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The stomach medication that became the biggest blockbuster of the 1990s
The omeprazole molecule was synthesised as early as 1979, but it took many years before the then Astra had an approved pharmaceutical. Once this happened, a tablet was available that was soon to help millions of people worldwide and break all sales records.
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Topplista innovationer: Hans uppfinning har gett 300 000 människor bättre hörsel
När Bo Håkansson i slutet av 1970-talet började utveckla den första benförankrade hörapparaten, BAHA, byggde han vidare på en fascinerande iakttagelse som två decennier tidigare gjorts av kollegan Per-Ingvar Brånemark.
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The most important Swedish medical innovations: Our ranking
Life Science Sweden turns 20 years old – and celebrates by producing a top list of the 20 most important contemporary Swedish innovations in the field of medicine.
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“We are Europe’s hotspot in life science”
The Medicon Valley Alliance has worked for competence development in life science in Denmark and Sweden for a quarter of a century. Anette Steenberg, CEO, sees the anniversary as a recognition of MVA’s explosive power.
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Här är hela listan – De viktigaste svenska medicininnovationerna
Högst upp på Life Science Swedens rankning över moderna svenska innovationer inom medicinområdet finns Losec från dåvarande Astra.
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Astra Zeneca i topp när naturvetare inom life science ska välja arbetsgivare
Fast anställning, varierande arbetsuppgifter och flexibla arbetstider är vad naturvetare inom life science helst vill erbjudas av sina arbetsgivare. Och flest tror att de hittar detta hos Astra Zeneca, enligt en undersökning bland Naturvetarnas medlemmar.
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He is zooming in on topical preparations
According to Zelmic CEO David Sagna, topical products in drug development is a growing market, and to keep pace with the development, the company is awaiting approval for its new GMP facility.
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Spermosens tar in 24 miljoner – ska lansera ny diagnostik inför IVF
“En banbrytande produkt som kan hjälpa miljontals drabbade av ofrivillig barnlöshet”. Så beskriver bolaget Spermosens en ny mätmetod för män som företaget uppger ger bättre chans vid IVF-behandling.
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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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Neanderthal genes and Nobel Prize in a popular lecture at Bioscience
An inherited gene variant from our ”evolutionary cousins” – the extinct Neanderthals – may affect how our bodies break down certain drugs. “It’s only a matter of time before we actively start screening for it,” said KI researcher Hugo Zeberg when describing the study at Bioscience 2022.
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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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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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De vann en postdoc hos Astra Zeneca
120 forskningsförslag från hela världen lämnades in till Astra Zenecas globala Postdoc Challenge. Eslövbon Cátia Bonito Ferreira var en av sex personer som tog sig till final med hopp om att vinna en fullt finansierad postdoc-tjänst. Nu står det klart vem, eller vilka, som vann tävlingen.
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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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Extensive agreements signed at Scilifelab
Four agreements were signed between Swedish and Dutch life science players in connection with the Dutch state visit earlier this month.
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Covidvaccin på väg mot godkännande även för små barn
Covidvaccinen från Pfizer och Moderna bör godkännas även för små barn från sex månader och uppåt, anser en expertkommitté inom den europeiska läkemedelsmyndigheten EMA.
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Pandemin orsakade rockad bland världens vaccinjättar – här är nya topplistan
De senaste åren har, med pandemin som motor, helt förändrat styrkeförhållandena på den globala vaccinmarknaden, visar en kartläggning från Fierce Pharma.
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Grönt ljus för läkemedel mot allvarlig form av psoriasis
Den första behandlingen specifikt riktad mot skov av den ovanliga och potentiellt livshotande hudsjukdomen generaliserad pustulös psoriasis (GPP) ser ut att gå mot ett godkännande i EU. Ett positivt utlåtande har lämnats för läkemedlet spesolimab som behandling av sjukdomen hos vuxna patienter.
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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 and Acko Ankarberg Johansson (also of the Christian Democrat Party) becomes Minister for Health Care.
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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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Cytel Inc acquires the SDS Group
The multinational statistical software developer and contract research organization Cytel Inc, headquartered in Massachusetts, USA, acquires the Swedish consulting company SDS Life Science.
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