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.

"Are we doing business the wrong way around in the Life Science Sector?"

For the past 50 years we have created solutions for problems that we thought would solve the problems. Pharmaceuticals have created big block buster drugs which were great for that time but now we realise that these drugs were in fact only tested in white men and certainly not for patients who are older who are taking a number of medications.

Astra Zeneca ger upp om covidvaccinet Vaxzevria i USA – drar tillbaka ansökan

Stort vetenskapsmöte igång i Life City

A green nursery for biotech rooted in the Scanian soil

Red Glead has established itself as one of Lund’s largest companies in pharmaceutical development. Life Science Sweden went to Skåne and met two of the founders, Johan Evenäs and Martina Kvist Reimer.

Karriärcoachen: Byta jobb i lågkonjunktur – det här ska du tänka på

Ekonomiska tyckare varnar för att Sverige är på väg in i en lågkonjunktur. Krig i Ukraina, rusande elpriser, hög inflation och höjd styrränta är bara några av anledningarna till att tänka två gånger om du har planer på att byta jobb. Karriärcoachen Tina Persson tipsar om vad du bör tänka på.

He is heading a new company for the development of Coegin’s cancer drug

The biotechnology company Coegin Pharma places the development of its drug candidate AVX420 in a newly formed company, Avexxin Oncology, based in Norway, and John Zibert will be the CEO.

Novavax is developing a vaccine candidate against Covid-19 and seasonal flu

A combined vaccine against both Covid-19 and seasonal flu is showing promising results in studies, according to the American drug developer Novavax. The adjuvant, which forms an essential part of the vaccine, originates from Sweden.

The pandemic caused a reshuffle among the world’s vaccine giants – here is the new top list

Fuelled by the pandemic, the power balance in the global vaccine market has completely changed in recent years, a survey from Fierce Pharma shows

Storsatsning i Uppsala – life science-område ska växa kraftigt

Uppsalas största life science-kluster ska bli större – mycket större. Området i Fyrislund ska tredubblas till ytan och ge plats för ytterligare 12 000 arbetsplatser, enligt ett förslag till ny detaljplan som nu är ute på samråd.

Han leder nytt bolag för utveckling av Coegins cancerläkemedel

Bioteknikbolaget Coegin Pharma placerar utvecklingen av sin läkemedelskandidat AVX420 i ett nybildat bolag, Avexxin Oncology, med säte i Norge. Vd för bolaget blir John Zibert.

Xbranes nyemission gav 170 miljoner inför kommande Europalansering

Xbrane, ett bolag som utvecklar biologiska läkemedel, har tagit in 170 miljoner kronor i en riktad nyemission.

She is Sweden´s new Minister of Healthcare

Today, Tuesday, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, who leads the Moderate Party and the centre-right coalition in Sweden, presented the government's new ministers. Christian Democrat Jakob Forssmed gets the role of Minister for Social Affairs

Alert from the Swedish Medicines Agency: Many complications with gastric balloons

According to the Swedish Medicines Agency, an increasing number of serious complications are being reported in procedures with gastric balloons as a method for weight loss. The authority fears significant shortcomings in the information to patients both before and after the procedure.

“We need to build flexible operating theatres”

Flexible operating theatres, micro-sensors on surgeons to monitor their well-being and 3D images projected onto organs to be operated on. These are a few ideas that three specialist surgeons are suggesting for the operating theatre of the future.

Novavax utvecklar vaccinkandidat mot både covid-19 och säsongsinfluensa

Ett kombinerat vaccin mot både covid-19 och säsongsinfluensa visar lovande resultat i studier, uppger den amerikanska läkemedelsutvecklaren Novavax. Den adjuvans som utgör en viktig del i vaccinet kommer från Sverige.

Cytel Inc acquires the SDS Group

The multinational statistical software developer and contract research organization Cytel Inc, headquartered in Massachusetts, USA, acquires the Swedish consulting company SDS Life Science.

“We aim to be a start-up company with an academic spirit”

Chronic pain and Alzheimer’s are two diseases that plague many people worldwide and seem impossible to cure. However, Huddinge-based company Alzecure is working on developing drugs for both conditions.

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.

Klart med namn för apoteksjätten

Den nya sammanslagna apoteksjätten ska heta Kronans Apotek. Därmed försvinner varumärket Apoteksgruppen.

“We need to keep investing in research and innovation”

Jenni Nordborg has worked for just over four years to highlight life science in Sweden. Her mandate as national coordinator ends in December 2022. ““Life sciences has been a long-term priority of governments since many years and I have no doubt that the ambitions will be strong going forward”, says Jenni Nordborg.

Promising Alzheimer’s study data sends Bioarctic stock soaring

The drug candidate lecanemab from Swedish company Bioarctic significantly slowed down the deterioration in patients with early on-set Alzheimer’s, according to preliminary results from a phase III study.

Regsmart startar samarbete för att erbjuda klinisk utveckling

Under september månad startade konsultföretaget Regsmart ett samarbete med Matthias Rother och Rolf Karlsten för att i fortsättningen även kunna erbjuda kliniska utvecklingsplaner för läkemedel och medicinteknik till kunder.

Umeåinkubator startar internationellt program

Umeå Biotech Incubator, UBI, har varit med och utvecklat en rad framgångsrika svenska startuppbolag. Nu tar man ytterligare ett steg och drar igång ett internationellt inkubatorprogram.