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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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Pharm Assist köps av ny koncern inom life science-tjänster
Konsultbolaget Pharm Assist Sweden har köpts upp och kommer tillsammans med det norska investmentbolaget Serendipity och kontraktsforskningsföretaget Link Medical att ingå i en ny nordeuropeisk koncern för tjänster inom life science.
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New rules for diagnostic products, but who will certify them? “An extreme shortage area”
In less than two weeks, new and stricter EU rules will enter into force for thousands of products used in important diagnoses of, among other things, cancer and Covid-19. However, not one single institute in the entire Nordic region is able to certify the diagnostics companies’ products according to the new regulations. “In the end, it risks affecting patients,” says Anna Lefèvre Skjöldebrand, CEO of Swedish Medtech.
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Boehringer Ingelheim i projekt om egenmonitorering av KOL
I ett nystartat utvecklingsprojekt utvärderas om vården av KOL-patienter kan bli effektivare genom digital egenmonitorering.
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Han blir E-hälsomyndighetens första chefsläkare
E-hälsomyndigheten utser Max Herulf, specialist i allmänmedicin, till en nyinrättad tjänst som chefsläkare.
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Tougher competition as the Novo Nordisk Foundation broadens its programme
Søren Nedergaard has worked with innovation at the Danish Government Offices and the University of Copenhagen. Today, he is COO of the Novo Nordisk Foundation, which has recently broadened its programme for leading innovators in medical research to apply
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Paolo Macchiarini in court – “The sole intent was to cure”
Paolo Macchiarini’s surgical procedure was illegal, life-threatening and caused severe and prolonged suffering to patients the prosecution claimed when the trial against the Italian surgeon began on Wednesday last week.
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When carelessness, forgetfulness and coincidence become the researcher’s best friend
Forgetfulness, coincidence and a stroke of luck hardly make up a fruitful method of serious research. Or do they? Actually, a number of important medical advances have come about thanks to completely random incidents and the open-mindedness of scientists who were ready to think outside the box.
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Addlife gör ytterligare två företagsköp
Addlife fortsätter att expandera och förvärvar nu två bolag inom laboratorie- och medicinteknik i Tyskland respektive Irland.
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Life science-sektorn växer i Stockholm och Uppsala
Antalet företag i Stockholm-Uppsalaregionen inom life science har under en tioårsperiod ökat med nära 50 procent, enligt en ny rapport från Stockholm Science City.
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Göran Stiernstedt: "Vi är världssämst på kontinuitet"
Uteblivna satsningar på primärvården, ett orimligt system med nätläkare och ett statligt fiasko när det gäller att samordna vårdens it-system. Göran Stiernstedt skräder inte orden när han beskriver bristerna i dagens vårdsystem. – Det gör mig oerhört frustrerad, säger han.
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Lucy Robertshaw: Are we in the perfect storm?
“Is there a perfect storm on the horizon again as elective surgeries were cancelled due to patients being admitted with Covid-19? We now have a long backlog of people who are presenting with chronic diseases that need to access healthcare again”, writes Lucy Robertshaw in a column.
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Atrogi får grönt ljus för kliniska studier med diabeteskandidat
Det svenska läkemedelsföretaget Atrogi har fått klartecken från tyska hälsomyndigheter att inleda kliniska studier med sin läkemedelskandidat mot typ 2-diabetes.
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Digitalisera försäljningen och spring om konkurrenterna
Nytt acceleratorprogram till värde av 450.000 kr kommer att hjälpa utvalda bolag med den digitala omvandlingen genom Salesforces. Craftware Sweden, som är en del av telekom-koncernen Orange Group och en global Salesforce-partner sedan 2014, har startat programmet för svenska bolag som vill skala upp.
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Upphandlingsproffset: Brist på målsättning vanligaste misstaget
Vad krävs för att formulera ett vinnande anbud eller göra en lyckad upphandling? Få vet det bättre än Magnus Josephson, mångårig juridisk expert på offentlig upphandling och med vinnande anbud för över 25 miljarder i sitt cv.
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This is how Anette Steenberg will put Medicon Valley on the world map
Anette Steenberg has been CEO of the Swedish-Danish life science cluster Medicon Valley Alliance since 1 November last year. Life Science Sweden called her to ask about her visions and the challenges of merging the worlds of Swedish and Danish life science.
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Björn Ursing: Physicians new role in AI driven healthcare
”AI could be the key we need for tomorrow’s healthcare, but it is not a stand-alone tool”, writes Björn Ursing in a column about how the role for physicians changes in the era of AI.
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Elicera develops CAR-T against solid tumours – may become the first in the world
Today, there are five EU-approved CAR-T therapies, all focused on different types of blood cancer, but no one has yet succeeded in making the method work against solid tumours. At Gothenburg-based Elicera, they are working relentlessly to succeed in that field as well. “It is the largest field, and the potential is enormous,” says the company’s CEO Jamal El-Mosleh.
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CAR-T therapies give continued hope: “Almost half of the patients have become disease-free”
When the first CAR-T therapies appeared, hopes were raised for the effective treatment for critically ill cancer patients. After a somewhat sluggish start, about 90 patients in Sweden have now been treated with this method. “Almost half of them have become disease-free, at least of those treated with Yescarta, which are the ones I know best,” says Gunilla Enblad, Chairman of the national working group for CAR-T treatment.
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Samuel Lagercrantz: Immunotherapy against cancer is still in its early stages
For more than 100 years, researchers have tried to target the body’s own immune system to fight cancer cells. They have occasionally been laughed at and ridiculed by the medical establishment. However, from our perspective today, we can sum it up with the saying: He who laughs last laughs best, writes Samuel Lagercrantz in an editorial.
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Björn Arvidsson: ”We need to change perspective”
If you say “life science” to a person on the street and ask them to explain what it is, you will probably get no good answer. The same question to your network will generate as many versions as the people you ask. Most likely, we will miss many opportunities with our lack of communication, writes Björn Arvidsson in a column.
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Så försvarar du företaget mot årets säkerhetshot
Det globala tekniktjänstföretaget NTT Ltd. har identifierat fem cybersäkerhetshot som kan komma att prägla 2022 och hur man skyddar sig mot dem.
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Marie Gårdmark: Finally, it’s time for a revision of the EU pharma legislation
A challenge for the EU Commission is to deliver a new framework that will also take care of another “pillar” of the pharmaceutical strategy, namely, to ensure that new medicines will be available for all citizens in Europe, writes Marie Gårdmark in a column.
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Study: An objective diagnosis of constant tinnitus may be possible
A new method that measures brain activity during sound stimulation can make it possible to objectively diagnose and identify people who suffer from constant tinnitus, which was demonstrated in a study made by researchers at the Karolinska Institute.
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