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Helena Strigård: The rise of the community
Sweden Bio´s CEO is looking back at the last decade of development in the industry. Something has shifted in the interdependence between small and larger companies.
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They’re all doing it – buying drug research
It is not easy to navigate the complex infrastructure for drug development in Sweden, where various contract players exist alongside the pharmaceutical companies.
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Swedish life science in political focus
It feels like 2017 will be a good year for Swedish life science, says Anders Blanck, CEO at LIF.
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Apple satsar på life science
Lanserar plattform för utveckling av appar som kan hjälpa forskare att samla in data och rekrytera patienter till kliniska studier.
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Hon utvecklar teknik för hälsodata
E-hälsa är inte i stället för vård. Det är en möjlighet att ta ansvar för att den medicin som man äter ska göra mest möjliga nytta. Det menar forskaren Sara Riggare som utvecklar it-verktyg för parkinsonpatienter.
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Pengaregn i medicinsektorn
Integrum, Cellectis och Alzecure Discovery är de stora vinnarna när Vinnova delar ut vårens Forska och väx-anslag.
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Fästingappen varnar för TBE-områden
Läkemedelsjätten Baxter lanserar Fästingguiden för Android-telefoner och Iphone.
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Nya konkurrenter kommer
Satsningarna för att hitta innovativa affärsmodeller för läkemedelsbranschen ökar kraftigt. Men det är inte läkemedelsbolagen som satsar mest.
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Hello Johan Billiet...
...Flanders Investment and Trade Agency, why are there so many Belgian companies represented at Biotech Forum?
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Changing e-solutions for clinical trials
Social media and personalized medicine are two factors that will have a great impact on the design and IT-solutions for clinical trials. Unithink is an upcoming, e-solutions company for clinical trials, eager to thrive on this development.
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Welcome to wonderful Copenhagen
Strategically located, the Danish capital is the focal point of one of the most dynamic regions in Northern Europe. Here are some tips on where to spend your time, if you want to venture outside of the Bella Center fair venue!!
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Academia - a strong player on the lab market
While the industry was short of money during the financial crisis, government incentives were in full swing in Sweden during 2009. - Our sales to academia increased ten percent last year, says Håkan Hjortsmark, sales manager at Perkin Elmer.
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Enjoy Stockholm - the capital of Scandinavia
Welcome to Stockholm! Built on 14 islands, you are never far from the water in the capital of Sweden. Stockholm offers a wide range of museums, theaters, and attractions. Whatever your interest might be: history, art, music or design, you can find
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A crash course in IP strategy
"Publish, publish, publish!" Sound familiar? So to meet the researcher's wishes, do you scribble a patent application with lipstick on a napkin and send it in? At the seminar Patent Strategies in the Biotech Company, you will have the chance to find out why this might not be the best idea.
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Young, bright and committed to labtech
Ghazal Voghoui recently bought her first apartment and finally settled in Stockholm again. Last year, she finished her law studies and she is relieved to be back after living in Geneva for four years. On November 10 she will take a big career leap, becoming the new CEO of Swedish Labtech.
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Pfizer lays a chunky bid on Wyeth
The merger of two pharma giants is the largest industry deal so far this year. Pfizer will acquire Wyeth in a cash-and-stock transaction currently valued at approximately $68 billion. The Boards of Directors of both companies have said yes to the deal that may lead to lay-offs of some 8,000 persons.
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Crafoord Prize to an American and two Japanese
Today the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announces the laureates of the Crafoord Prize in Polyarthritis 2009.
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Vitrolife wants to acquire Medicult
The Swedish company Vitrolife intends to make en exchange offer to the shareholders of the Danish company Medicult to acquire all outstanding shares in the company.
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Swedish cancer therapy granted
Pledpharma, Linköping University and Ryhov County Hospital receive a research grant from the Research Council FORSS to conduct clinical studies in cancer patients.
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Ambassador program makes MVA big in Japan
The first ambassadors of the Medicon Valley Ambassador Programme have only worked in each other's countries for six months. But they have already made a significant difference for their sister clusters.