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Biosimilars bring price pressure, but are they sufficiently used?
When biosimilars were introduced just over 16 years ago, hopes were raised that they would give many more patients access to effective but otherwise extremely expensive treatments with biological drugs. So, how well has Swedish healthcare used
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Business Sweden’s new team is rolling out the blue-yellow carpet
According to Business Sweden’s life science team, the combination of substantial medical know-how and an ever-flourishing tech sector is a success factor for Sweden. “It’s a perfect storm, a beneficent, perfect storm,” says Programme Manager Britta Stenson.
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FOKUS Patient turns international
FOKUS Patient is arranging conferences over 3 days in October, and this year, the focus will be on international collaborations.
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Bought a tablet factory – and built his own empire
In 1995, Thomas Eldered was CEO of one of Pharmacia’s factories in the Stockholm area when the Swedish pharmaceutical giant, after a takeover, decided to move its production abroad. 34-year-old Thomas was facing an imminent risk of losing his job
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Marie Gårdmark: Potential step change – EU regulators get to play with data
A new pilot from EMA is starting in September to assess wether the analysis of 'raw data' by regulatory authorities improves the evaluation of marketing approval for new medicines. Marie Grådmark writes in a column that she is looking forward
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Swedish-Danish meeting at Medicon Village: “One of the most important life science congresses”
For the eleventh year, The Future of Swedish and Danish Life Science was held on Wednesday, and the event continues to function as a connecting link between the life science sectors of both countries. This year’s event attracted nearly 450 visitors.
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Thomas Eldered köpte en tablettfabrik och skapade ett eget imperium
Det är 1995 och Thomas Eldered är chef för en av Pharmacias fabriker i Stockholmsområdet då den svenska läkemedelsjätten efter ett uppköp beslutar att tillverkningen ska flyttas utomlands. Risken är överhängande för att den 34-årige Thomas snart står utan jobb. Men istället blir det startskottet för en av de största framgångssagorna inom svensk life science.
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Konferens om läkemedelsformuleringar samlar branschen i Köpenhamn
Idag pågår den tionde upplagan av New Updates in Drug Formulation & Bioavailability 2022 i Köpenhamn.
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De bildar ny ledningsgrupp efter apoteksaffären
Ledningen presenterad för det sammanslagna bolaget för Apoteksgruppen och Kronans Apotek.
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Anders Blanck about his 17 years at Lif: “The industry is enjoying greater public trust now"
The announcement came as a surprise to those around him, but according to the protagonist himself, the timing was excellent. Anders Blanck is now leaving Lif – a decision that has been growing for some time. “I have been pretty much married to my mission. However, I will turn 56 this autumn, and if I’m going to do something else in my professional life, now is the time,” he says.
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Genes from Neanderthals can affect the correct drug dosage
A fifth of all Europeans carry gene variants inherited from Neanderthals, which cause certain drugs to break down more slowly. This may have implications for the drug doses they should take.
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Anna Törner: Kalashnikovs in a new guise
Thanks to resisting European regulatory authorities, Europe has been spared the opioid epidemic. In the 1960s, the situation was the opposite as the American pharmaceutical authority, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), refused to approve thalidomide (Neurosedyn), writes Anna Törner in a column.
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Lucy Robertshaw: Did you know Stockholm wants to be in top 5 in the world for Life Sciences?
Karolinska Institutet Solna Campus has certainly become the next “Kendall Square”, writes Lucy Robertshaw in a column.
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Kirurgveckan på Kistamässan är i full gång
Kirurgveckan är fysisk igen efter pandemin. Och mässhallens takhöjd på Kistamässan gör att sorlet av alla besökare är ljudligt. Utställare från 60-talets företag, föreningar och organisationer finns på plats för att visa upp sina produkter och tjänster.
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Sweden is heavily criticised for not ordering Covid vaccine
Valneva and the EU Commission have entered into an agreement for 1.25 million doses of the company’s Covid vaccine, but Sweden has not placed an order.
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Amorphous materials take centre stage when Orexo develops new formulations
Swift resolution but with maintained stability. Orexo’s new drug delivery platform tackles the problem of amorphous materials. “Our technology has the positive properties of the material, and it also cracks some of the problems,” says the company’s
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BioVentureHub CEO: “Companies with a high degree of interaction achieve greater success”
For the first time since its inception, AstraZeneca’s BioVentureHub can now recruit new companies, as some of its tenants have grown significantly and are leaving the hub. This is the message from the biohub’s CEO Magnus Björsne in an interview, in which
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Tablet treatment for hair loss approved in the USA
The US Drug Administration has given a thumbs up for the first tablet treatment for spotty hair loss.
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Collaboration for a simpler production of gene therapies launched
A collaboration between universities and companies aims at providing better production methods for the development of gene therapies. The initiative is led by Johan Rockberg, Professor at KTH.
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Study: Our behaviour may have been guided by wishful thinking during the pandemic
A new study suggests that we systematically underestimate health risks if and when it suits us. This was especially true during the pandemic, as our risk assessments may have been guided by wishful thinking rather than a rational perception of the risks.
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Elypta tar in 21 miljoner dollar för utveckling av cancerdiagnostik
Riskkapitalbolaget Bonnier Ventures kliver in som delägare i svenska diagnostikföretaget Elypta, som utvecklar metoder för tidig upptäckt av cancer via liquid biopsies. Finanseringsrundan drar totalt in 21 miljoner dollar.
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Björn Arvidsson: “We need robust and recognized ecosystems for continued competitiveness”
“We have idea carriers and excellent innovation opportunities, and now we must invest in creating ecosystems that provide them with even better growth opportunities,” Björn Arvidsson writes in a column.
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Marie Gårdmark: New incentives for orphan products on its way
"Let’s hope that the learnings from development of new therapies for rare diseases will spill over to more common conditions, orphan products paving the wave for drug development in a broader context", writes Marie Gårdmark in a column.
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Astra Zeneca i Södertälje vinnare i stor internationell tävling
Astra Zeneca är vinnarna i årets Acceligov Challenge och därmed blir läkemedelsbolagets anläggning i Södertälje pilotanläggning för en ny miljövänlig teknik för att rena avloppsvatten. "Det känns oerhört hedrande att bli utsedda till vinnare i Leading Cities Acceligov-tävling", säger Nina Andrén, chef för Astra Zenecas campus i Södertälje till Life Science Sweden.
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