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Bromsade tidig Alzheimers i studie – Bioarctics aktie rusar
Läkemedelskandidaten lecanemab från svenska Bioarctic bromsade signifikant försämringen hos patienter med tidig Alzheimers sjukdom, enligt preliminära resultat från en fas III-studie. Beskedet fick aktien att rusa på onsdagsförmiddagen.
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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.
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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 to the outcome of the pilot to hopefully then understand if “in house” analyses actually will add value.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Biotechbolag får vite för felaktigt pressmeddelande
Ett köpeavtal beskrevs som ett samarbetsavtal i ett pressmeddelande från biotechföretaget Selectimmune. Nu åläggs företaget att betala vite på 60 000 kronor för att ha brutit mot marknadsplatsen Spotlights regler om informationsgivning till marknaden.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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Forskning om läkemedels påverkan på inflammation får 12 miljoner
KK-stiftelsen beviljar tolv miljoner kronor till forskare från Örebro som tillsammans med bland annat sju företag ska undersöka hur nya läkemedel påverkar inflammation vid svåra sjukdomar.
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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.
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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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Paolo Macchiarini in court – “The sole intent was to cure”
Paolo Macchiarini’s surgical procedure was illegal, life-threatening and caused severe and prolonged suffering to patients the prosecution claimed when the trial against the Italian surgeon began on Wednesday last week.
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Här ska Uppsalas nya life science-kluster växa fram
Genom fastighetsförvärv i ett nytt företagskvarter i Uppsala vill fastighetsbolaget Vectura skapa ett life science-kluster.
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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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Ukrainska forskaren: ”Jag kan inte hjälpa mitt folk men jag kan berätta om kriget”
Den 24 februari klockan 05 vaknade Lesya Demchenko och hennes familj till ljudet av bomber i Kyiv. När hon tittade ut från balkongen såg hon människor som packade sina bilar för att fly och mörka moln på himlen efter rök där bomberna träffat byggnader.
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Kritik från Sveriges Arbetsterapeuter: "Gör ekonomisk förlust på vårt yrkesval"
Trots grundlig utbildning och stort ansvar är livslönen för arbetsterapeuter betydligt lägre än snittet för dem som enbart har gått samhällsvetenskapligt gymnasium. Det är inte rimligt, menar Sveriges Arbetsterapeuter, som kräver ändring.
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