Sex nya till Astellas

Medeonföretaget Astellas Pharma nyanställer fem personer och får samtidigt en ny Sverigechef.

Positiv anda hos Swedish Medtech

En ny styrelseordförande valdes och talarna vände kris till möjlighet på Swedish Medtechs årsmöte.

Optionsprogram i Biophausia

Bolagets styrelse föreslår att årsstämman ska fatta ett beslut om emission av teckningsoptioner för att göra medarbetarna extra delaktiga i bolagets utveckling.

Hallå där Mattias Johansson

grundare och chef för partneringkonferensen Anglonordic Biotech Conference, ABC, som äger rum i London den 23 april - vad har ni för förhoppningar kring årets möte?

Tunga branschnamn till IVA

Kungl. Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien väljer in 24 nya ledamöter. Bland dem finns ett antal välkända ansikten från den svenska life scienceindustrin.

Framåt för norsk leukemimedicin

Patienter som inte svarar på befintliga terapier kan bli hjälpa av en behandling som visat positiva resultat i fas II.

Aktiv kräm gav färre finnar

Färre utbrott av acne och färre inflammationer blev resultatet av tolv veckors idogt smörjande. Det visar en nyss avslutad dansk studie.

Ryggmärgen avslöjar risk för självmord

Deprimerade personer har en inflammation i hjärnan som går att mäta i ryggmärgsvätskan. Sambandet mellan inflammation och depression fastslås i en ny studie.

Potatischips in i skamvrån igen

För sju år sedan kom de första larmen om höga halter akrylamid i chips och risk för cancer. Nu visar en ny polsk-svensk studie att den som äter för mycket chips löper ökad risk att drabbas av andra allvarliga sjukdomar.

Major changes to the Q-Med board

The nomination committee wants to replace half of the existing board, including the current Chairman. An Extraordinary General Meeting will take place on February 4.

Swedish top scientists to EMBO

Two Swedish top scientists will have a really good chance to influence European life science research from now on. One is from the Karolinska Institutet, and one is from the University of Uppsala.

Teams up with leading dermatologist

Tripep has signed a letter of intent with a major Japanese specialty pharma company to bring their wound healing treatment to a big market.

Grant for development projects in Gothenburg

Seven research projects receive SEK 1 million to promote commercialization of early drug development and medical technology.

New member to Active board

The Election Committee of Active Biotech proposes a very experienced financial sector executive to join the company board. Five existing members are also to be re-elected at the AGM in May.

Researchers goes to the bottom of the brain

Swedish researchers have recently got new and deeper knowledge about the smallest part of the brain, the granule cells.

EU says yes to Roche drug

EU approves a first in class therapy for treatment of patients with moderate to severe form of rheumatoid arthritis.

Crafoord Prize to an American and two Japanese

Today the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announces the laureates of the Crafoord Prize in Polyarthritis 2009.

Laboratorieassistent till Olink

Prenatal testing breakthrough

For the first time specific gene expression information from fetal cells isolated from maternal blood samples is available.

Orion cuts 205 jobs

The Finnish company Orion has completed its statutory negotiations. By this, personnel will be reduced by about 205 in Finland.

Academy for a new turn at work

Are you qualified within life science, but unemployed? Here is your chance for a new career, in high demand.

Fat cells' reaction differs with body weight

The fat cells of overweight people may react differently to dietary changes than in their lean peers, according to a pioneering study from the Dutch organization TNO Quality of Life.

New tools to fight bacteria

Better guidelines for doctors, detailed patient journals, and national monitoring systems are some of the tools needed to combat the increasing problem of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. That is stated in a report commissioned by the Swedish government.

Martin Bergö: "The Idea is the Thing"

Martin Bergö, 38, goes wherever ideas take him - it's a process that has led to, and resulted from, plenty of unexpected results. Those ideas have been recognized as good ones: in 2008, he was awarded the Eric K. Fernström Foundation's Prize for young researchers. It isn't the first award for the Associate Professor at Gothenburg University's Sahlgrenska Academy. In 2007, he received a grant award of 16 million SEK from the European Research Council for his pioneering work.