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“We should avoid surgery if we can”
Since February this year, she has been Scientific Director Life Science at the Karolinska Institutet. Life Science Sweden met Anna Martling for a talk about role models, surgery and Sweden’s strengths and weaknesses in medical research.
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Ingrid Lönnstedt: ”The confidence interval and its width”
Always keep an eye on the width of your and others’ confidence intervals, writes Ingrid Lönnstedt in a science column.
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Takeover bid is being completed – Japanese company acquires Calliditas
Japanese company Asahi Kasei completes the bid for Calliditas Therapeutics after reaching over 90 percent of the shareholding. Callidita's board has now decided to apply for delisting of the company´s share from Nasdaq Stockholm.
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Forskare: Mpox-viruset muterar oväntat snabbt
Den nya och mer dödliga varianten av mpox-virus förändras överraskande snabbt, vilket befaras försvåra kampen mot smittspridningen.
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Astra Zeneca miljardsatsar i Södertälje – bygger ut läkemedelsfabrik
Astra Zeneca satsar nästan 1,5 miljard kronor på att bygga ut sin anläggning för biologiska läkemedel i Södertälje.
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Anna Törner: Yes, I Am Sick, But Not Weak
”People often say that someone who is ill only has one wish—to get better. But I think that is not true. Someone who is ill also longs to be understood, to be respected, to not have their identity overshadowed by their condition”, writes Anna Törner in a column.
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Bavarian vill ge mpox-vaccin även till ungdomar
Danska Bavarian Nordic har lämnat in en ansökan om utökad användning av bolagets mpox-vaccin så att det även kan ges till ungdomar i åldern 12-17 år.
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Thumbs down for lecanemab in the EU – “Very surprised”
The Azheimer's drug lecanemab has received a negative assessment from the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), according to an announcement made by the Agency last week. Bioarctic’s CEO Gunilla Osswald describes the reactions after the announcement as a surprise and disappointment.
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4 miljoner till arbetet med att främja HPV-vaccinationer
Regeringen avsätter nu 4 miljoner kronor till arbetet med att få fler kvinnor att vaccinera sig mot HPV för att utrota livmoderhalscancer.
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Branschföreträdare lägger fram förslag till regeringen
Företrädare från branschen uttrycker oro över att Sverige tappar mark inom life science. Nu har de lagt fram ett nytt förslag till regeringen om satsningar för att behålla konkurrenskraften.
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Konglomerat lägger bud på Calliditas
Japanska konglomeratet Ashai Kasei har lagt ett bud på det svenska läkemedelsbolaget Calliditas Therapeutics. Styrelsen rekommenderar att bolagets ägare godkänner erbjudandet.
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FHM vill införa vattkoppsvaccin i nationella programmet
Folkhälsomyndigheten föreslår att vaccin mot vattkoppor införs i barnvaccinationsprogrammet, och menar att även vaccination mot bältros kan övervägas av regionerna.
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Bayer has cut 1,500 roles – so far
German chemical and pharmaceutical group Bayer cut more than 1,500 roles in the first quarter alone– and most of them were management positions.
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Total pipeline of pharmaceutical companies reaches a record high – 22,921 medicines are currently being developed
Despite the difficult economic times, pharmaceutical companies have never developed as many new drugs as now.
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Carl Borrebaeck – professor and serial entrepreneur with a taste for speed
Award-winning cancer researcher, the founder of many listed companies, and constantly in the academic and commercial spotlight for decades. However, Carl Borrebaeck, Professor of Immunotechnology at Lund, is not yet satisfied. “We have a new, potentially super exciting project in the pipeline,” he says.
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Forskaren in Hagastaden now inagurated
The real estate company Vectura's life science center in Hagastaden, Forskaren, is now inaugurated. The opening was attended by people from the industry, politicians and royalty.
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Ancient DNA provides new insights – “The immune system lost its job”
Ancient bone remains from our ancestors have provided new insights into the prevalence of multiple sclerosis. By looking back in time, researchers can provide a possible explanation for why the disease is more prevalent in northern Europe.
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Ännu en stämning mot Pfizer om mRNA – GSK anklagar konkurrenten
Det brittiska läkemedelsföretaget GSK gör som Moderna och stämmer Pfizer och Biontech för mRNA-teknologi för covidvaccin.
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Framtida forskningsanläggningen ESS ska ge forskarna nya insikter på atomnivå
ESS i Lund ska bli ett viktigt verktyg för materialforskare i framtiden. Vi besöker anläggningen för att se hur långt de kommit.
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Nocebo – the evil twin that makes you feel worse
The placebo effect is well known in healthcare, but not so its opposite: nocebo. “The effect is small, but it can have major repercussions,” says Uppsala researcher Charlotte Blease, co-author of a book on the phenomenon.
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The Covid pandemic accelerated the development of cancer vaccine
The Covid pandemic gave a major boost to the vaccine field. The Danish biotech company Expres2ion Biotechnologies, which is developing a vaccine against breast cancer, testifies to this.
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Study: Popular diabetes treatment is not associated with thyroid cancer
Concerns raised about an association between GLP-1 analogues, used to treat diabetes and obesity, and an increased risk of thyroid cancer are not supported by an extensive Scandinavian study.
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Assignment: Facilitate the retention of foreign researchers
A newly appointed public inquiry is to develop measures to make attracting and retaining foreign doctoral students and researchers in Sweden easier.
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Beta-blockers are often given unnecessarily, a study finds – “This will affect future practice”
Patients who have suffered a minor heart attack do not benefit from beta-blockers, according to a major new study that may change guidelines for cardiac care.
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