Richard Bergström har fått nytt jobb

Sveriges vaccinsamordnare Richard Bergström har sagt upp sig. Det rapporterar Läkemedelsmarknaden, som har tagit del av ett uppsägningsmejl till socialdepartementet.

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.

Vem vill professionen se som hennes efterträdare?

Lyhördhet och långsiktighet – det är egenskaper som fackförbunden inom vården vill se hos nästa socialminister.

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 to the outcome of the pilot to hopefully then understand if “in house” analyses actually will add value.

Klinisk studie av läkemedel mot apkoppor inleds i USA

Forskare i USA vill ta reda på hur väl det antivirala läkemedlet tekovirimat hjälper mot apkoppor. Nu inleds en fas III-studie.

L och MP backar i flera regioner

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.

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.

De kandiderar till posten som KI-rektor

Valet av ny rektor till Karolinska institutet har gått in i slutspurten. Två kandidater av cirka 100 återstår – Annika Östman Wernerson, vid KI, och Eva Tiensuu Janson, vid Uppsala universitet.

Svensk-amerikanskt biotech-företag flyttar in i Forskaren

ITB Med etablerar sitt svenska kontor och laboratorium i Hagastaden. Under sommaren 2024 flyttar det biofarmaceutiska företaget in i Forskaren, på en 500 kvadratmeter stor yta.

Newly discovered gene variant linked to protection against abdominal obesity

American researchers believe they have identified a rare gene mutation that protects against abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome. The ambition is that the discovery will lead to new treatments that can help reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease.

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 he also highlights a study that points out that companies with a high degree of interaction with other companies achieve greater success.

EMA startar granskning av vaccin mot apkoppor

Expertkommittén CHMP inom EMA ska undersöka om ett godkännande för Imvanex kan gälla även apkoppsviruset. Smittkoppsvaccinet Imvanex är idag godkänt inom EU för smittkoppor, en sjukdom som förklarades utrotad av WHO 1980.

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.

Ojämställt i toppen hos Uppsalas life science-företag

STUNS Life science i Uppsala har undersökt hur jämställdhet mellan man och kvinna ser ut i regionens life science-företag. Och trots att Sverige hör till ett av världens mest jämställda länder, är den kvinnliga representationen låg på ledningsposter i Uppsala.

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.

Keyplants får stororder från Galderma

Keyplant ska bygga en life science-anläggning för Galderma i Uppsala, en order som för Keyplant är värd 75 miljoner euro, motsvarande cirka 787 miljoner kronor.

IVI’s Director General on establishing in Sweden: Will need up to 40 employees

The International Vaccine Institute, IVI, hopes to have its first staff on-site in Stockholm within a couple of months, says the institute’s Director General Jerome Kim in an interview with Life Science Sweden.

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.

Här är läkemedlen som säljer bäst i världen – och i topp ligger....

Det krävdes en pandemi för att efter nio år peta ner reumatismläkemedlet Humira från förstaplatsen på listan över världens mest sålda läkemedel. Ny etta är föga överraskande ett preparat som de flesta svenskar numera haft närkontakt med: Comirnaty – covidvaccinet från Pfizer/Biontech.

Anna Törner: To kill your darlings

Hopes were high when Anna Törner and her colleague started a study on a dietary supplement that seemed unbelievably good. “Enthusiastically, we dreamed of exciting results and perhaps a publication in a high-impact journal,” she writes in a column.

Det här vet vi om det nya utbrottet av apkoppor

Utbrottet av apkoppor som uppstått väcker förvåning eftersom sjukdomen nu huvudsakligen sprids mellan människor, vilket tidigare varit ovanligt.

Investments worth 40 billion in the Öresund region – “A huge investment wave”

A new report reveals that medical companies in the Oresund region are investing like never before.

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.