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Healthcare study: Alzheimer’s blood test shows high accuracy
A blood test for identifying Alzheimer’s has now been tested in the general healthcare setting. According to the researchers, the test was 90% accurate in making a diagnosis.
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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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Nobel Prize winner Torsten Wiesel turns 100: “Old men like me should use their experience to help the young”
In 1955, a young Torsten Wiesel jumped on a boat to the US and embarked on a fabulous career as a neuroscientist, crowned with a Nobel Prize for his work. Now 100 years old, he looks back on an intense life and his upbringing in Stockholm, Sweden, which shaped his desire to help the vulnerable in society.
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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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Innovative start-up helps doctors, scientists and industry balance coagulation risks
For many doctors caring for seriously ill patients, for example, in stroke units and cancer wards, maintaining the life-saving balance between bleeding and thrombosis is an ongoing challenge. In the late 1980s, scientists at Maastricht University in the Netherlands developed an innovative method, the thrombin generation assay (TGA), which provides a complete overview of a physiological process crucial for maintaining normal haemostasis.
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“Conducting research at universities is becoming more and more like working at a research hotel”
The government wants Swedish research to focus on excellence and innovation, but can the two be combined? Life Science Sweden talks to Anna Falk, a professor at Lund University, about research policy, the constant hunt for funding in academia and what constitutes ‘fine research’.
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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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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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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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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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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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Uppdraget: Gör det lättare för utländska forskare att stanna
En nytillsatt utredning ska ta fram åtgärder för att göra det lättare att attrahera och behålla utländska doktorander och forskare i Sverige.
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Lista: Big pharma-bolagen som satsar mest på R&D
Merparten av de stora globala läkemedelsjättarna ökade sina forsknings- och utvecklingsbudgetar i fjol, men ett av dem sticker ut rejält, enligt en ny sammanställning.
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Specific proposals and targets top the universities’ desired priorities
What are the universities’ expectations for the update of the national life science strategy? Life Science Sweden posed the question to representatives from Karolinska Institutet and Sahlgrenska Academy.
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Pneumokockvaccin EU-godkänt för barn – ska ge bredaste skyddet hittills
Ett vaccin som ger ett brett skydd mot pneumokocksjukdom hos barn från spädbarnsåldern och uppåt har nu godkänts i EU.
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Pfizer styr om mot mer cancerforskning
Den amerikanska läkemedelsjätten Pfizer pekar ut områden som företaget satsar extra på i efterdyningarna av covidpandemin och den minskade efterfrågan på bolagets vaccin Comirnaty.
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“What is important is to create an overview and understanding from different perspectives”
Scientist Jochen Schwenk analyses blood proteins using proteomics to improve our understanding of disease and health. This year, he is moderating the Lab & Diagnostics of the Future event.
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From Valneva to the CEO position at NorthX – “I saw it as a great opportunity”
A new cell therapy for leukaemia, a vaccine in tablet form against cholera, and a proprietary mRNA line with the potential capacity to supply the entire Nordic region with vaccines during a future pandemic. These are some of the projects underway at NorthX Biologics – under the direction of new CEO Janet Hoogstraate.
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Marie Gårdmark: ”Interchangeable biological medicines – soon in a pharmacy near you?”
”Generic competition is an effective way to push down drug prices, but it has not worked equally well for biosimilars. Biosimilars require more time to gain market share compared to generics, and new biosimilars do not always lead to lower prices” writes Marie Gårdmark in a column.
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To build trust, one must be able to say “I don’t know” – whether human or AI
Will AI strengthen or break down trust? It depends on whether we can understand and accept its limitations, and our own, writes Sarah Lidé in a column.
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WHO varnar för risk för mässlingsutbrott i flera länder
Fall av mässlingen ökar kraftigt. Nu varnar Världshälsoorganisationen, WHO, att det finns en hög risk för mässlingsutbrott i flera delar av världen om förebyggande åtgärder inte tas, rapporterar Reuters.
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Marie Gårdmark: ”Utbytbara biologiska läkemedel snart på ett apotek nära dig?”
”Myndigheten konkluderar nu att ” Baserat på den information som presenteras i rapporten ser Läkemedelsverket inga skäl att avråda från multipel switch”, vilket tyder på att kunskapsläget är ett annat idag än 2017.” Det skriver Marie Gårdmark i en krönika om biosimilarer.
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