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Bought a tablet factory – and built his own empire
In 1995, Thomas Eldered was CEO of one of Pharmacia’s factories in the Stockholm area when the Swedish pharmaceutical giant, after a takeover, decided to move its production abroad. 34-year-old Thomas was facing an imminent risk of losing his job. However, instead, it actually turned out to be the starting point for one of the biggest success stories in Swedish life science.
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Marie Gårdmark: Potential step change – EU regulators get to play with data
to the outcome of the pilot to hopefully then understand if “in house” analyses actually will add value.
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Anna Törner: Kalashnikovs in a new guise
Thanks to resisting European regulatory authorities, Europe has been spared the opioid epidemic. In the 1960s, the situation was the opposite as the American pharmaceutical authority, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), refused to approve thalidomide (Neurosedyn), writes Anna Törner in a column.
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Marie Gårdmark: Finally, it’s time for a revision of the EU pharma legislation
A challenge for the EU Commission is to deliver a new framework that will also take care of another “pillar” of the pharmaceutical strategy, namely, to ensure that new medicines will be available for all citizens in Europe, writes Marie Gårdmark in a column.
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Norway finds its path in life science
The life science sector in Norway is on the rise.
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Delivering drugs with small devices
There are many challenges to overcome when delivering a drug orally. Getting the drug to survive the low pH of the ventricle and being released at the correct site in the gastrontestinal tract are two of them.
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Swedish Healthtech Company 1928 Pushing Forward
The full service analytics platform is expanding the business.
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From spin-off to phase II
”The people there will basically become your new colleagues” – Carina Schmidt, former CEO of Athera, about working with different contractors.
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Before you choose a CRO
– We are a small company and it is very important for us to maintain our core competence within development of novel nanomaterials, Tove Sivik Sonne, Head of Development at Spago Nanomedical says.
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Opinion: Where do all the cool Swedish life science companies go?
It’s puzzling why Swedish life science companies hardly get a mention alongside Spotify, Skype, Klarna, King, iZettle, and other cool, innovative and successful ‘startups’ founded in Sweden.
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Ny vd på Spago Imaging
Andreas Bunge tar över spakarna i medtech-bolaget.
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Add Bio får tre nya ägare
Tar in 9,4 miljoner kronor i nyemission.
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Accelerator får ny vd
Maria Fors tar över spakarna då nuvarande vd:an Andreas Bunge ökar fokus på dotterbolaget Spago.
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Fäster bättre med behandlad yta
Add Bio visar positiva resultat med tandimplantat i klinik.
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Changing e-solutions for clinical trials
Social media and personalized medicine are two factors that will have a great impact on the design and IT-solutions for clinical trials. Unithink is an upcoming, e-solutions company for clinical trials, eager to thrive on this development.
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Your partnering tool - step by step
Profile, agenda and requests. Those are the basic steps to follow to use the partnering tool for Biotech Forum. Follow our guide to successful partnering!
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Multilabel plate readers with luminescence capability
The Enspire Multilabel Plate Reader platform from Perkin Elmer now features sensitive luminescence detection. The new detection capability is primarily aimed at improving assay performance and sensitivity for scientists working with primary cells or stem cells in cancer and neuropharmacology research.
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Enklare RNA preparering med nytt system
NuGen lanserar Applause, ett nytt system för enklare förberedning av RNA.
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Symphogen buys tumor blocking technology
The seller is a pioneer in developing ligand traps to treat cancer and other diseases. "An excellent fit with our scientific and strategic focus," said Kirsten Drejer, CEO of Symphogen. Ph.D.
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Lundbeck divests companies
The company sells all shares in one listed company plus divests four small private equity funds, for a three-figured million sum.
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Recipharm launches into biologics manufacturing
Recently a Swedish biomanufacturing facility transfers from Astrazeneca to Recipharm Biologics.
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Mathematician new dean at DTU
On January 1st the Technical University of Denmark, DTU, got a new dean, recruited from the department of Mathematics.