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Alert from the Swedish Medicines Agency: Many complications with gastric balloons
According to the Swedish Medicines Agency, an increasing number of serious complications are being reported in procedures with gastric balloons as a method for weight loss. The authority fears significant shortcomings in the information to patients both before and after the procedure.
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“We need to build flexible operating theatres”
Flexible operating theatres, micro-sensors on surgeons to monitor their well-being and 3D images projected onto organs to be operated on. These are a few ideas that three specialist surgeons are suggesting for the operating theatre of the future.
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“We aim to be a start-up company with an academic spirit”
Chronic pain and Alzheimer’s are two diseases that plague many people worldwide and seem impossible to cure. However, Huddinge-based company Alzecure is working on developing drugs for both conditions.
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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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”Vi vill vara ett startup-företag med akademisk anda”
Långvarig smärta och alzheimer. Två sjukdomar som plågar många människor världen över och som verkar omöjliga att rå på. Men Huddingeföretaget Alzecure arbetar med att utveckla läkemedel mot båda tillstånden.
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Oncopeptides cancerläkemedel röstades ned i USA
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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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Klinisk studie av läkemedel mot apkoppor inleds i USA
Forskare i USA vill ta reda på hur väl det antivirala läkemedlet tekovirimat hjälper mot apkoppor. Nu inleds en fas III-studie.
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Philips återkallar 17 miljoner andningsmasker – kan störa ut pacemakers
I juni förra året återkallade Philips 5,5 miljoner ventilatorer och andra andningsstödsmaskiner i USA. Nu är det dags igen. Mer än 17 miljoner av företagets andningsmasker innehåller magneter som kan störa ut bland annat pacemakers, aneurysmklämmor och neurostimulatorer.
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Finansiering och riskkapital i fokus: "Rätt tid att investera i biotech"
Sverige och Danmark är topprankade i EU när det gäller medicinsk innovation – men inte lika bra på att göra något av idéerna. "Det finns ett gap på den nordiska marknaden: brist på kapital. Och vi löper risk att gå miste om storartade möjligheter", säger Tobias Horneman-Thielcke på riskkapitalfonden Eir Ventures.
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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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Ny styrelseordförande till Epista Life Science
Per Kogut blir ny styrelseordförande och Ronny Roos lämnar därmed ordförandeposten, men stannar kvar i styrelsen.
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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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Cullbergstipendiet till fem läkare för studier av bland annat könsdysfori
Fem läkare tilldelas Cullbergstipendiet, som är uppkallat efter den nyligen bortgångne psykiatern och författaren Johan Cullberg.
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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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Regeringen vill föra in apkoppor i smittskyddslagen
Den 20 maj blev apkoppor klassad som allmänfarlig sjukdom. Nu har regeringen beslutat om ett lagförslag som gör att sjukdomen blir allmänfarlig sjukdom i smittskyddslagen.
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