Showroom for free

The latest equipment with trained staff. Sci Life Lab in Stockholm want to offer top conditions at the new imaging laboratory. But some vendors are skeptical to the idea of supplying test equipment for free.

Will the industry follow the economic revival?

Welcome to the eleventh Biotech Forum + Scanlab Fair!

9 steps to perfect partnering

Rigorous planning and a focus on your business plan is essential for successful partnering, accoring to Camilla Huse Bondeson at Conlega. Follow her 9 steps to perfect partnering.

Early stage research and low turnaround dominates

Nordic science parks are full of advanced research performed by small companies but little research is done in later stages. Only a couple of the best performers have companies in phase III, according to Biotech Scandinavia's survey.

We are poor lobbyists

I doubt there has ever been a really well thought out Scandinavian campaign with intentions to really change attitudes among both the public and politicians.

"Framtiden en utmaning för Europa"

Högskole- och forskningsminister Tobias Krantz är nöjd med det arbete som har gjorts för forskning och utbildning under det svenska ordförandeskapet i EU. Samtidigt betonade han vikten av ett förbättrat innovationssystem i sitt tal på Vinnovas konferens Spelplan Europa.

BMA är framtidsyrke

Antalet biomedicinska analytiker kommer att halveras fram till 2025 och därmed skapa en stor efterfrågan på yrkesgruppen.

5 miljarder till superkluster

Världens mest attraktiva plats för life science. Det är målet för femmiljardersprojektet , en ny stadsdel som byggs för att förena Stockholm och Solna. År 2025 kommer ytan att husera 600 000 kvadratmeter kontor och laboratorier tillägnade life science

A crash course in IP strategy

"Publish, publish, publish!" Sound familiar? So to meet the researcher's wishes, do you scribble a patent application with lipstick on a napkin and send it in? At the seminar Patent Strategies in the Biotech Company, you will have the chance to find out why this might not be the best idea.

BMAs: Run your own business

After graduation you must decide: be an employee or start your own business. This is not really the situation for BMAs today, but a collaborative project between Swedish public actors and some companies aims to change that and make entrepreneurs of BMAs.

Hey Johannes Hedman...

... graduate of SKL and LTH, who has improved a method of forensic analysis

Age essential when testing drugs

Anders Rane has been arguing that genes and age are both important factors in understanding how medicines affect individuals. Only last year, the EU established regulations stating that pharmaceuticals must be tested for children as well as for adults.

From planning stage to handshake

"Partnering is an effective tool to get in touch with the decision makers high up in an organization's administration," says Camilla Huse Bondeson at Conlega. And according to her, rigorous planning is the way to succeed.

How to get the most out of the fair

Ny professor startskott för LiU-satsning

May Griffith är ny professor i regenerativ medicin på Linköpings universitet och hennes kompetens blir startskottet för universitetets satsning på området.

180 miljoner till nanoforskning

En stor satsning från det europeiska programmet Euro Nano Med ska finansiera två svenska nanoforskningsprojekt. Chalmers tekniska högskola, Linköpings universitet, Umeå universitet och Vironova får vara med och dela på pengarna.

Big Pharma blir sig inte likt

I veckan släppte Price Waterhouse Coopers, PwC, sin rapport om läget för den globala läkemedelsindustrin fram till 2020. Stora strukturella förändringar krävs i branschen och industrin kommer att agera, enligt rapporten.

Pengar sinar för strategiforskning

Om Stiftelsen för Strategisk Forskning, SSF, ska bibehålla sin betydelse gentemot andra aktörer i samhället räcker dagens kapital till 2025, enligt ett av utredaren Joakim Amorims scenarier.

With their hands on the legal levers

It is wonderful news for the Scandinavian scientific community. At the end of May it stood clear that Lund will host to the European Spallation Source.

The winner of the race

She learned how to work hard at an early age and her devotion has certainly paid off. Whether it is field running or running a company, the key to success is focus according to Yvonne Mårtensson.

Swedish top scientists to EMBO

Two Swedish top scientists will have a really good chance to influence European life science research from now on. One is from the Karolinska Institutet, and one is from the University of Uppsala.

Re-painting the big pig-ture

Why do tame pigs show such variety in colouring, when their wild relatives are so plain? Swedish researchers know who is to blame. But the big question is why.

Athera signs production partnership

The companys novel cardiovascular product will be manufactured in Germany.

Test if you carry the fat virus

In a soon future there may be a quick and simple test that could show if you are infected with Ad-36, a human adenovirus that can make you over-weight.