Uppsala-based company wins important patent dispute – but the decision is subject to appeal

A US district court has ruled in favour of Orexo in a dispute over the patent protecting the Swedish company’s drug Zubsolv, developed for treating patients with opioid addiction. However, the opposing party, the Indian company Sun, is not giving up and has filed an appeal.

Blir vd för Hamlet Biopharma

Läkemedelsutvecklaren Hamlet Pharma, som snart blir Hamlet Biopharma, har rekryterat en ny vd. I oktober tar Petter Segelman Lindqvist sig an uppdraget.

Novo Nordisk invests billions in expanding its production capacity

Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk is making a major investment to develop and expand its production facility in Hillerød, north of Copenhagen. DKK 15.9 billion, equivalent to almost SEK 25 billion, is being invested over six years.

Sweden is heavily criticised for not ordering Covid vaccine

Valneva and the EU Commission have entered into an agreement for 1.25 million doses of the company’s Covid vaccine, but Sweden has not placed an order.

BioVentureHub CEO: “Companies with a high degree of interaction achieve greater success”

For the first time since its inception, AstraZeneca’s BioVentureHub can now recruit new companies, as some of its tenants have grown significantly and are leaving the hub. This is the message from the biohub’s CEO Magnus Björsne in an interview, in which he also highlights a study that points out that companies with a high degree of interaction with other companies achieve greater success.

Anna Törner: To kill your darlings

Hopes were high when Anna Törner and her colleague started a study on a dietary supplement that seemed unbelievably good. “Enthusiastically, we dreamed of exciting results and perhaps a publication in a high-impact journal,” she writes in a column.

Björn Arvidsson: Let's build on the positive momentum

Progress needs narratives and heroes, and more than ever, going into the new year feels like an opportunity for a fresh start.

Coordination of world-class research facilities

Four unique world-class research facilities are located just a few hours apart. Properly utilised, a Nordic centre for world-leading life science innovation and research could become a reality. Kajsa M Paulsson is the project leader for HALOS, driving the idea forward.

How to become globally competitive

Here Gunilla Osswald from BioArctic share her experience of scaling up and be competative on the global arena.

They’re all doing it – buying drug research

December 12 the time has come for this year's annual partnering meeting Pharma Outsourcing in Stockholm. In Sweden this is a growing business, with Recipharm as the biggest CRMO of the country.

Ny vd för Pledpharma på plats

Nicklas Westerholm tillträder som verkställande direktör i läkemedelsutvecklande Pledpharma.

Ellen K Donnelly tar över som vd för Modus

Modus therapeutics värvar chef med erfarenhet från Pfizer.

Dilaforette skaffar ny chef

Lena Jendeberg leder utvecklingen på bolaget, som nu genomför en klinisk studie på sicklecellanemi

Hon är årets innovationsängel

Jennie Ekbeck från Umeå Biotech Incubator tilldelas innovationspris.

Projektkoordinator Sobi, Stockholm

Hallå där Noushin Turner…

...Portfolio Manager för Deutsche Bank-fonden DWS Biotech. Vad är ditt tips för att minimera risken vid investeringar i biotechsektorn?

Karin Meyer lämnar PCG

Karin Meyer går till nytt jobb.

Hon tar över EU-support

Tuulikki Lindmark är ny på posten.

Konkurs för Creative

Creative Antibiotics avbryter rekonstruktion och ansöker om konkurs.

Creative Antibiotics undgår likvidation

Blir rekonstruktion i stället. Umeåbolaget kommer att vara kvar på Aktietorget och ansöka om företagsrekonstruktion.

Creative Antibiotics varslar personalen

Vid en årsstämma i slutet av maj väntas bolaget träda i likvidation. Personalen har varslats om uppsägning.

Creative Antibiotics likvideras

Styrelse och ledning hittar inga sätt att finansiera bolagets fortsatta verksamhet.

Creative Antibiotics likvideras

Efter en turbulent vår slås nu sista spiken i kistan för Creative Antibiotics. Vid en extra bolagsstämma i slutet av maj väntas styrelsen föreslå att företaget likvideras.

Handeln med Creatives aktie återupptas

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