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A growing industry in Denmark: “One new life science company a week”
The life science sector in eastern Denmark continues to grow in the number of employees, as well as the number of companies. An emerging problem is the shortage of labour, a new report reveals.
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Elicera får mångmiljonbidrag av EU för utveckling av CAR-T-terapi
Cell- och genterapibolaget Elicera Therapeutics tilldelas 2,5 miljoner euro, motsvarande drygt 26 miljoner kronor, i EU-finansiering för fortsatt utveckling av sin CAR-T-terapi mot B-cellslymfom.
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Noxious parasite forms hybrids and deceives the immune system
The small parasite Trypanosoma cruzi has a nasty ability to cause serious illness. Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet have now mapped its ability to deceive the immune system by forming new variants that are mixtures of different strains.
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Investments worth 40 billion in the Öresund region – “A huge investment wave”
A new report reveals that medical companies in the Oresund region are investing like never before.
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Biogens motgångar stjälper över på svenska alzheimersföretag
Det amerikanska läkemedelsbolaget Biogens högprofilerade behandling mot Alzheimer, Aduhelm, spåddes bli en ny vår för såväl forskningsområdet som bolaget. Succén har dock uteblivit och nu avbryts praktiskt taget satsningen, samtidigt som vd Michael Vounatsos får gå.
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Tougher competition as the Novo Nordisk Foundation broadens its programme
Søren Nedergaard has worked with innovation at the Danish Government Offices and the University of Copenhagen. Today, he is COO of the Novo Nordisk Foundation, which has recently broadened its programme for leading innovators in medical research to apply to the entire Nordic region.
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Här ska Uppsalas nya life science-kluster växa fram
Genom fastighetsförvärv i ett nytt företagskvarter i Uppsala vill fastighetsbolaget Vectura skapa ett life science-kluster.
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We will now publish more news in English – and offer yet another newsletter
Starting next week, Life Science Sweden will begin offering a newsletter entirely in English.
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Elicera develops CAR-T against solid tumours – may become the first in the world
Today, there are five EU-approved CAR-T therapies, all focused on different types of blood cancer, but no one has yet succeeded in making the method work against solid tumours. At Gothenburg-based Elicera, they are working relentlessly to succeed in that field as well. “It is the largest field, and the potential is enormous,” says the company’s CEO Jamal El-Mosleh.
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CAR-T therapies give continued hope: “Almost half of the patients have become disease-free”
When the first CAR-T therapies appeared, hopes were raised for the effective treatment for critically ill cancer patients. After a somewhat sluggish start, about 90 patients in Sweden have now been treated with this method. “Almost half of them have become disease-free, at least of those treated with Yescarta, which are the ones I know best,” says Gunilla Enblad, Chairman of the national working group for CAR-T treatment.
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Björn Arvidsson: ”We need to change perspective”
If you say “life science” to a person on the street and ask them to explain what it is, you will probably get no good answer. The same question to your network will generate as many versions as the people you ask. Most likely, we will miss many
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Sverige exporterade läkemedel för 100 miljarder
Sverige exporterade läkemedel för drygt 100 miljarder kronor i fjol, visar nya siffror från Statistiska centralbyrån, SCB. Det är en minskning jämför med 2020, men ändå ett bra år i ett längre perspektiv, enligt läkemedelsföretagens branschorganisation Lif.
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Life Science Sweden´s international issue is on its way
A new issue of Life Science Sweden is on its way to print, packed with news, interviews and reports.
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Nystartade Cardo Health tar in Masha Feigelman som vice vd
Det digitala vårdbolaget Cardo Health startade som ett börsbolag under hösten 2021. Grundare är Tobias Strålin, tidigare partner på McKinsey. Nu rekryterar bolaget Masha Feigelman som vice vd. Hon får också titeln medgrundare.
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Patient som fick grishjärta återhämtar sig – inga tecken på avstötning
Den amerikanske man som fick ett genmodifierat grishjärta transplanterat i början av året återhämtar sig fortfarande på sjukhus. Efter fem veckor syns inga tecken på avstötning, enligt läkare.
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The route to vaccines for everyone: “We did not just sit around and wait”
The pandemic was in full swing, and no one knew when or even if a vaccine would come. At that point, the Swedish Minister of Social Affairs called with a proposal, and Richard Bergström did not hesitate. “I already had a notion that this would work,” he says in an interview with Life Science Sweden.
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Lockdown-studie kritiseras även i USA
I USA har den uppmärksammade metastudie som uppger att knappt några liv har räddats med hjälp av lockdowns blivit kraftigt ifrågasatt av forskare.
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Giulia Gaudenzi: Innovation for good
"I challenge the innovator landscape to take a mental leap. Relying on innovation-solely to end inequality is not enough, therefore consciously and purposively – we need to engage bravely with the politics of poverty and scarcity. Even in life sciences", writes Giulia Gaudenzi in a column.
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Miljökriterium föreslås vid försäljning av läkemedel utanför apotek
Eventuell miljöskadlighet bör vägas in när receptfria läkemedel ska säljas utanför apotek. Det framgår i en pilotstudie Läkemedelsverket har genomfört.
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