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Anna Törner: Yes, I Am Sick, But Not Weak
”People often say that someone who is ill only has one wish—to get better. But I think that is not true. Someone who is ill also longs to be understood, to be respected, to not have their identity overshadowed by their condition”, writes Anna Törner in a column.
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Biotech-entreprenör och sci-fi-författare – ”För att koppla av började jag skriva”
Han har grundat Lundabolaget Iconovo, författat en trilogi sci-fi-deckare och drömmer om en Netflix-serie baserad på hans egna böcker. ”Det roligaste är att ta en idé och realisera den” säger Orest Lastow.
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Danish biotech to buy struggling American oncology company
Danish drugmaker Pharmacosmos has agreed to acquire American pharmaceutical company G1 Therapeutics in a deal that amounts to 405 million dollars.
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The investor: “The major common diseases are hot again”
She has previously been voted Investor of the Year and will now be moderating The Future of Swedish & Danish Life Science congress. We check the temperature of the industry with Nina Rawal from Trill Impact Advisory.
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Thumbs down for lecanemab in the EU – “Very surprised”
The Azheimer's drug lecanemab has received a negative assessment from the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), according to an announcement made by the Agency last week. Bioarctic’s CEO Gunilla Osswald describes the reactions after the announcement as a surprise and disappointment.
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Healthcare study: Alzheimer’s blood test shows high accuracy
A blood test for identifying Alzheimer’s has now been tested in the general healthcare setting. According to the researchers, the test was 90% accurate in making a diagnosis.
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Ultimovacs studie uppnådde inte målen – ”Vi är besvikna”
Norska Ultimovacs cancervaccin uppnådde inte målen i en fas II-studie hos patienter med huvud- och halscancer. Cancervaccinet i kombination med en kontrollpunktshämmare gav inga ytterligare kliniska fördelar, enligt bolaget.
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Roche avbryter lungcancerstudie i sen fas – "En besvikelse"
Den schweiziska läkemedelsjätten Roche avser att avbryta en studie för en kombinerad behandling mot lungcancer efter att resultaten inte nådde upp till förväntningarna.
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Ännu ett Alzheimerläkemedel godkänt – lecanemab får konkurrens
Eli Lillys läkemedel donanemab mot Alzheimers godkändes på tisdagen av den amerikanska läkemedelsmyndigheten FDA. Det är det andra godkända bromsläkemedlet mot sjukdomen, och tar därmed upp kampen med svenskutvecklade lecanemab.
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Nytt steg närmare marknaden för Sobis giktläkemedel
Läkemedelsutvecklaren Sobi har inlett en stegvis ansökan om marknadsgodkännande i USA för bolagets nya giktläkemedel Sel-212.
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Gothenburg, the city of life science – We are ‘Little Boston’
Western Sweden is investing in life science within everything from advanced therapeutic drugs to femtech. At the same time, stakeholders are looking to other industries for inspiration and knowledge.
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Ny vd för Voc Diagnostics
Voc Diagnostics internrekryterar. Lotta Tollstoy Tegler som idag är ansvarig för kvalitets- och regulatoriska frågor är bolagets nya vd.
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Sobi-läkemedel mot blödarsjuka godkänns i EU
Sobis läkemedel Altuvoct har beviljats marknadsgodkännande i EU som behandling av hemofili A.
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Sofia Wallström is Lif's new CEO
Sofia Wallström has been appointed as the new CEO of the industry organization Lif, the trade association for the research-based pharmaceutical industry in Sweden.
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Nobel Prize winner Torsten Wiesel turns 100: “Old men like me should use their experience to help the young”
In 1955, a young Torsten Wiesel jumped on a boat to the US and embarked on a fabulous career as a neuroscientist, crowned with a Nobel Prize for his work. Now 100 years old, he looks back on an intense life and his upbringing in Stockholm, Sweden, which shaped his desire to help the vulnerable in society.
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Innovative start-up helps doctors, scientists and industry balance coagulation risks
For many doctors caring for seriously ill patients, for example, in stroke units and cancer wards, maintaining the life-saving balance between bleeding and thrombosis is an ongoing challenge. In the late 1980s, scientists at Maastricht University in the Netherlands developed an innovative method, the thrombin generation assay (TGA), which provides a complete overview of a physiological process crucial for maintaining normal haemostasis.
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“Conducting research at universities is becoming more and more like working at a research hotel”
The government wants Swedish research to focus on excellence and innovation, but can the two be combined? Life Science Sweden talks to Anna Falk, a professor at Lund University, about research policy, the constant hunt for funding in academia and what constitutes ‘fine research’.
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Bayer has cut 1,500 roles – so far
German chemical and pharmaceutical group Bayer cut more than 1,500 roles in the first quarter alone– and most of them were management positions.
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Han är ny på Sahlgrenska Science Park
Mats Hellström är Sahlgrenska Science Parks nya Lab Manager. I hans nya roll ska han se över satsningen Health Innovation Labs.
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Carl Borrebaeck – professor and serial entrepreneur with a taste for speed
Award-winning cancer researcher, the founder of many listed companies, and constantly in the academic and commercial spotlight for decades. However, Carl Borrebaeck, Professor of Immunotechnology at Lund, is not yet satisfied. “We have a new, potentially super exciting project in the pipeline,” he says.
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Forskaren in Hagastaden now inagurated
The real estate company Vectura's life science center in Hagastaden, Forskaren, is now inaugurated. The opening was attended by people from the industry, politicians and royalty.
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”Att forska vid universitet blir alltmer som att verka vid ett forskarhotell”
Regeringen vill att svensk forskning ska fokusera på excellens och innovation. Men går det att kombinera de två? Life Science Sweden samtalar med Anna Falk, professor i Lund, om forskningspolitik, om den ständiga jakten på anslag inom akademin och om vad som egentligen är ”finforskning”.
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Japanese pharma to buy US drugmaker for $2.4 bln
Japanese Ono Pharmaceutical buys the American cancer drug developer Deciphera Pharmaceuticals in one of the largest acquisitions in the industry so far this year.
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Nytt namn till Pixelgens vetenskapliga råd
Pixelgen har tillsatt Mostafa Ronaghi till sitt vetenskapliga råd.
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