Samuel Lagercrantz: Immunotherapy against cancer is still in its early stages

For more than 100 years, researchers have tried to target the body’s own immune system to fight cancer cells. They have occasionally been laughed at and ridiculed by the medical establishment. However, from our perspective today, we can sum it up with the saying: He who laughs last laughs best, writes Samuel Lagercrantz in an editorial.

Björn Arvidsson: ”We need to change perspective”

If you say “life science” to a person on the street and ask them to explain what it is, you will probably get no good answer. The same question to your network will generate as many versions as the people you ask. Most likely, we will miss many opportunities with our lack of communication, writes Björn Arvidsson in a column.

A new international stem cell research centre has been created in Copenhagen

A new centre for stem cell research opened to the public in January. The Novo Nordisk Foundation backs the initiative with the ambition that the centre will advance new medical technology and new stem cell therapies.

Ny modell ger ytterligare stöd för munskydd: ”Ger ett utmärkt skydd”

Forskare vid bland annat Chalmers har tagit fram en modell för att mäta hur virus färdas genom luften – och hur effektivt munskydd är för att hindra smittspridning. Deras slutsats: rätt munskydd, buret på rätt sätt, ger ett utmärkt skydd.

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.

Lundbeck behind the first EU-approved intravenous migraine treatment

A preventive, intravenous treatment for migraines has been approved in the EU for the first time.

Life Science Sweden´s international issue is on its way

A new issue of Life Science Sweden is on its way to print, packed with news, interviews and reports.

Study: An objective diagnosis of constant tinnitus may be possible

A new method that measures brain activity during sound stimulation can make it possible to objectively diagnose and identify people who suffer from constant tinnitus, which was demonstrated in a study made by researchers at the Karolinska Institute.

“Together Stockholm-Uppsala and Medicon Valley can make Scandinavia a leading life science region”

“Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland all have national life science strategies, but the Swedish strategy is the only one explicitly emphasizing the Nordic dimension. But what if the leading life science nations, Denmark and Sweden, joined forces, took the lead and pioneered Nordic life science collaboration? Wouldn´t we then be able to "bake a bigger cake?", writes Anette Steenberg and Ulf G. Andersson in a debate article.

"Vår nisch är att lösa problem"

Business Officer i bolaget.

The route to vaccines for everyone: “We did not just sit around and wait”

The pandemic was in full swing, and no one knew when or even if a vaccine would come. At that point, the Swedish Minister of Social Affairs called with a proposal, and Richard Bergström did not hesitate. “I already had a notion that this would work,” he says in an interview with Life Science Sweden.

Anna Törner: Success requires bold decisions!

“Doing things right is fine, but doing the right things as soon as possible is even better”, writes Anna Törner in a column.

Boost Pharma byter vd – fortsätter utveckling av behandling mot medfödd benskörhet

Det danska cellterapibolaget Boost Pharma har utsett Evert Kueppers till ny vd. Bolaget utvecklar läkemedel mot medfödd benskörhet och bygger vidare på forskning från Karolinska institutet.

Giulia Gaudenzi: Innovation for good

"I challenge the innovator landscape to take a mental leap. Relying on innovation-solely to end inequality is not enough, therefore consciously and purposively – we need to engage bravely with the politics of poverty and scarcity. Even in life sciences", writes Giulia Gaudenzi in a column.

Ny medicinsk chef på Alligator

Immunterapibolaget Alligator Bioscience i Lund har utsett Sumeet Ambarkhane till Chief Medical Officer, CMO.

Boule rekryterar ny finanschef

Boule Diagnostics har utsett Annette Colin till ny Chief Financial Officer. Hon tillträder den 4 april.

Svensk medtech-vd på amerikansk ledarskapslista

The Healthcare Technology Report har listat de 25 bästa kvinnliga ledarna inom området medicinteknisk utrustning 2022. Karin Dahllöf, vd för Monivents, finns med på årets lista.

Ny vd till Svenska Vaccinfabriken

Richard Bethell går in som verkställande direktör i bolaget med omedelbar verkan.

EMA ger positivt utlåtande för Sobis covid-19-behandling

Svenska Sobis behandling av covid-19-orsakad lunginflammation har fått ett positivt utlåtande från EMA:s kommitté för humanläkemedel CHMP.

Sobi får ny forskningschef

Swedish Orphan Biovitrum, Sobi, har utsett Anders Ullman till ny Head of Research and Development och Chief Medical officer.

Tidigare Losec-forskare arbetar med uppföljare

Några av forskarna bakom en av de största svenska medicinska framgångarna genom tiderna – utvecklingen och lanseringen av Losec – vill nu upprepa succén. Life Science Sweden frågade, Kjell Andersson, Chief Scientific Officer och tidigare forskare på

Pharma Outsourcing igång på Stockholm Waterfront

XNK Therapeutics värvar vetenskapliga rådgivare

Det svenska immunterapiföretaget XNK Therapeutics tar in extra expertis i företaget för att stärka sin plattformsteknologi.

Hansa går till fas III med behandling mot sällsynt njursjukdom

Lundabolaget Hansa Biopharma planerar att gå vidare med en fas III-studie med sitt transplantationsläkemedel imlifidase för behandling av den sällsynta och svåra njursjukdomen anti-GBM-sjukdom.