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“We are Europe’s hotspot in life science”
The Medicon Valley Alliance has worked for competence development in life science in Denmark and Sweden for a quarter of a century. Anette Steenberg, CEO, sees the anniversary as a recognition of MVA’s explosive power.
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He is zooming in on topical preparations
According to Zelmic CEO David Sagna, topical products in drug development is a growing market, and to keep pace with the development, the company is awaiting approval for its new GMP facility.
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Neanderthal genes and Nobel Prize in a popular lecture at Bioscience
An inherited gene variant from our ”evolutionary cousins” – the extinct Neanderthals – may affect how our bodies break down certain drugs. “It’s only a matter of time before we actively start screening for it,” said KI researcher Hugo Zeberg when describing the study at Bioscience 2022.
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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.
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Business Sweden’s new team is rolling out the blue-yellow carpet
According to Business Sweden’s life science team, the combination of substantial medical know-how and an ever-flourishing tech sector is a success factor for Sweden. “It’s a perfect storm, a beneficent, perfect storm,” says Programme Manager Britta Stenson.
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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
to the outcome of the pilot to hopefully then understand if “in house” analyses actually will add value.
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Anna Törner: Kalashnikovs in a new guise
Thanks to resisting European regulatory authorities, Europe has been spared the opioid epidemic. In the 1960s, the situation was the opposite as the American pharmaceutical authority, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), refused to approve thalidomide (Neurosedyn), writes Anna Törner in a column.
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Marie Gårdmark: Finally, it’s time for a revision of the EU pharma legislation
A challenge for the EU Commission is to deliver a new framework that will also take care of another “pillar” of the pharmaceutical strategy, namely, to ensure that new medicines will be available for all citizens in Europe, writes Marie Gårdmark in a column.
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Norway finds its path in life science
The life science sector in Norway is on the rise.
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Delivering drugs with small devices
There are many challenges to overcome when delivering a drug orally. Getting the drug to survive the low pH of the ventricle and being released at the correct site in the gastrontestinal tract are two of them.
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Swedish Healthtech Company 1928 Pushing Forward
The full service analytics platform is expanding the business.
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From spin-off to phase II
”The people there will basically become your new colleagues” – Carina Schmidt, former CEO of Athera, about working with different contractors.
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Before you choose a CRO
– We are a small company and it is very important for us to maintain our core competence within development of novel nanomaterials, Tove Sivik Sonne, Head of Development at Spago Nanomedical says.
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They’re all doing it – buying drug research
December 12 the time has come for this year's annual partnering meeting Pharma Outsourcing in Stockholm. In Sweden this is a growing business, with Recipharm as the biggest CRMO of the country.
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Opinion: Where do all the cool Swedish life science companies go?
It’s puzzling why Swedish life science companies hardly get a mention alongside Spotify, Skype, Klarna, King, iZettle, and other cool, innovative and successful ‘startups’ founded in Sweden.
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Tusen svenskar kartlagda
33 miljoner genetiska varianter, varav cirka 10 miljoner nya, har hittats i en omfattande kartläggning av den genetiska variationen i Sverige.
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Bayer lägger bud på Algeta
Tysk-norsk storaffär ger bränsle i biotech-branschen. I Sverige stiger aktiekursen i bolag som Active Biotech.
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Ny vd på Spago Imaging
Andreas Bunge tar över spakarna i medtech-bolaget.
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Add Bio får tre nya ägare
Tar in 9,4 miljoner kronor i nyemission.
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Accelerator får ny vd
Maria Fors tar över spakarna då nuvarande vd:an Andreas Bunge ökar fokus på dotterbolaget Spago.
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Fäster bättre med behandlad yta
Add Bio visar positiva resultat med tandimplantat i klinik.
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Fuskande forskare kan slippa utredning
I Sverige saknas rutiner för att handskas med forskningsfusk. Fusket kan därför falla i glömska.
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Changing e-solutions for clinical trials
Social media and personalized medicine are two factors that will have a great impact on the design and IT-solutions for clinical trials. Unithink is an upcoming, e-solutions company for clinical trials, eager to thrive on this development.
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