Klartecken för ny cancerstudie

Läkemedelsverket har godkänt fas I studien av Apreas läkemedelskandidat för behandling av prostata- och blodcancer.

Bra miljö och koll på stress recept för glada bakterier

Mikroorganismers förmåga att överleva frystorkning behöver inte längre begränsa användningen av dem inom industrin. Det visar en ny avhandling från SLU.

Avloppsforskare blir hedersdoktor

Mogens Henze, professor vid Danmarks Tekniska Universitet Miljö, har utsetts till hedersdoktor vid Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.

Handelskammarpris till titanpionjär

Superentreprenör belönas för sina insatser för näringslivet i västsverige.

En miljard till dansk forskning

Vetenskapsministeriet utlyser sammanlagt en miljard danska kronor på strategisk forskning. En stor del ska gå till forskning inom livsmedel och hälsa.

Forskningsstöd missgynnar kvinnor

Fler män får stöd, och de får i genomsnitt mer pengar. De danska forskningsrådens sätt att fördela pengar förstärker könsskillnaderna i forskningsvärlden, enligt en ny rapport.

A+Science söker vd

Göran Wessman lämnar sitt uppdrag. Bolagets operativa chef kliver in som tillförordnad vd medan rekrytering pågår.

Swedish top scientists to EMBO

Two Swedish top scientists will have a really good chance to influence European life science research from now on. One is from the Karolinska Institutet, and one is from the University of Uppsala.

Re-painting the big pig-ture

Why do tame pigs show such variety in colouring, when their wild relatives are so plain? Swedish researchers know who is to blame. But the big question is why.

Athera signs production partnership

The companys novel cardiovascular product will be manufactured in Germany.

Test if you carry the fat virus

In a soon future there may be a quick and simple test that could show if you are infected with Ad-36, a human adenovirus that can make you over-weight.

Pfizer lays a chunky bid on Wyeth

that may lead to lay-offs of some 8,000 persons.

New member to Active board

The Election Committee of Active Biotech proposes a very experienced financial sector executive to join the company board. Five existing members are also to be re-elected at the AGM in May.

Fusion between pharma giants?

It is rumoured that a fusion between Pfizer and Wyeth is in the process of happening.

EUR 2 million for peanut allergies

ALK Abelló has signed an agreement to invest EUR 2 million in the French biotechnology company DBV Technologies.

Vattenfall is firing with biomass

Vattenfall will provide Denmark with electricity by means of biomass.

Harmony prevents dementia

People who are active, outgoing and relaxed may be less likely to develop dementia, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet.

Swedish Medtech söker ekonom/jurist

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.

Norwegian cancer therapy leaves phase II

New clinical results from Algeta highlights the potential of Alpharadin to treat bone metastases in major cancer indications.

Collaboration brings next generation drugs

Wyeth and Santaris Pharma announce a new alliance to develop RNA-based medicines.

Norwegian describes scrapie gene

Intestinal lymphatic tissue is important for the absorption and spread of the scrapie prion, suggests a Norwegian researcher.

Elekta gets ok from China

The Swedish medtech comapny Elekta has received approval from the Chinese authority State Food and Drug Administration, SFDA, to sell its linear accelerator in China.

Acadia drug awarded

Acadia Pharmaceutical has got an award for a new treatment against Parkinson's disease.