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Han blir ny rektor för KTH
Regeringen har idag, torsdag, beslutat att Anders Söderholm kommer att tillträda som KTH:s rektor den 1 december i år.
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Gel av spindeltrådsprotein utvecklas för biomedicinsk användning
Spindeltrådens märkliga egenskaper kommer till användning när svenska forskare undersöker nya, potentiella metoder för bland annat regenerativ medicin och läkemedelsformulering.
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Astra Zeneca får EU-godkänt för Lynparza mot bröstcancer
Läkemedlet Lynparza har godkänts för behandling av vuxna patienter med tidig bröstcancer. Godkännandet är baserat på resultat från fas III-studien Olympia.
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Konkurrenskraft, cancervård och MDR – läs krönikörernas tankar om branschen
Nya tankegångar, åsikter och framtidsvisioner från profiler i branschen, tillika krönikörer i Life Science Sweden och vår systertidning Medtech Magazine. Här har vi samlat några av årets krönikor.
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Innovationshubben i Matfors har haft sin första kund – "Full fart nu"
Gammal utrustning rivs ut – nya toppmoderna labb för processutveckling och analys kommer på plats. På Northx Biologics i Matfors pågår arbetet för fullt med att skapa Sveriges nya innovationshubb för biologiska läkemedel. "Det händer väldigt mycket just nu, och det är väldigt kul", säger Eva-Karin Gidlund, Head of Alliance and Innovation Management på Northx, till Life Science Sweden.
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Valnevas covidvaccin godkänt – men hur går det med vaccinavtalet med EU?
EU-kommissionen ger tummen upp för Valnevas covidvaccin. Det är det sjätte som godkänns i EU, och det första som är ett inaktiverat helvirusvaccin. Men det är högst oklart om det kommer till Sverige.
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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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Vaccinavtal eller inte – orolig tid för Valneva i Solna
Förhandlingarna mellan Valneva och EU om leveranser av covidvaccin pågår in i det sista, och på vaccinföretagets anläggning i Solna är läget ovisst. – Vi har inte landat i ett avtal än och tiden börjar rinna ut, säger bolagets Sverigechef Janet Hoogstraate till Life Science Sweden.
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E-hälsomyndigheten tar generaldirektör från Tillväxtverket
Regeringen har utnämnt Gunilla Nordlöf till tjänsten som generaldirektör för E-hälsomyndigheten.
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The first vaccine derived from cowpox
The British rural doctor could not forget the words of the peasant girl. Could that really be true? A couple of decades later, on 14 May 1796, he performed the world’s first smallpox vaccination, and a medical breakthrough had occurred.
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Nytt regelverk för diagnostik infört – ”Det börjar synas redan nu att produkter försvinner”
Nu har det nya regelverket för in vitro-diagnostik trätt i kraft. Det påverkar tusentals medicintekniska produkter som används inom sjukvården.
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Hello Angelica Loskog!
Life Science Sweden would like to know more about Angelica Loskog and interviews her about her life as a researcher.
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New rules for diagnostic products, but who will certify them? “An extreme shortage area”
In less than two weeks, new and stricter EU rules will enter into force for thousands of products used in important diagnoses of, among other things, cancer and Covid-19. However, not one single institute in the entire Nordic region is able to certify the diagnostics companies’ products according to the new regulations. “In the end, it risks affecting patients,” says Anna Lefèvre Skjöldebrand, CEO of Swedish Medtech.
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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.
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We will now publish more news in English – and offer yet another newsletter
Starting next week, Life Science Sweden will begin offering a newsletter entirely in English.
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When carelessness, forgetfulness and coincidence become the researcher’s best friend
Forgetfulness, coincidence and a stroke of luck hardly make up a fruitful method of serious research. Or do they? Actually, a number of important medical advances have come about thanks to completely random incidents and the open-mindedness of scientists who were ready to think outside the box.
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Lucy Robertshaw: Are we in the perfect storm?
“Is there a perfect storm on the horizon again as elective surgeries were cancelled due to patients being admitted with Covid-19? We now have a long backlog of people who are presenting with chronic diseases that need to access healthcare again”, writes Lucy Robertshaw in a column.
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Medtech-vd:n: ”Enkelt beslut att stoppa exporten till Ryssland”
Skånska Arjo har skickat 100 av företagets sjukhussängar till Ukrainas gräns mot Polen och ser nu över på vilka andra sätt som företaget kan stötta Ukraina.
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This is how Anette Steenberg will put Medicon Valley on the world map
Anette Steenberg has been CEO of the Swedish-Danish life science cluster Medicon Valley Alliance since 1 November last year. Life Science Sweden called her to ask about her visions and the challenges of merging the worlds of Swedish and Danish life science.
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CAR-T therapies give continued hope: “Almost half of the patients have become disease-free”
When the first CAR-T therapies appeared, hopes were raised for the effective treatment for critically ill cancer patients. After a somewhat sluggish start, about 90 patients in Sweden have now been treated with this method. “Almost half of them have
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Samuel Lagercrantz: Immunotherapy against cancer is still in its early stages
For more than 100 years, researchers have tried to target the body’s own immune system to fight cancer cells. They have occasionally been laughed at and ridiculed by the medical establishment. However, from our perspective today, we can sum it up with the saying: He who laughs last laughs best, writes Samuel Lagercrantz in an editorial.
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Björn Arvidsson: ”We need to change perspective”
If you say “life science” to a person on the street and ask them to explain what it is, you will probably get no good answer. The same question to your network will generate as many versions as the people you ask. Most likely, we will miss many
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A new international stem cell research centre has been created in Copenhagen
A new centre for stem cell research opened to the public in January. The Novo Nordisk Foundation backs the initiative with the ambition that the centre will advance new medical technology and new stem cell therapies.
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