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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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Business Swedens nya garde – De rullar ut den blågula mattan
Mixen av mycket medicinskt kunnande och en tech-sektor som växer sig allt starkare är en framgångsfaktor för Sverige, enligt Business Swedens life science-team. – Det är en perfekt storm, en bra perfekt storm, säger Britta Stenson, Program Manager.
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FOKUS Patient turns international
FOKUS Patient is arranging conferences over 3 days in October, and this year, the focus will be on international collaborations.
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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
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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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Swedish-Danish meeting at Medicon Village: “One of the most important life science congresses”
For the eleventh year, The Future of Swedish and Danish Life Science was held on Wednesday, and the event continues to function as a connecting link between the life science sectors of both countries. This year’s event attracted nearly 450 visitors.
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Studie: Ilya Pharmas läkemedelskandidat påskyndar sårläkning
Ilya Pharma presenterade data vid det amerikanska försvarsdepartementets årliga konferens Medical Health System Research Symposia i Florida, som tyder på att deras läkemedelskandidat påskyndar sårläkning.
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EU sätter stopp för Illuminas köp av Grail
Under tisdagen meddelade EU-kommissionen att de stoppar det amerikanska genteknikbolaget Illuminas redan genomförda köp av diagnostikbolaget Grail.
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Anders Blanck about his 17 years at Lif: “The industry is enjoying greater public trust now"
The announcement came as a surprise to those around him, but according to the protagonist himself, the timing was excellent. Anders Blanck is now leaving Lif – a decision that has been growing for some time. “I have been pretty much married to my mission. However, I will turn 56 this autumn, and if I’m going to do something else in my professional life, now is the time,” he says.
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Anna Törner: Kalashnikovs in a new guise
Thanks to resisting European regulatory authorities, Europe has been spared the opioid epidemic. In the 1960s, the situation was the opposite as the American pharmaceutical authority, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), refused to approve thalidomide
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Här är XNK:s nya anläggning i Huddinge
Cellterapibolaget XNK Therapeutics meddelade på torsdagen att företagets nya GMP-anläggning med renrum nu står klar.
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Han leder Sectras nya satsning inom genomik
Medicinteknikbolaget Sectra startar en ny affärsenhet för innovation och utveckling inom området genomik, studiet av arvsmassan. Meningen är att företagets plattform för diagnostik i framtiden ska utökas till att hantera även information om individers arvsanlag.
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Nanexa skriver avtal med globalt läkemedelsbolag
Det Uppsala-baserade bolaget Nanexa har tecknat ett Material Transfer and Feasibility Study Agreement men en global aktör.
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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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Lisbeth Löpare-Johansson blir hedersdoktor
SKR:s nationella samordnare för nära vård har utsetts till filosofie hedersdoktor i Luleå.
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Sweden is heavily criticised for not ordering Covid vaccine
Valneva and the EU Commission have entered into an agreement for 1.25 million doses of the company’s Covid vaccine, but Sweden has not placed an order.
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Tuffare konkurrens när Novo Nordisk-fonden breddar urvalet
Søren Nedergaard har arbetat med innovation på danska regeringskansliet och på universitetet i Köpenhamn. Idag är han operativ chef för Novo Nordisk-fonden som nu låter fler forskare delta i fondens program för framstående innovatörer inom medicinsk forskning
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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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Amorphous materials take centre stage when Orexo develops new formulations
Swift resolution but with maintained stability. Orexo’s new drug delivery platform tackles the problem of amorphous materials. “Our technology has the positive properties of the material, and it also cracks some of the problems,” says the company’s
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Camilla Waltersson Grönvall (M): "Alla barn med cancer ska ha rätt till precisionsmedicin"
Moderaterna efterlyser en statlig satsning på att snabbt införa nya effektiva läkemedelsbehandlingar. Det säger partiets socialpolitiska talesperson Camilla Waltersson Grönvall i vår intervjuserie inför riksdagsvalet den 11 september.
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Amorfa material i centrum när Orexo tar fram nya formuleringar
Snabb upplösning, men med bibehållen stabilitet. Orexos nya drug delivery-plattform tar itu med problematiken hos amorfa material. "Vår teknologi har de positiva egenskaperna hos materialet, och kommer samtidigt runt en del av problemen", säger bolagets
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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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Collaboration for a simpler production of gene therapies launched
A collaboration between universities and companies aims at providing better production methods for the development of gene therapies. The initiative is led by Johan Rockberg, Professor at KTH.
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