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Swedish breakthrough in Alzheimer’s: “We can finally present great data”
Treatments for Alzheimer’s disease are currently among the hottest topics in drug development. Two Swedish research companies with high ambitions and successes in the field participated in Bioscience 2022 conference at Life City in Hagastaden, Stockholm.
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"Are we doing business the wrong way around in the Life Science Sector?"
For the past 50 years we have created solutions for problems that we thought would solve the problems. Pharmaceuticals have created big block buster drugs which were great for that time but now we realise that these drugs were in fact only tested in white men and certainly not for patients who are older who are taking a number of medications.
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ESS i krismöte – varnar för att projektet kan misslyckas
Beatrix Vierkorn, ESS-konsitoriets ordförande, har kallat till krismöte i Lund den 30 november. Det rapporterar Sydsvenska Dagbladet. Anledningen är förseningar och bristande kvalitet på den högteknologiska utrustningen.
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Paxlovid kan minska risk för långtidscovid, enligt ny studie
Pfizers covidläkemedel Paxlovid minskar risken för långtidscovid, enligt en ny studie från amerikanska Department of Veterans Affairs.
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A green nursery for biotech rooted in the Scanian soil
Red Glead has established itself as one of Lund’s largest companies in pharmaceutical development. Life Science Sweden went to Skåne and met two of the founders, Johan Evenäs and Martina Kvist Reimer.
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Läkemedelsjättar i gemensam kraftsamling för miljön
Sju av världens största läkemedelsbolag, bland dem Astra Zeneca, går ihop om gemensamma åtgärder för att reducera utsläppen av växthusgaser.
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Ny kraft ska leda Pharmacologs kvalitets- och certifieringsarbete
Asal Attabipour har anställts som Director of Quality Assurance och Regulatory Affairs (QA & RA) på Pharmacolog.
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He is heading a new company for the development of Coegin’s cancer drug
The biotechnology company Coegin Pharma places the development of its drug candidate AVX420 in a newly formed company, Avexxin Oncology, based in Norway, and John Zibert will be the CEO.
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Novavax is developing a vaccine candidate against Covid-19 and seasonal flu
A combined vaccine against both Covid-19 and seasonal flu is showing promising results in studies, according to the American drug developer Novavax. The adjuvant, which forms an essential part of the vaccine, originates from Sweden.
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The pandemic caused a reshuffle among the world’s vaccine giants – here is the new top list
Fuelled by the pandemic, the power balance in the global vaccine market has completely changed in recent years, a survey from Fierce Pharma shows
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Han leder nytt bolag för utveckling av Coegins cancerläkemedel
Bioteknikbolaget Coegin Pharma placerar utvecklingen av sin läkemedelskandidat AVX420 i ett nybildat bolag, Avexxin Oncology, med säte i Norge. Vd för bolaget blir John Zibert.
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Han får stort anslag för lovande forskare
Andreas Edsfeldt mottar Prins Daniels Anslag för lovande yngre forskare som delas ut av Hjärt-Lungfonden.
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Elicera i spanskt samarbete om CAR T-terapi mot skelettcancer
Elicera Therapeutics har ingått ett samarbetsavtal med ett spanskt forskningsinstitut för att stötta utvecklingen av CAR T-behandlingar för Ewings sarkom, en ovanlig form av skelettcancer.
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She is Sweden´s new Minister of Healthcare
Today, Tuesday, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, who leads the Moderate Party and the centre-right coalition in Sweden, presented the government's new ministers. Christian Democrat Jakob Forssmed gets the role of Minister for Social Affairs
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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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Novavax utvecklar vaccinkandidat mot både covid-19 och säsongsinfluensa
Ett kombinerat vaccin mot både covid-19 och säsongsinfluensa visar lovande resultat i studier, uppger den amerikanska läkemedelsutvecklaren Novavax. Den adjuvans som utgör en viktig del i vaccinet kommer från Sverige.
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Misslyckat försök med Astra Zenecas nässpraysvaccin mot covid-19
Försök med att ge Astra Zenecas vaccin mot covid-19 genom näsan gav inte det önskade immunsvaret i en färsk studie.
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Lovande data för Orexos akutläkemedel mot allergi
Uppsalaföretaget Orexo rapporterar positiva resultat från den första kliniska studien i människa med bolagets nasala akutläkemedel med adrenalin mot allergiska reaktioner.
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Black box i operationssalen ska göra kirurgin säkrare
Som enda svenska sjukhus använder sig Mora lasarett av black box vid titthålskirurgi. Förebilden är flygplanens svarta lådor, och metoden används flitigt i USA. Men i Sverige finns inget regelverk för tekniken.
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“We need to keep investing in research and innovation”
Jenni Nordborg has worked for just over four years to highlight life science in Sweden. Her mandate as national coordinator ends in December 2022. ““Life sciences has been a long-term priority of governments since many years and I have no doubt that the ambitions will be strong going forward”, says Jenni Nordborg.
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Promising Alzheimer’s study data sends Bioarctic stock soaring
The drug candidate lecanemab from Swedish company Bioarctic significantly slowed down the deterioration in patients with early on-set Alzheimer’s, according to preliminary results from a phase III study.
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Han blir KI Holdings nya vd – ska leda interaktionen mellan akademi och näringsliv
Karolinska institutets holdingbolag, KI Holding, har utsett Johan Weigelt till ny vd. Han kommer närmast från posten som vice vd vid Kungl. Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien, IVA.
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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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Business Sweden’s new team is rolling out the blue-yellow carpet
According to Business Sweden’s life science team, the combination of substantial medical know-how and an ever-flourishing tech sector is a success factor for Sweden. “It’s a perfect storm, a beneficent, perfect storm,” says Programme Manager Britta Stenson.
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