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Cancer researcher: “We can do better and reduce suffering”
Lund University researcher Catharina Hagerling is developing innovative methods to understand metastatic cancer, aiming to create more targeted treatments for patients with disseminated cancer.
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Investors portföljbolag köper diagnostikföretag – för 22 miljarder kronor
Advanced Instruments har ingått ett bindande avtal om att förvärva Nova Biomedical för 2,2 miljarder dollar, motsvarande cirka 22 miljarder kronor.
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EMA varnar för icke godkända cellterapier
Icke godkända, och därmed olagliga, avancerade terapiläkemedel marknadsförs till patienter i Europa. Det uppger den europeiska läkemedelsmyndigheten EMA, som nu går ut med en varning till allmänheten.
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Cellevate stärker ledningen – utnämner CTO
Biotechbolaget Cellevate utnämner Christel Fenge till Chief Technology Officer (CTO).
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Who pays for Rebecca Doe – and all of us?
Anna Törner on how easily we get used to the idea that healthcare is free - when it really is about how and who pays for it
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Security flaw in Swedish breast cancer screening software – woman passed away
A lack of safeguard in Sectra's software led to a woman with breast cancer receiving an incorrect diagnosis. She later passed away. The software is used in 20 out of 21 regions in Sweden. It is also used in neighbouring Nordic countries. “Extremely serious,” says the Sectra CEO to Medtech Magazine.
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Investment CEO: “The Nordics are outstanding in creating successful medtech companies”
Since the beginning of last month, Susanna Francke Rodau has been a partner and the new CEO of Segulah Medical Acceleration, which invests in medical technology. In an interview she tells about which companies the investment company prefers to invest in, which companies she believes in the most in the portfolio and why she accepted the new position.
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Health politician Lina Nordquist: ”I find it hard to be idle”
She is the pharmacist and researcher who grew tired of the breakthroughs that never materialised and knowledge that never seemed to reach patients, so she decided to make a change from within. Life Science Sweden meets Lina Nordquist, Member of Parliament for the Liberals and their spokesperson on healthcare policy, to have a conversation about reality, politics, and the need for writing.
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First preterm infants study – a vital step for Neola
After years of developing an advanced lung monitoring system, Neola Medical has received some delightful news: permission to start its first clinical study on preterm born infants.
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Björn Arvidsson will lead research and innovation in Region Uppsala
The Swedish life science profile Björn Arvidsson has been appointed Director of Research and Innovation for Region Uppsala.
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FDA approves first non-opioid pain reliever in over 20 years
For the first time in decades, a new type of acute pain medication that is not an opioid has been approved in the USA.
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She is CSL Behring's new Nordic General Manager
Since the beginning of january, Helena Bragd is the new Nordic General Manager for the biotech company CSL Behring and CEO of CSL Behring AB.
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16 miljoner kronor till ATMP i Västsverige
Genom en miljonsatsning i Västra Götalandsregionen ska små och medelstora life sciene-bolag få stöd för att accelerera utvecklingen inom avancerade terapiläkemedel (ATMP).
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New cell therapy raises hope for curing type 1 diabetes – "Never succeeded before"
For the first time, a patient with type 1 diabetes has undergone an islet transplantation using genetically modified insulin-producing cells that do not require immunosuppressive drugs. "A major immunological breakthrough," says Professor Per-Ola Carlsson, who leads the clinical study, to Life Science Sweden.
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“Research is always a lot of failures and a few successes”
Gene therapies open up fantastic possibilities, but they are also extremely expensive to produce. Genenova aims to change that and make the treatments accessible to more people. “Our overall ambition is to reduce costs a hundredfold”, says professor Johan Rockberg at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.
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Hon får tungt uppdrag i Astra Zeneca – ersätter frihetsberövad Kinachef
Astra Zeneca utser Iskra Reic till Executive Vice President (EVP), International. Det betyder att hon får ansvar för bolagets övergripande strategi i stora delar av världen utanför Nordamerika – och att hon efterträder den tidigare Kinachefen Leon Wang som utreds av kinesiska myndigheter.
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Pharmaevent lockade internationella deltagare
Under tisdagen arrangerade Life Science Sweden eventet Pharma Outsourcing. I år var deltagare från över 10 länder på plats i Life City i Hagastaden.
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Investigations against AstraZeneca: ”Chinese interests may be behind them”
Why are there several investigations against AstraZeneca employees in China right now? Life Science Sweden continues to seek answers.
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Medivir CEO on upcoming study: ”It's about working together with others”
Medivir is a small company with a big task: to take its drug candidate, via extensive clinical studies, all the way to a patient group that currently lacks approved treatment alternatives. "We can't do that on our own – our entire R&D activities are about working together with others," says the company's CEO Jens Lindberg.
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Lista: ATMP som fått grönt ljus i Sverige
Avancerade terapiläkemedel (ATMP) är på allas läppar i life science-sektorn. Men vilka ATMP används egentligen i svensk sjukvård? Och hur fungerar de?
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Orbán's extended arm becomes health commissioner in the EU
Hungarian Olivér Várhelyi may soon become the most influential official for the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry in the EU. Várhelyi, who is close to Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán, is seen as a controversial figure due to his opposition to abortion and for calling EU members ”idiots.”
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Roche’s Genentech terminates licencing deal with Norwegian biotech
Genentech is ending a license collaboration with Norwegian biotech Nykode Therapeutics regarding a clinical stage cancer vaccine program.
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Radiofarmakabolaget Aktis tar in miljardbelopp
Amerikanska biotechbolaget Aktis Oncology, som utvecklar radiofarmaka, tar in 175 miljoner amerikanska dollar, motsvarande cirka 1,8 miljarder svenska kronor, genom en finansieringsrunda.
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Obesity-drug pioneers win Lasker Award
This year’s Lasker Prize in Clinical Research has been awarded to three researchers for their discoveries in GLP-1-based drugs that, according to the jury, “have revolutionised the treatment of obesity”. Among others, Novo Nordisk’s Lotte Bjerre Knudsen is honoured.