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Ukraine war fuels rise of totally resistent bacteria
War-torn Ukraine is not just suffering from hostile attacks from a foreign aggressor, but also from the threat of a totally resistant and contagious bacteria.
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Security flaw in Swedish breast cancer screening software – woman passed away
A lack of safeguard in Sectra's software led to a woman with breast cancer receiving an incorrect diagnosis. She later passed away. The software is used in 20 out of 21 regions in Sweden. It is also used in neighbouring Nordic countries. “Extremely serious,” says the Sectra CEO to Medtech Magazine.
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Behov av polypkirurgi nästan utplånat i studie
Problemen med polyper hos patienter med kronisk bihåleinflammation minskade kraftigt i en studie som utvärderade Tezspire från Astra Zeneca och Amgen.
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Health politician Lina Nordquist: ”I find it hard to be idle”
She is the pharmacist and researcher who grew tired of the breakthroughs that never materialised and knowledge that never seemed to reach patients, so she decided to make a change from within. Life Science Sweden meets Lina Nordquist, Member of Parliament for the Liberals and their spokesperson on healthcare policy, to have a conversation about reality, politics, and the need for writing.
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RFK Jr. godkänd som USA:s nya hälsominister
Senaten har nu godkänt det kontroversiella valet av Robert F Kennedy Jr. som USA:s nya hälsominister.
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We desire talent to come here, but are we genuinely welcoming them?
Sweden faces significant challenges in creating a truly inclusive environment that makes international professionals feel welcome, valued, and able to build meaningful careers, writes Sarah Lidé in a column.
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Göteborgsbolag får snabbspår i USA för IPF-behandling
Vicore Pharma har beviljats snabbspår i USA för sin läkemedelskandidat buloxibutid som utvecklas mot idiopatisk lungfibros, IPF.
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The business coach: “We need to learn from our mistakes”
The past year has been challenging for many biotech companies, with several comapanies facing financial stress and bankruptcy. To understand how entrepreneurs can navigate these tough times, Life Science Sweden spoke to Pia Keyser, a business coach at Umeå Biotech Incubator, who has worked with many companies in the industry.
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The future of healthcare in focus: ”Together, things happen”
In march, it’s once again time for Fokus Patient, an event for the industry where the patients’ perspective takes center stage. It’s a great way to spread knowledge in Sweden and around the world, according to the initiator Penilla Gunther
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New cell therapy raises hope for curing type 1 diabetes – "Never succeeded before"
For the first time, a patient with type 1 diabetes has undergone an islet transplantation using genetically modified insulin-producing cells that do not require immunosuppressive drugs. "A major immunological breakthrough," says Professor Per-Ola Carlsson, who leads the clinical study, to Life Science Sweden.
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Lillys fetmaläkemedel godkänns mot sömnapné i USA – men inte i EU
Viktminskningsläkemedlet Zepbound (tirzepatid) godkänns av den amerikanska läkemedelsmyndigheten FDA som den första läkemedelsbehandlingen för måttlig till svår obstruktiv sömnapné (OSA) hos vuxna med fetma. Men i EU görs en annan bedömning.
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Glada miner över storsatsning – ”Kommer stärka Sveriges konkurrenskraft”
Regeringen har presenterat förslaget om en historiskt stor satsning på forskning och innovation. Life Science Sweden har samlat in reaktioner från branschen och akademin.
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Rapport: Över 50 000 i svenska life science-sektorn
Finansiering är den högsta prioriteringen inför nästa år för många företagsledare i life science-branschen, enligt en ny rapport.
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“Research is always a lot of failures and a few successes”
Gene therapies open up fantastic possibilities, but they are also extremely expensive to produce. Genenova aims to change that and make the treatments accessible to more people. “Our overall ambition is to reduce costs a hundredfold”, says professor Johan Rockberg at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.
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In search of Marcel Proust's lost health
A great writer, but also a weak person and a hypochondriac. That has been the usual image of Marcel Proust. But the pediatrician and literary scholar Carl Lindgren paints a partly different picture in a new book about the French master's life, health and attitude towards physicians.
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Fuskanklagat pharmabolag lägger ner alzheimerprojekt
Amerikanska Cassava Sciences avbryter utvecklingen av sin läkemedelskandidat inom Alzheimers sjukdom efter misslyckande i en fas III-studie
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Investigations against AstraZeneca: ”Chinese interests may be behind them”
Why are there several investigations against AstraZeneca employees in China right now? Life Science Sweden continues to seek answers.
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Drug development booms in Medicon Valley
When it comes to developing new medicines, the Öresund region is one of the top performers in the EU. Companies working on commission for pharmaceutical companies are highlighted as a success factor. “Everyone has heard of Novo Nordisk, but these companies are unknown to people outside the industry despite being the golden vein of the life science sector,” says Anette Steenberg, CEO of the cluster organisation MVA.
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”The importance of stratification in a statistician’s August kitchen”
Ingrid Lönnstedt writes about an experiment of her own at home and about what lessons can be learned from it, in a science column.
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Ny kartläggning: Så stor är svenska life science-sektorn
I en ny rapport från Vinnova kartläggs den svenska life science-sektorn med närmare 4 000 företag och en bra bit över 50 000 anställda.
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Her company is developing a new tablet form obesity drug
Obesity and diabetes are the primary targets of a new tablet treatment under development by Malmö-based Pila Pharma. The company’s ambition is to take on the billion-selling GLP1 analogues. ‘‘Basically, I expect all the beneficial effects that they have, but not the same side effect profile,’’ company founder Dorte X Gram said in an interview with Life Science Sweden.
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GSK pays 2.2 billion dollars to settle Zantac lawsuits
British drugmaker Glaxo Smith Kline, GSK, has struck a 2.2 billion dollar settlement, thereby resolving a vast majority of the liability cases pending against the company in the U.S. that alleged its discontinued drug Zantac caused cancer.
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Fransk medicinjätte investerar 100 miljoner i Vicore
Den franska läkemedelskoncernen Sanofi investerar tungt i Vicore Pharmas pågående företrädesemission, som syftar till fortsatt utveckling av buloxibutid, ett nytt läkemedel mot idiopatisk lungfibros, IPF.
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Pfizer drar tillbaka omtalat läkemedel efter koppling till dödsfall
Pfizer drar omedelbart in sitt läkemedel Oxbryta mot sicklecellssjukdom på alla marknader. Orsaken är man upptäckt en misstänkt koppling till förhöjd risk för komplikationer och dödsfall.
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