmatta kan det bli lite tid över för läsning och lyssning. Här tipsar vi om några av de texter – och en podd – som Life Science Sweden publicerat tidigare i år.
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Study: Our behaviour may have been guided by wishful thinking during the pandemic
A new study suggests that we systematically underestimate health risks if and when it suits us. This was especially true during the pandemic, as our risk assessments may have been guided by wishful thinking rather than a rational perception of the risks.
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Ojämställt i toppen hos Uppsalas life science-företag
STUNS Life science i Uppsala har undersökt hur jämställdhet mellan man och kvinna ser ut i regionens life science-företag. Och trots att Sverige hör till ett av världens mest jämställda länder, är den kvinnliga representationen låg på ledningsposter i Uppsala.
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Fortsatt satsning på borreliavaccin när Pfizer köper in sig i Valneva
Läkemedelsjätten Pfizer köper 8,1 procent av aktierna i det franska vaccinbolaget Valneva. Kapitaltillskottet ska gå till fortsatt utveckling av ett vaccin mot borrelia.
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Marie Gårdmark: New incentives for orphan products on its way
"Let’s hope that the learnings from development of new therapies for rare diseases will spill over to more common conditions, orphan products paving the wave for drug development in a broader context", writes Marie Gårdmark in a column.
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IVI’s Director General on establishing in Sweden: Will need up to 40 employees
The International Vaccine Institute, IVI, hopes to have its first staff on-site in Stockholm within a couple of months, says the institute’s Director General Jerome Kim in an interview with Life Science Sweden.
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The first vaccine derived from cowpox
The British rural doctor could not forget the words of the peasant girl. Could that really be true? A couple of decades later, on 14 May 1796, he performed the world’s first smallpox vaccination, and a medical breakthrough had occurred.
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Anna Törner: To kill your darlings
Hopes were high when Anna Törner and her colleague started a study on a dietary supplement that seemed unbelievably good. “Enthusiastically, we dreamed of exciting results and perhaps a publication in a high-impact journal,” she writes in a column.
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Få tar det nya covidvaccinet – men en region går helt emot strömmen
Nästan en och en halv miljon doser av Novavax vaccin mot covid-19 har levererats till Sverige. Men inte ens 6 000 har gått åt. En region sticker dock ut. I Region Jönköping har uppseendeväckande många fler tagit det proteinbaserade vaccinet.
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Cinclus tar in 240 miljoner till Losecuppföljare
Cinclus Pharma tar in cirka 240 miljoner kronor i en nyemission. Målet: att ta fram en uppföljare till magsårsläkemedlen Losec och Nexium. "Det här kan bli nästa blockbuster", säger företagets vd Christer Ahlberg till Life Science Sweden.
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40 miljarder i satsningar i Öresundsregionen – ”En enorm investeringsvåg”
Medicinska företag i Öresundsregionen investerar som aldrig förr, visar en ny rapport.
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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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