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BioVentureHub CEO: “Companies with a high degree of interaction achieve greater success”
For the first time since its inception, AstraZeneca’s BioVentureHub can now recruit new companies, as some of its tenants have grown significantly and are leaving the hub. This is the message from the biohub’s CEO Magnus Björsne in an interview, in which he also highlights a study that points out that companies with a high degree of interaction with other companies achieve greater success.
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Läkare vid Karolinska presenterar rön som kan ge bättre behandling av leukemi
Forskare vid Karolinska universitetssjukhuset har hittat en metod för mer effektiv behandling av aggressiv blodcancer, enligt en ny studie.
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Nyupptäckt genvariant kopplas till skydd mot bukfetma
Amerikanska forskare tror sig ha identifierat en sällsynt genmutation som skyddar mot bukfetma och metabolt syndrom. Ambitionen är att upptäckten ska leda till nya behandlingar som kan bidra till minskad risk för typ 2-diabetes och kranskärlssjukdomar.
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KI-studie: Lägre lufttemperatur hämmade cancertillväxt i möss
Sänkt värme i rummet tycks göra det svårare för cancerceller att växa, enligt en studie på möss vid Karolinska institutet. Förhoppningen är nu att kylterapi ska bli ett nytt verktyg för att behandla cancer.
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Artiklarna du kanske missade – läs dem i sommar
I sommarens solstol, flygsäte eller hängmatta kan det bli lite tid över för läsning och lyssning. Här tipsar vi om några av de texter – och en podd – som Life Science Sweden publicerat tidigare i år.
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Tablet treatment for hair loss approved in the USA
The US Drug Administration has given a thumbs up for the first tablet treatment for spotty hair loss.
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Collaboration for a simpler production of gene therapies launched
A collaboration between universities and companies aims at providing better production methods for the development of gene therapies. The initiative is led by Johan Rockberg, Professor at KTH.
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Study: Our behaviour may have been guided by wishful thinking during the pandemic
A new study suggests that we systematically underestimate health risks if and when it suits us. This was especially true during the pandemic, as our risk assessments may have been guided by wishful thinking rather than a rational perception of the risks.
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Björn Arvidsson: “We need robust and recognized ecosystems for continued competitiveness”
“We have idea carriers and excellent innovation opportunities, and now we must invest in creating ecosystems that provide them with even better growth opportunities,” Björn Arvidsson writes in a column.
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Göran Stiernstedt: “We are the world’s worst at continuity”
Failed investments in primary care, an unreasonable system with online doctors and a public failure at coordinating the healthcare IT system. Göran Stiernstedt does not mind his language when describing the shortcomings of today’s healthcare system. “It makes me extremely frustrated,” he says.
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FHM vill narkotikaklassa åtta substanser
Folkhälsomyndigheten vill att ytterligare åtta psykoaktiva substanser ska klassas som narkotika.
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Marie Gårdmark: New incentives for orphan products on its way
"Let’s hope that the learnings from development of new therapies for rare diseases will spill over to more common conditions, orphan products paving the wave for drug development in a broader context", writes Marie Gårdmark in a column.
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Nanexa flyttar in i nya lokaler – ska få bolaget att växa
Igår invigdes Nanexas nya pilotanläggning i Uppsala. Det 300 kvadratmeter stora renrummet gör anläggningen unik, menar bolagets vd David Westberg.
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A growing industry in Denmark: “One new life science company a week”
The life science sector in eastern Denmark continues to grow in the number of employees, as well as the number of companies. An emerging problem is the shortage of labour, a new report reveals.
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IVI’s Director General on establishing in Sweden: Will need up to 40 employees
The International Vaccine Institute, IVI, hopes to have its first staff on-site in Stockholm within a couple of months, says the institute’s Director General Jerome Kim in an interview with Life Science Sweden.
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The first vaccine derived from cowpox
The British rural doctor could not forget the words of the peasant girl. Could that really be true? A couple of decades later, on 14 May 1796, he performed the world’s first smallpox vaccination, and a medical breakthrough had occurred.
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Här är läkemedlen som säljer bäst i världen – och i topp ligger....
Det krävdes en pandemi för att efter nio år peta ner reumatismläkemedlet Humira från förstaplatsen på listan över världens mest sålda läkemedel. Ny etta är föga överraskande ett preparat som de flesta svenskar numera haft närkontakt med: Comirnaty – covidvaccinet från Pfizer/Biontech.
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Now it’s settled: The International Vaccine Institute will be located in Stockholm
The International Vaccine Institute, IVI, is establishing itself outside South Korea for the first time. Last week, the Swedish Parliament ratified the agreement, which means that a branch of the institute will be located in Stockholm.
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The first pharmaceutical for eosinophilic esophagitis approved in the U.S.
The U.S. Drug Administration has approved the drug Dupixent (dupilumab) to treat inflammation of the oesophagus of the type eosinophil esophagitis.
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No demand for new Covid vaccine – “It will probably be discarded”
So far, just under 6 000 doses of the Covid vaccine from Novavax have been used in Sweden, leaving over 1.4 million doses in stock. “They will probably be discarded due to lack of demand in Sweden as well as globally,” says Sweden’s National Vaccine Coordinator Richard Bergström to Life Science Sweden.
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Start-up developing ”digital twin” received award during the EIT Health Summit
A biotech company, a medtech company and a company in digital health were on the podium when the EIT Health Catapult awarded its winners.
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Anna Törner: To kill your darlings
Hopes were high when Anna Törner and her colleague started a study on a dietary supplement that seemed unbelievably good. “Enthusiastically, we dreamed of exciting results and perhaps a publication in a high-impact journal,” she writes in a column.
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Ingen efterfrågan på nya covidvaccinet – "Måste sannolikt kasseras"
Bara knappt sex tusen doser har hittills getts av covidvaccinet från Novavax i Sverige. Kvar i lager finns över 1,4 miljoner doser. "Det är sannolikt så att de måste kasseras. Det finns ingen efterfrågan, vare sig i Sverige eller globalt", säger Sveriges nationella vaccinsamordnare Richard Bergström till Life Science Sweden.
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Få tar det nya covidvaccinet – men en region går helt emot strömmen
Nästan en och en halv miljon doser av Novavax vaccin mot covid-19 har levererats till Sverige. Men inte ens 6 000 har gått åt. En region sticker dock ut. I Region Jönköping har uppseendeväckande många fler tagit det proteinbaserade vaccinet.