Krönika: Collaboration across borders

Drug development creates new challenges for regulators

Swedish and Danish Life Science – are there still untapped synergies?

not be better. A one-day conference on ongoing collaborations, new directions and required future investment will held on April 2nd at Medicon Village in Lund.

Upcoming event: New updates on drugs

At Medicon Valley Alliance venues in Copenhagen/Örestad April 1 2020 the meeting New updates in Drug Formulation & Bioavailability takes place for the for the eighth time.

Coordination of world-class research facilities

Four unique world-class research facilities are located just a few hours apart. Properly utilised, a Nordic centre for world-leading life science innovation and research could become a reality. Kajsa M Paulsson is the project leader for HALOS, driving the idea forward.

A world-class research village

Eight years ago, Medicon Village was set up in Lund. Since then, this hub for research, innovation and business has developed enormously, and today the life science village is home to over 150 organisations, employing more than 2,200 people.

Krönika: Can regulators keep up with innovation?

New technology has increased the understanding of disease mechanisms and enabled approval of products targeting small but specific patient populations; sometimes referred to as precision medicine. Gene- and cell therapies have reached the market

Engage with your CMO early

Gordon Hutton is Materials Science Lead at Thermo Fisher Scientific’s, formerly GSK, small molecule API site in Cork, Ireland.

From spin-off to phase II

”The people there will basically become your new colleagues” – Carina Schmidt, former CEO of Athera, about working with different contractors.

Before you choose a CRO

– We are a small company and it is very important for us to maintain our core competence within development of novel nanomaterials, Tove Sivik Sonne, Head of Development at Spago Nanomedical says.

Pharma-on-Demand

Make or buy? That is the question that the pharma world has been asking more and more in the last couple of decades. Pernille Hemmingsen is moderator at Pharma Outsourcing Dec 10th i Stockholm. This is her thoughts about outsourcing.

Hittade orsak till ALS-symptom hos spädbarn

Umeåforskare har analyserat blod- och hudprover från ett tyskt spädbarn med ALS-liknande symptom. De har hittat orsaken till barnets sjukdom, ett ofullständigt protein som inte kan ta bort fria syreradikaler.

Örebro värvar chef från Västerbotten

Biträdande hälso- och sjukvårdsdirektör lämnar Region Västerbotten för att gå till Region Örebro. ”Men mitt hjärta kommer alltid att klappa för Västerbotten”.

Hon tar plats på höjdarlista

Varje år samlar den ledande vetenskapliga tidskriften Genetic Engineering News tio namn på de mest lovande ledarna inom affärsvärlden och akademin under 40 år.

Små containrar levererar vaccin

Det handlar inte bara om biotillgänglighet utan också om administrering – spruta eller piller.

Brexit creeping closer – or?

In this column, lawyer Pernilla Norman, tries to sort out the different Brexit options.

Meet the governmental life science office

More clinical trials, promotion for digitisation and interoperability together with increased use of data generated by both healthcare and individuals. The duties of the Life Sciences office are plentiful.

How to become globally competitive

Here Gunilla Osswald from BioArctic share her experience of scaling up and be competative on the global arena.

The perfect formula for decision-making

No one has the luxury not to take a decision, writes Helena Strigård at Swedenbio.

Unga forskare prisas

Upptäckt koppling mellan tarmfloran och fetma belönas när pris för unga forskare delas ut i Stockholm.

They’re all doing it – buying drug research

December 12 the time has come for this year's annual partnering meeting Pharma Outsourcing in Stockholm. In Sweden this is a growing business, with Recipharm as the biggest CRMO of the country.

Är kemikalieblandningar farligare?

12 miljoner kronor satsas för att utveckla nya metoder för att riskvärdera kemikalieblandningar som vi exponeras för i vår vardag.

Mikroplaster i bajs

En ny studie har hittat mikroplastpartiklar i avföringsprover från människor för första gången.

Ska stärka läkemedelssäkerhet

Karolinska institutet leder ett internationellt samarbetsprojekt för läkemedelssäkerhet i fyra länder i östra Afrika.