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Anna Törner: ”Orphan Designation – the "petite robe noire" of drug development”
It is easy to cling to various regulatory incentives, like orphan designation, and other expedited pathways, without understanding what they truly mean or whether they are indeed right (or wrong) for the current project, Anna Törner writes in a column.
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Svenska inkubatorer med på lista över ledande europeiska startup-hubbar
Flera svenska startup-hubbar placerar sig på lista över ledande europeiska inkubatorer och acceleratorer. Smile Incubator, Umeå Biotech Incubator och Karolinska Innovations är några av de omnämnda.
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Vd-posten på Atlas Antibodies är hennes
Bioteknikbolaget Atlas Antibodies har utsett Ingela Hofverberg till permanent vd.
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Major investment in women’s health – for a more equal healthcare system
”The regional differences need to decrease and the long-term supply of midwives and other professions needs to be secured,” write Acko Ankarberg Johansson and Désirée Pethrus (both Christian Democrats), in an opinion article.
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Founder of Bioarctic, Lars Lannfelt, is honoured: “I want to create something for the future”
It´s like a scientist’s dream: to be the world’s first with a drug that genuinely affects one of our major diseases. Lars Lannfelt and his company Bioarctic have achieved just that, and they are thus making a significant contribution to the history of Swedish medicine. He is now being awarded the Research!Sweden Award 2023.
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High-tech companies are increasingly focusing on health
Tech companies have been taking an interest in healthcare for many years, and this interest seems to be increasing. “It’s not a sudden shift in trend, it’s more about them advancing their positions,” says Anna Lefevre Skjöldebrand, CEO of Swedish Medtech.
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Ny finanschef på Attgeno
Läkemedelsföretaget Attgeno har rekryterat Saurabh Mishra som ny Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
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Han får dubbla roller på Affibody
Biotechbolaget Affibody har utsett Peter Zerhouni till Chief Financial Officer, CFO. Han anställdes på företaget i april som Chief Business Officer, och kommer framöver att kombinera de bägge rollerna.
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Charlotta Gummeson leaves Sahlgrenska Science Park – “It feels sad and exciting at the same time”
With mixed emotions, Charlotta Gummeson will leave her position as CEO of Sahlgrenska Science Park in October. “It feels sad and exciting at the same time. I’ve been in the thick of things and part of the development for so long now, but I’m also looking forward and thinking about all the new things that there will be in a freer role,” she says to Life Science Sweden
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Han är ny CFO på Peptonic
Medtech-bolaget Peptonic Medical har nu rekryterat Albert Lindgren till Chief Financial Officer (CFO) för företaget.
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Arjo hämtar finanschef från Getinge
Medicinteknikkoncernen Arjo har anställt Niclas Sjöswärd som ny Chief Financial Officer, CFO.
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Uppgifter: Astra Zeneca planerar avknoppning i Kina
Astra Zeneca har planer på att knoppa av sin verksamhet i Kina och låta notera den separat i Hongkong. Det rapporterar Financial Times som uppger att åtgärden skulle vara ett sätt att skydda bolaget mot ökande geopolitiska spänningar.
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Boule värvar från Oncopeptides
Boule Diagnostics rekryterar Holger Lembrér som ny finanschef. Han tillträder i januari 2024.
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Han är ny CFO på XNK Therapeutics
Cellterapibolaget XNK Therapeutics har utsett Hugo Petit till Chief Financial Officer och medlem av ledningsgruppen.
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Norwegian company wins bidding battle for Sensidose
The lengthy battle to acquire medical device company Sensidose is apparently over. Generic medicines company EQL Pharma is pulling out, selling its shares and leaving the way open for Norwegian company Navamedic.
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Ny finanschef på Synact Pharma
Biotechbolaget Synact Pharma rekryterar meriterade Björn Westberg till rollen som Chief Financial Officer och medlem av koncernledningen.
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Bioarctic anställer ny CFO
Bioarctic har nu rekryterat Anders Martin-Löf till ny Chief Financial Officer.
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The stomach medication that became the biggest blockbuster of the 1990s
The omeprazole molecule was synthesised as early as 1979, but it took many years before the then Astra had an approved pharmaceutical. Once this happened, a tablet was available that was soon to help millions of people worldwide and break all sales records.
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Nya namn i Calmarks ledning
Medicinteknikbolaget Calmark har utsett Camilla Arneving till tillförordnad vd. Hon ersätter Anna Söderlund som tar en paus av hälsoskäl. Bolaget tillsätter även Peter Larsson som ny interim CFO.
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Nya namn i Calmarks ledning
Medicinteknikbolaget Calmark har utsett Camilla Arneving till tillförordnad vd. Hon ersätter Anna Söderlund som tar en paus av hälsoskäl. Bolaget tillsätter även Peter Larsson som ny interim CFO.
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He is heading a new company for the development of Coegin’s cancer drug
The biotechnology company Coegin Pharma places the development of its drug candidate AVX420 in a newly formed company, Avexxin Oncology, based in Norway, and John Zibert will be the CEO.
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She is Sweden´s new Minister of Healthcare
Today, Tuesday, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, who leads the Moderate Party and the centre-right coalition in Sweden, presented the government's new ministers. Christian Democrat Jakob Forssmed gets the role of Minister for Social Affairs and Acko Ankarberg Johansson (also of the Christian Democrat Party) becomes Minister for Health Care.
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Ascelia Pharma tar CFO från Bioglan
Ascelia Pharma, med huvudkontor i Malmö, har rekryterat Déspina Georgiadou Hedin till tjänsten som Chief Financial Officer.
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Tougher competition as the Novo Nordisk Foundation broadens its programme
Søren Nedergaard has worked with innovation at the Danish Government Offices and the University of Copenhagen. Today, he is COO of the Novo Nordisk Foundation, which has recently broadened its programme for leading innovators in medical research to apply to the entire Nordic region.