Antikropp kan stoppa bröstcancer

Bavarian Nordic rapporterar positiva resultat från fas II-studien av ett nytt bröstcancervaccin.

Dags att söka statligt stöd

Utlysningen av 20 av regeringens strategiska forskningsområden har öppnat. Totalt finns 2 660 miljoner att ansöka om.

Teams up with leading dermatologist

Tripep has signed a letter of intent with a major Japanese specialty pharma company to bring their wound healing treatment to a big market.

New member to Active board

The Election Committee of Active Biotech proposes a very experienced financial sector executive to join the company board. Five existing members are also to be re-elected at the AGM in May.

EUR 2 million for peanut allergies

ALK Abelló has signed an agreement to invest EUR 2 million in the French biotechnology company DBV Technologies.

EU says yes to Roche drug

EU approves a first in class therapy for treatment of patients with moderate to severe form of rheumatoid arthritis.

Oasmia gets a confirmation

FDA has granted Oasmia an expedited review status for Paclical Vet.

New NO product reduces diabetic pain

The Swedish medtech company Nolabs has announced that it has achieved an important milestone in the development of a new line of products.

Positive combined cancer therapy

Topotarget announces positive data with new treatment against colorectal cancer.

Woman deficit in Swedish research

The IP firm Awapatent will soon launch its Innovation Barometer 2009. This year Awapatent reveals that the statistics is even worse, compared to last year.

Measure blood sugar without finger pricking

The Danish entrepreneurial firm RSP Systems has developed a method to measure the blood sugar level in diabetes patients, simply by placing a fingertip on a small illuminating lens.

Medicult disclaims Swedish offer

The Norwegian company Medicult's Board is highly sceptical to the yesterday announced Vitrolife offer.

LEO Pharma - International Clinical Trial Manager

Prenatal testing breakthrough

For the first time specific gene expression information from fetal cells isolated from maternal blood samples is available.

Danish discovery could help cardiac patients

The Danish researchers have developed a component that could make live easier forpatients with heart failure.

Cancer cells cheat suicide call

Cancer cells cheat death by reversing a process which causes normal cells to commit suicide at the end of their natural life, researchers from the University of Hong Kong have shown.

Meda gets access to Asia

The biotech giant Meda has recently acquires world-wide rights to the cancer breakthrough pain drug Onsolis.

Academy for a new turn at work

Are you qualified within life science, but unemployed? Here is your chance for a new career, in high demand.

Ambassador program makes MVA big in Japan

The first ambassadors of the Medicon Valley Ambassador Programme have only worked in each other's countries for six months. But they have already made a significant difference for their sister clusters.

Martin Bergö: "The Idea is the Thing"

Martin Bergö, 38, goes wherever ideas take him - it's a process that has led to, and resulted from, plenty of unexpected results. Those ideas have been recognized as good ones: in 2008, he was awarded the Eric K. Fernström Foundation's Prize for young researchers. It isn't the first award for the Associate Professor at Gothenburg University's Sahlgrenska Academy. In 2007, he received a grant award of 16 million SEK from the European Research Council for his pioneering work.

Grape extract kills cancer cells

Grapes contain potentially beneficial chemicals that can destroy cancer cells, a new research proves.