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End of bone‑sawing? New laser cuts to record depths
Saw, drill and chisel are a bone surgeon’s best friends today – but soon the laser may also find its place in that toolbox. Researchers in Switzerland have discovered a method for cutting significantly deeper and faster with a surgical laser than has previously been possible.
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Lost in the recruitment process? How hiring really works today
As recruitment becomes increasingly automated, candidates are expected to adapt to both human and algorithmic decision-making. Career coach Tina Persson outlines why the process feels unfair – and how jobseekers can approach it more strategically.
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Efter förändrad vaccinlinje – 15 delstater stämmer hälsoministern
Ett år efter att Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tillträdde som hälsominister har hans omarbetning av USA:s barnvaccinationsprogram lett till rättsprocess. Nu vill 15 delstater att en federal domstol ogiltigförklarar förändringarna.
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Hajpad genterapi mot blödarsjuka dras in
Roctavian, den första och enda genterapin mot hemofili A, dras in från marknaden. Orsaken är att den blivit en kommersiell flopp.
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Sarah Lidé: ”Ett hälsosamt samhälle kräver mer än ett nytt piller”
Innovation inom läkemedel och medicinteknik är avgörande – men ett hållbart arbete för hälsosamma samhällen beror också på hur prevention, incitament och beteendeförändring utformas och skalas upp, skriver Sarah Lidé i en krönika.
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Multicancer test failed to meet its goal – shares plunged
A blood test designed to detect multiple types of cancer failed to meet its primary endpoint in a large UK study. The company behind the test saw its market value cut in half.
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Painkiller cuts recurrence risk by more than 50% – national guidelines updated
Sweden’s national guidelines for colon and rectal cancer have been updated — just nine months after the previous revision. The move follows new Swedish research showing that a daily dose of acetylsalicylic acid — the active ingredient in aspirin — can halve the risk of recurrence in a common subgroup of bowel cancer.
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Cinclus welcomes FDA announcement on single‑study requirement
Swedish Cinclus Pharma welcomes the signals from the United States that a single pivotal study, rather than two, may be sufficient when applying for market approval.
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Novo Nordisk strengthens board after turbulent year
Changes to Novo Nordisk’s board continue. Following last year’s sweeping restructuring, the Danish obesity drugmaker is now nominating two new directors with extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
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New antibody aims to slow kidney damage – “It’s kind of cool”
For 25 years, Marie Jeansson has studied the kidney and its blood vessels. She is now working on developing a drug intended to slow down chronic kidney disease.
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A healthy society requires more than a new pill
Sarah Lidé on how medicines are essential – but a sustainable approach to healthy societies also depends on prevention and behavioural change
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Asgard teaches tumours to self‑destruct – moving closer to clinical trials
Swedish biotech Asgard Therapeutics not only has an evocative name, but also a remarkably exciting approach to cancer treatment: getting tumour cells to reprogram themselves so that they become visible to the body’s immune system.
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FDA leaders seek to scrap two-study requirement
A single pivotal study may be sufficient to secure approval for a new medicine in the United States. That is the message delivered by FDA Commissioner Marty Makary and the agency’s medical and scientific chief, Vinay Prasad, in an article in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Björn Arvidsson: ”As uncertainty grows, clarity becomes a strength”
Sweden has all the prerequisites to be a strong life science nation. But in a time of geopolitical tension, shorter value chains and growing demands for resilience, it is no longer enough to be “good at many things”, Björn Arvidsson writes in a column.
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FDA tvärvänder – accepterar Modernas influensavaccin för granskning
FDA backar nu om sitt kontroversiella beslut att vägra granska Modernas vaccinkandidat mot säsongsinfluensa.
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“BioArctic is Leqembi, but also much more”
What once began as a small Swedish biotech company has grown into a fully fledged pharmaceutical company with global reach. At the helm is Gunilla Osswald, who joined early on and is now leading BioArctic into its next era.
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Genovis ramps up in ADC technology: “An area where we’re seeing very strong interest”
With new products and an expanded licensing agreement in hand Genovis now has a partly new focus for its operations: ADCs – or antibody‑drug conjugates.
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Finland leads the way in the hunt for international top researchers
Several Nordic initiatives are currently under way to recruit international top researchers. Finland is making its largest national investment ever in attracting leading talent from abroad.
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Finland leder vägen i jakten på internationella toppforskare
Just nu pågår flera nordiska initiativ för att rekrytera internationella toppforskare. Finland gör sin största nationella satsning någonsin på att värva ledande talanger från andra länder.
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Dying man saved by artificial lung system
An external artificial lung system kept a critically ill man alive for two days until he could undergo a lung transplant. In the longer term, researchers hope the technology could transform the treatment of patients with life-threatening lung disease.
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Study: Autism as common in girls as in boys
Autism may be just as common in girls as in boys, but girls are diagnosed significantly later and less often during childhood, according to a large Swedish registry study.
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Sobi steg på stark rapport
Läkemedelsbolaget Sobi ökade både omsättningen och vinsten under det fjärde kvartalet, bland annat tack vare en framgångsrik lansering i Europa av hemofililäkemedlet Altuvoct.
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Top 10 biggest drug launches 2026
Two presumed sales rockets – both in obesity and type 2 diabetes – top a list of potential blockbusters expected to launch in the United States in 2026.
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Cell-free cartilage from Lund could pave the way for new bone transplants
Researchers at Lund University have developed a new method for repairing large bone defects, based on laboratory-engineered, cell-free cartilage grafts. The technique has so far been tested in animal models, and the results have attracted considerable interest internationally.
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