CAR-T therapies give continued hope: “Almost half of the patients have become disease-free”

When the first CAR-T therapies appeared, hopes were raised for the effective treatment for critically ill cancer patients. After a somewhat sluggish start, about 90 patients in Sweden have now been treated with this method. “Almost half of them have become disease-free, at least of those treated with Yescarta, which are the ones I know best,” says Gunilla Enblad, Chairman of the national working group for CAR-T treatment.

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

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.

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

Nytt covidvaccin från GSK och Sanofi redo för ansökan

Positiva resultat från kliniska studier gör att Sanofi och Glaxo Smith Kline nu förbereder en ansökan om godkännande för sitt adjuvanta proteinbaserade covid-19-vaccin.

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.

Här är läkemedelshöjdpunkterna från 2021

Ett läkemedel mot trippelnegativ bröstcancer, en genterapi mot multipelt myelom och ett nytt läkemedel mot fetma hör till höjdpunkterna när det gångna årets nya läkemedel summeras.

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.

Patient som fick grishjärta återhämtar sig – inga tecken på avstötning

Den amerikanske man som fick ett genmodifierat grishjärta transplanterat i början av året återhämtar sig fortfarande på sjukhus. Efter fem veckor syns inga tecken på avstötning, enligt läkare.

“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

Stockholm aims at becoming one of the world’s top life science regions

Regional Chair for Finance, Irene Svenonius (M), believes that Stockholm can realise the goal of becoming one of the world’s top 5 regions in life science by 2025. One step on the way to achieve this is by hosting a world-leading congress in medtech.

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.

Lockdown-studie kritiseras även i USA

I USA har den uppmärksammade metastudie som uppger att knappt några liv har räddats med hjälp av lockdowns blivit kraftigt ifrågasatt av forskare.

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.

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.

Årets mest lästa krönikor och opinionsartiklar

Branschspaningar och reflektioner är och har alltid varit en viktig del av Life Science Swedens redaktionella innehåll. När 2021 nu snart är till ända har vi samlat de mest lästa krönikorna i Life Science Sweden från året som gått.

Första bekräftade dödsfallet i omikron i Storbritannien

Minst en person har dött i omikronvarianten i Storbritannien. Det uppger premiärminister Boris Johnson.

Genterapier och vaccin dryftas på branschmötet

Pharma Outsourcing igång på Stockholm Waterfront

Det vet vi om den nya virusvarianten omikron

Världshälsoorganisationen, WHO, uppger att omikron, den nya varianten av sars-cov-2, innebär en ”väldigt hög” global risk. Det här vet vi hittills om coronavarianten som nyligen upptäcktes i Sydafrika. UPPDATERAD

Uppsving för Pandemifonden: ”Förut ville ingen lyssna”

Virologiprofessorn Niklas Arnberg pratar om smittspridning, punk och vaccinskepticism med Life Science Sweden, men framförallt om Pandemifonden som ska få Sverige att förstå vikten av att forska fram läkemedel mot virus för att klara nästa pandemi, och helt vanliga förkylningar.