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We are expanding our English-language coverage
Over a period of four weeks, one of Life Science Sweden's regular daily newsletters is being published entirely in English. The aim is to meet increasing demand and evaluate reader interest. (Swedish version below)
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New treatment recommended for children with brain tumours
The European Medicines Agency has recommended conditional approval of a new targeted treatment for children with the brain tumour pediatric low-grade glioma.
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International medical graduates leave Sweden in high numbers
Three years after completing their studies, 46 percent of international doctoral students who graduated in the medical field had left the country. This is shown in Statistics Sweden’s (SCB) analysis of researchers who graduated between 2017 and 2020.
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More than 150 jobs cut as Merck scales back vaccin production
Merck & Co, known as MSD in Europe, is hitting the brakes following a sharp decline in demand for its HPV vaccine Gardasil. Production at its facility in Durham, North Carolina, is now being halted, with more than 150 employees facing redundancy.
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Över 150 jobb bort när Merck drar ned på Gardasil
Merck & Co, som i Europa går under namnet MSD, drar i nödbromsen efter en kraftig nedgång i efterfrågan på HPV-vaccinet Gardasil. Nu stoppas produktionen vid anläggningen i Durham, North Carolina – och över 150 anställda varslas om uppsägning.
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Paul Chaplin steps down as CEO of Bavarian Nordic
Danish vaccine company Bavarian Nordic’s CEO, Paul Chaplin, is stepping down from his position for personal reasons.
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Samuel Lagercrantz: ”Obesity, blockbusters and Swedish biotech”
The development of technologies to bypass the blood-brain barrier is particularly exciting right now, as it holds the potential to unlock new treatments for a range of neurological diseases, according to Samuel Lagercrantz.
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Anna Törner: ”Drug prices – an important driver of innovation”
We live under the illusion that no price is too high when it comes to health, but that simply isn’t true, writes Anna Törner.
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End of bone‑sawing? New laser cuts to record depths
Saw, drill and chisel are a bone surgeon’s best friends today – but soon the laser may also find its place in that toolbox. Researchers in Switzerland have discovered a method for cutting significantly deeper and faster with a surgical laser than has previously been possible.
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Lost in the recruitment process? How hiring really works today
As recruitment becomes increasingly automated, candidates are expected to adapt to both human and algorithmic decision-making. Career coach Tina Persson outlines why the process feels unfair – and how jobseekers can approach it more strategically.
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Sarah Lidé: ”Ett hälsosamt samhälle kräver mer än ett nytt piller”
Innovation inom läkemedel och medicinteknik är avgörande – men ett hållbart arbete för hälsosamma samhällen beror också på hur prevention, incitament och beteendeförändring utformas och skalas upp, skriver Sarah Lidé i en krönika.
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Multicancer test failed to meet its goal – shares plunged
A blood test designed to detect multiple types of cancer failed to meet its primary endpoint in a large UK study. The company behind the test saw its market value cut in half.
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Painkiller cuts recurrence risk by more than 50% – national guidelines updated
Sweden’s national guidelines for colon and rectal cancer have been updated — just nine months after the previous revision. The move follows new Swedish research showing that a daily dose of acetylsalicylic acid — the active ingredient in aspirin — can halve the risk of recurrence in a common subgroup of bowel cancer.
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Cinclus welcomes FDA announcement on single‑study requirement
Swedish Cinclus Pharma welcomes the signals from the United States that a single pivotal study, rather than two, may be sufficient when applying for market approval.
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Novo Nordisk strengthens board after turbulent year
Changes to Novo Nordisk’s board continue. Following last year’s sweeping restructuring, the Danish obesity drugmaker is now nominating two new directors with extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
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New antibody aims to slow kidney damage – “It’s kind of cool”
For 25 years, Marie Jeansson has studied the kidney and its blood vessels. She is now working on developing a drug intended to slow down chronic kidney disease.
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A healthy society requires more than a new pill
Sarah Lidé on how medicines are essential – but a sustainable approach to healthy societies also depends on prevention and behavioural change
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Asgard teaches tumours to self‑destruct – moving closer to clinical trials
Swedish biotech Asgard Therapeutics not only has an evocative name, but also a remarkably exciting approach to cancer treatment: getting tumour cells to reprogram themselves so that they become visible to the body’s immune system.
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FDA leaders seek to scrap two-study requirement
A single pivotal study may be sufficient to secure approval for a new medicine in the United States. That is the message delivered by FDA Commissioner Marty Makary and the agency’s medical and scientific chief, Vinay Prasad, in an article in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Asgard lär tumören ta kål på sig själv – närmar sig klinisk prövning
Lundbaserade Asgard Therapeutics har inte bara ett fantasieggande namn, utan även en sällsynt spännande approach till cancerbekämpning: att få tumörceller att programmera om sig så att de blir synliga och därmed åtkomliga för kroppens immunförsvar.
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Möss på Mounjaro söp mindre i studie
Diabetes- och viktminskningsläkemedlet Mounjaro minskade alkoholsuget hos råttor och möss i en svensk studie.
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Björn Arvidsson: ”As uncertainty grows, clarity becomes a strength”
Sweden has all the prerequisites to be a strong life science nation. But in a time of geopolitical tension, shorter value chains and growing demands for resilience, it is no longer enough to be “good at many things”, Björn Arvidsson writes in a column.
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FDA tvärvänder – accepterar Modernas influensavaccin för granskning
FDA backar nu om sitt kontroversiella beslut att vägra granska Modernas vaccinkandidat mot säsongsinfluensa.
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“BioArctic is Leqembi, but also much more”
What once began as a small Swedish biotech company has grown into a fully fledged pharmaceutical company with global reach. At the helm is Gunilla Osswald, who joined early on and is now leading BioArctic into its next era.
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