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Klaria Pharmas vd lämnar
Klaria Pharmas meddelar att vd:en Jesper Wiklund lämnar företaget för att fokusera på ett annat uppdrag. Företagets vetenskapliga chef Scott Boyer går därför tillfälligt in som vd.
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High-tech companies are increasingly focusing on health
Tech companies have been taking an interest in healthcare for many years, and this interest seems to be increasing. “It’s not a sudden shift in trend, it’s more about them advancing their positions,” says Anna Lefevre Skjöldebrand, CEO of Swedish Medtech.
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”En stor energiinjektion i hela cancervaccinfältet”
På senare år har utvecklingen av vaccin mot cancer gått allt snabbare. Norska Ultimovacs är en av de företag som försöker ta fram en ny typ av behandlingslinje för cancerpatienter. Nyligen presenterade företaget positiva data från en fas II-studie.
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Ny finanschef på Attgeno
Läkemedelsföretaget Attgeno har rekryterat Saurabh Mishra som ny Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
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Study: Cancer vaccine prolongs survival in difficult-to-treat tumour disease
According to a new study, a combination of a cancer vaccine from Norwegian company Ultimovacs and two immunotherapies significantly prolonged survival in cases of the aggressive cancer mesothelioma.
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“You discover one thing – and then 10 new questions arise”
COVID-19, diabetes, heart disease, and the impact of dog ownership on humans are just some of multitasker Tove Fall’s areas of research. However, her current focus is on her next field: the role of gut flora in human health.
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Novo Nordisk buys drug candidate in billion dollar deal
The Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk have made an agreement with KBP Biosciences to aqcuire the hypertension drug ocedurenone for up to 1.3 billion dollars, which corresponds to approximately 14 billion Swedish kronor.
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The physician at the tech giant: “Observations in the emergency room made my mind up”
When Nasim Farrokhnia was in third grade at school in Tehran, the capital of Iran, her father gave her a book about Marie Curie, which soon became her favourite book. Perhaps her interest in science was born there and then, as science and new technology have since been a constant feature of her working life. Today, she is a Healthcare Manager in Microsoft’s Western Europe team.
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BMS i storaffär – stärker upp inom cancerområdet
Läkemedelsjätten Bristol Myers Squibb utökar sin portfölj inom cancerläkemedel genom att förvärva amerikanska Mirati Therapeutics för upp till 5,8 miljarder dollar, motsvarande närmare 64 miljarder kronor.
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Study names with an attitude – more important than you might think
Ironman, T-rex, Star-Trek. Popcorn, Proper, Scout. Nope, these are neither fantasy films nor dog names. They’re the names of ongoing cancer studies in Sweden.
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Flera uppdrag till ny chef på Sobi
Svenska Sobi har nu stärkt upp internt. Lydia Abad-Franch har utsetts till bland annat Head of R&D och Chief Medical Officer för läkemedelsföretaget.
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Hälften får gå när Fluicell ändrar fokus - ”Åtgärderna är helt nödvändiga”
Omkring hälften av tjänsterna i Fluicell berörs när bolaget genomför en ”omstrukturering”. Samtidigt utses en ny vd för att leda förändringsarbetet.
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Rickard Sandberg on this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine: ”A key discovery”
The discovery that paved the way for the development of todays mRNA vaccines is the basis for this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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Han får dubbla roller på Affibody
Biotechbolaget Affibody har utsett Peter Zerhouni till Chief Financial Officer, CFO. Han anställdes på företaget i april som Chief Business Officer, och kommer framöver att kombinera de bägge rollerna.
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The first drugs to slow down Alzheimer’s – but what does it mean for patients?
New treatments for early Alzheimer’s are bringing hope to thousands of patients and their families. The question is, who will get the treatment, how will the right patients be found in time, and will the healthcare system’s resources be sufficient? Life Science Sweden has spoken to Swedish researchers in Alzheimer’s who voice cautious hope but also see further challenges.
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Sedana får USA-patent för inhalationslösning
Sedana Medical har beviljats ett patent i USA för Sedaconda ACD-S, som är huvudprodukten i företagets inhalationslösning.
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Charlotta Gummeson leaves Sahlgrenska Science Park – “It feels sad and exciting at the same time”
With mixed emotions, Charlotta Gummeson will leave her position as CEO of Sahlgrenska Science Park in October. “It feels sad and exciting at the same time. I’ve been in the thick of things and part of the development for so long now, but I’m also looking forward and thinking about all the new things that there will be in a freer role,” she says to Life Science Sweden
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Björn Arvidsson: ”Vi behöver ställa rätt frågor”
Björn Arvidsson resonerar i en krönika om hur vi i Sverige skiljer oss från andra länder i att konvertera forskningsidéer till kommersiella succéer.
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Astra Zeneca’s Sweden CEO: “We have great faith in our portfolio”
It all started with a summer job as an operator at Astra’s chemical factory in Snäckviken, just outside Södertälje. More than three decades and countless different assignments later, Per Alfredsson, born and raised in Södertälje, is CEO of Astra Zeneca Sweden, which employs 7800 people in Södertälje, Stockholm and Gothenburg. “It was a very special feeling to be in charge of the entire organisation,” he says in an interview about his career and potential future blockbusters.
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Läkemedel mot aggressiv cancerform får villkorat EU-godkännande
Abbvie och danska Genmabs läkemedel Tepkinly (epkoritamab), för behandling av diffust storcelligt B-cellslymfom, har nu fått ett villkorat godkännande av EU-kommissionen.
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Studienamn med attityd – viktigare än man kan tro
Ironman, T-rex, Star-trec. Popcorn, Proper, Scout. Nej, det handlar varken om fantasyfilmer eller hundnamn. Utan om benämningar på pågående cancerstudier i Sverige.
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Pfizer’s Paxlovid is being tested against post-COVID in a major Swedish study
In a new study conducted at the Karolinska University Hospital, Pfizer’s COVID drug, Paxlovid, is now being tested in patients with post-COVID. The study is one of the most extensive studies in the world currently being conducted for a drug for post-COVID.
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19 medicines in Sweden are under investigation in a major EMA inquiry
19 medicines marketed in Sweden are affected by an ongoing extensive European investigation into suspected fraud at an Indian contract research organisation. Among them are medicines for HIV, epilepsy, cancer and Parkinson’s, which may be withdrawn unless new evidence can be provided that they are up to standard.
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The Swedish government is to increase its investment in cancer care
The Swedish government wants to invest more in cancer and paediatric cancer care and proposes to allocate SEK 500 million per year for this purpose in the coming years.