Första genterapin för svår hemofili A godkänd i EU: "Ett medicinsk genombrott"

Den första genterapin för behandling av vuxna med svår hemofili A har fått grönt ljus av EU-kommissionen.

Neandertalgener och Nobelpris i populär föreläsning på Bioscience

En nedärvd genvariant från våra "evolutionära kusiner" – de utdöda neandertalarna – kan påverka hur våra kroppar bryter ner vissa läkemedel. "Det är en tidsfråga innan vi börjar screena aktivt för den", sa KI-forskaren Hugo Zeberg när han berättade om studien vid Bioscience 2022.

Stort vetenskapsmöte igång i Life City

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.

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.

Novavax is developing a vaccine candidate against Covid-19 and seasonal flu

A combined vaccine against both Covid-19 and seasonal flu is showing promising results in studies, according to the American drug developer Novavax. The adjuvant, which forms an essential part of the vaccine, originates from Sweden.

The pandemic caused a reshuffle among the world’s vaccine giants – here is the new top list

Fuelled by the pandemic, the power balance in the global vaccine market has completely changed in recent years, a survey from Fierce Pharma shows

Extensive agreements signed at Scilifelab

Four agreements were signed between Swedish and Dutch life science players in connection with the Dutch state visit earlier this month.

Han leder nytt bolag för utveckling av Coegins cancerläkemedel

Bioteknikbolaget Coegin Pharma placerar utvecklingen av sin läkemedelskandidat AVX420 i ett nybildat bolag, Avexxin Oncology, med säte i Norge. Vd för bolaget blir John Zibert.

Xbranes nyemission gav 170 miljoner inför kommande Europalansering

Xbrane, ett bolag som utvecklar biologiska läkemedel, har tagit in 170 miljoner kronor i en riktad nyemission.

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.

Alert from the Swedish Medicines Agency: Many complications with gastric balloons

According to the Swedish Medicines Agency, an increasing number of serious complications are being reported in procedures with gastric balloons as a method for weight loss. The authority fears significant shortcomings in the information to patients both before and after the procedure.

“We need to build flexible operating theatres”

Flexible operating theatres, micro-sensors on surgeons to monitor their well-being and 3D images projected onto organs to be operated on. These are a few ideas that three specialist surgeons are suggesting for the operating theatre of the future.

Renrumsprofessorn: Avancerad teknik ingen garanti för god hygien i operationssalen

Robotar och ny teknik må underlätta kirurgens arbete – men gör det inte lättare att hålla operationssalen ren och hygienisk. Det menar Matts Ramstorp, Sveriges och förmodligen hela västvärldens enda professor i renrumsteknik.

Cytel Inc acquires the SDS Group

The multinational statistical software developer and contract research organization Cytel Inc, headquartered in Massachusetts, USA, acquires the Swedish consulting company SDS Life Science.

“We aim to be a start-up company with an academic spirit”

Chronic pain and Alzheimer’s are two diseases that plague many people worldwide and seem impossible to cure. However, Huddinge-based company Alzecure is working on developing drugs for both conditions.

Ny vd hos Index Pharmaceuticals

I januari 2023 får Index Pharmaceuticals en ny vd. Jenny Sundqvist efterträder Johan Giléus som varit tillförordnad vd sedan april i år.

The TFS family is growing

TFS HealthScience is a European based CRO company with broad expertise and experiences in the biotech and pharmaceutical sector. The company is growing and the TFS family welcomes new members.

Björn Eriksson vill ha läkemedelskunskap på skolschemat

Läkemedelsverket vill utreda om grundläggande kunskap om läkemedelsanvändning kan bli en del av skolans läroplan.

“We need to keep investing in research and innovation”

Jenni Nordborg has worked for just over four years to highlight life science in Sweden. Her mandate as national coordinator ends in December 2022. ““Life sciences has been a long-term priority of governments since many years and I have no doubt that the ambitions will be strong going forward”, says Jenni Nordborg.

Promising Alzheimer’s study data sends Bioarctic stock soaring

The drug candidate lecanemab from Swedish company Bioarctic significantly slowed down the deterioration in patients with early on-set Alzheimer’s, according to preliminary results from a phase III study.

Bioarctics Alzheimerresultat hyllas i internationella medier

"Historiskt", "en möjlig seger", "fantastisk vändning". Nyheten om att svenskutvecklade lecanemab i en fas III-studie ser ut att kunna bromsa tidig Alzheimers har fått stor uppmärksamhet i internationell media.

Laskerpriset går till forskare bakom realtidsövervakning av covid-19

Hela världen har kunnat följa smittspridningen av covid-19 i realtid. Nu får Lauren Gardner Årets Laskerpris för att ha gjort det möjligt.

Umeåinkubator startar internationellt program

Umeå Biotech Incubator, UBI, har varit med och utvecklat en rad framgångsrika svenska startuppbolag. Nu tar man ytterligare ett steg och drar igång ett internationellt inkubatorprogram.