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Ny genterapi mot hemofili B godkänd i EU
CSL Behring presenterar nu den första genterapeutiska behandlingen mot blödarsjuka typ B, hemofili B. Vektorn är ett adeno-associerat virus.
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Han blir Lif:s nya vd
Det blir Johan Färnstrand, idag chef vid Aleris, som tar över vd-posten för branschorganisationen Lif efter avgående Anders Blanck.
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“Everyone is screaming for talent”
Attracting talent is one of the life science industry’s major future challenges, which was one of the conclusions of the panel discussion that ended the New Horizons in Biologics & Bioprocessing conference on 15 December.
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ALS – When the body has given up, but the brain persists
The nerve disease ALS gradually deprives the patient of control over the muscles and, eventually, also of speech. The eyes continue to function, though, and with the help of, among other things, a Swedish-developed invention, communication with the outside world can continue. “It’s their window to the world,” says ALS researcher Caroline Ingre.
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“We are Europe’s hotspot in life science”
The Medicon Valley Alliance has worked for competence development in life science in Denmark and Sweden for a quarter of a century. Anette Steenberg, CEO, sees the anniversary as a recognition of MVA’s explosive power.
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A green nursery for biotech rooted in the Scanian soil
Red Glead has established itself as one of Lund’s largest companies in pharmaceutical development. Life Science Sweden went to Skåne and met two of the founders, Johan Evenäs and Martina Kvist Reimer.
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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. However, instead, it actually turned out to be the starting point for one of the biggest success stories in Swedish life science.
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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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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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Valnevas Sverige-vd hoppas på vaccinbeställningar från Sverige
Valnevas covidvaccin har fått EMA-godkännande, men det är ännu oklart om det kommer till Sverige. ”Jag hoppas Sverige kommer stödja vår verksamhet och låta svenskar få tillgång till det”, säger Janet Hoogstraate, vd i Sverige, till Life Science Sweden.
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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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A growing industry in Denmark: “One new life science company a week”
The life science sector in eastern Denmark continues to grow in the number of employees, as well as the number of companies. An emerging problem is the shortage of labour, a new report reveals.
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Nya chefer på Bayer när ny organisation införs i Sverige
Läkemedelsjätten Bayer har utsett Karin Eidolf till Sverigechef för sin läkemedelsdivision, samtidigt som Martin Stagmo blir ny medicinsk chef i Sverige.
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The first pharmaceutical for eosinophilic esophagitis approved in the U.S.
The U.S. Drug Administration has approved the drug Dupixent (dupilumab) to treat inflammation of the oesophagus of the type eosinophil esophagitis.
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Olink inleder strategiskt samarbete med Tataa
Olink, som utvecklar avancerade lösningar inom proteinanalys, inleder ett strategiskt samarbete med det snabbväxande labbföretaget Tataa Biocenter och lanserar plattformen Olink Explore 3072.
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Marie Gårdmark: Finally, it’s time for a revision of the EU pharma legislation
A challenge for the EU Commission is to deliver a new framework that will also take care of another “pillar” of the pharmaceutical strategy, namely, to ensure that new medicines will be available for all citizens in Europe, writes Marie Gårdmark in a column.
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Bioarctic gör flera tunga rekryteringar: "Tid att växla upp"
Bioarctic, som utvecklar en behandling mot Alzheimers sjukdom, gör flera rekryteringar inför en kommande ansökan om marknadsgodkännande. – Bioarctic tar nu det första steget för att etablera sig som ett komplett biofarmabolag, säger bolagets vd Gunilla Osswald.
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Pharmiva stärker sin organisation
Pharmiva tillsätter Karolina Akerjordet som ny vice vd och Andrea Mildner som Head of Marketing and Sales.
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Peptonic förvärvar israeliskt kvinnohälsobolag
Peptonic förvärvar alla tillgångar i Commonsense som har två produkter inom självdiagnostik.
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Ny marknadschef på Karo Pharma
Anna Hale har blivit utsedd till Chief Marketing Officer (CMO).
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Column: Repurposing as a golden ticket to approval
"Hopefully, in the end, patients will be winners by receiving on-label treatments for which benefit-risk has been properly assessed." In a column Marie Gårdmark, CEO at RegSmart Life Science, reflects on drug repurposing.
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Column: "Are we already living in the new normal?"
2020 felt like the year that we were building the house around us whilst moving into it at the same time.
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GPX rekryterar professor inför kommersialisering
Inför kommersialiseringen av Lundaföretaget GPX Medicals produkt för lungövervakning av för tidigt födda barn rekryterar företaget tre personer.
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Hon tar plats på Bactiguard
Petra Kaur Ljungman tillträder den nyinrättade rollen som global marknads- och kommunikationschef.