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Tirzepatide approved for obesity by the FDA – to be branded as Zepbound
Diabetes drug tirzepatide has now also been approved in the US for treating obesity.
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Här är medtechbolagen som växer i rekordfart
Intellego Technologies toppar årets lista över Sveriges snabbast växande techföretag. Det Stockholmsbaserade medtechbolaget har ökat sin nettoomsättning med hela 7 723 procent på fyra år.
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Founder of Bioarctic, Lars Lannfelt, is honoured: “I want to create something for the future”
of Swedish medicine. He is now being awarded the Research!Sweden Award 2023.
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“A major energy boost for the entire cancer vaccine field”
The development of cancer vaccines has accelerated in recent years. Norwegian Ultimovacs is one of the companies attempting to develop a new type of treatment line for cancer patients, and the company recently presented positive data from a phase II
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Bioarctics grundare Lars Lannfelt prisas: ”Vill skapa något för framtiden”
Det låter som en forskares dröm: att bli först i världen med ett läkemedel som har verklig effekt mot en av våra stora folksjukdomar. Lars Lannfelt och hans företag Bioarctic har uppnått just det, och ligger därmed bakom en verklig bedrift i svensk medicinhistoria. Nu tilldelas han Forska!Sveriges utmärkelse 2023.
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Han tilldelas Lilla Polhemspriset 2023 för studier på bananflugor
Lilla Polhemspriset, som årligen delas ut av fackförbundet Sveriges Ingenjörer till landets bästa examensarbete på civilingenjörsutbildningen, går i år till Jonathan Södergren. Han har med hjälp av bananflugor närmare undersökt möjliga metoder att studera Alzheimers sjukdom på.
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High-tech companies are increasingly focusing on health
Tech companies have been taking an interest in healthcare for many years, and this interest seems to be increasing. “It’s not a sudden shift in trend, it’s more about them advancing their positions,” says Anna Lefevre Skjöldebrand, CEO of Swedish Medtech.
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Study: Cancer vaccine prolongs survival in difficult-to-treat tumour disease
According to a new study, a combination of a cancer vaccine from Norwegian company Ultimovacs and two immunotherapies significantly prolonged survival in cases of the aggressive cancer mesothelioma.
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“You discover one thing – and then 10 new questions arise”
COVID-19, diabetes, heart disease, and the impact of dog ownership on humans are just some of multitasker Tove Fall’s areas of research. However, her current focus is on her next field: the role of gut flora in human health.
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Novo Nordisk buys drug candidate in billion dollar deal
The Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk have made an agreement with KBP Biosciences to aqcuire the hypertension drug ocedurenone for up to 1.3 billion dollars, which corresponds to approximately 14 billion Swedish kronor.
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KI och Chiesi i nytt samarbete om lungsjukdomar
Karolinska institutet och italienska Chiesi har ingått ett samarbete om precisionsmedicin för patienter med lungsjukdom.
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CTR förvärvar kontraktsforskningsbolag
Bolagsgruppen Center for Translational Research, CTR, utökar sin portfölj inom bland annat farmakovigilans genom förvärv av kontraktsforskningsbolaget A+ Science.
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The physician at the tech giant: “Observations in the emergency room made my mind up”
When Nasim Farrokhnia was in third grade at school in Tehran, the capital of Iran, her father gave her a book about Marie Curie, which soon became her favourite book. Perhaps her interest in science was born there and then, as science and new technology
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Study names with an attitude – more important than you might think
Ironman, T-rex, Star-Trek. Popcorn, Proper, Scout. Nope, these are neither fantasy films nor dog names. They’re the names of ongoing cancer studies in Sweden.
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Rickard Sandberg on this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine: ”A key discovery”
The discovery that paved the way for the development of todays mRNA vaccines is the basis for this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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Alzecure ser dubbel verkan med läkemedelsplattform
Forskningsbolaget Alzecure Pharma, som arbetar med projekt inom Alzheimers sjukdom, ser med Alzstatinplattformen möjlighet att motverka Alzheimers sjukdom på två olika sätt. Dels genom minskad produktion av ett skadligt protein, dels genom att förändra förhållandet mellan vissa specifika amyloidbeta (Aß) peptider i hjärnan.
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The first drugs to slow down Alzheimer’s – but what does it mean for patients?
New treatments for early Alzheimer’s are bringing hope to thousands of patients and their families. The question is, who will get the treatment, how will the right patients be found in time, and will the healthcare system’s resources be sufficient? Life
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Marie Gårdmark: ”The situation is not satisfactory”
”The legislative tool-box is limited, but carrots in the form of longer exclusivity has already proven successful, this has for example increased registration of new products in rare diseases. But will it also work to increase access for all EU patients
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Karriärcoachen: ”Inom industrin lärde jag mig mer om mig som person”
Det blir allt vanligare att lämna akademin för näringslivet inom life science. Men det är en omställning som kan innebära vissa svårigheter, påpekar karriärcoachen Tina Persson.
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Charlotta Gummeson leaves Sahlgrenska Science Park – “It feels sad and exciting at the same time”
forward and thinking about all the new things that there will be in a freer role,” she says to Life Science Sweden
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Astra Zeneca’s Sweden CEO: “We have great faith in our portfolio”
It all started with a summer job as an operator at Astra’s chemical factory in Snäckviken, just outside Södertälje. More than three decades and countless different assignments later, Per Alfredsson, born and raised in Södertälje, is CEO of Astra Zeneca Sweden, which employs 7800 people in Södertälje, Stockholm and Gothenburg. “It was a very special feeling to be in charge of the entire organisation,” he says in an interview about his career and potential future blockbusters.
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Första läkemedlen som bromsar Alzheimers – men vad betyder det för patienterna?
Nya behandlingar för tidig Alzheimers sjukdom väcker hopp hos tusentals patienter och anhöriga. Men vem ska få behandlingen, hur ska rätt patienter hittas i tid – och kommer sjukvårdens resurser att räcka till? Life Science Sweden har talat med svenska Alzheimerforskare som uttrycker försiktigt hopp, men också ser fortsatta utmaningar.
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Pfizer’s Paxlovid is being tested against post-COVID in a major Swedish study
In a new study conducted at the Karolinska University Hospital, Pfizer’s COVID drug, Paxlovid, is now being tested in patients with post-COVID. The study is one of the most extensive studies in the world currently being conducted for a drug for post
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19 medicines in Sweden are under investigation in a major EMA inquiry
unless new evidence can be provided that they are up to standard.
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