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Lista: 25 miljardärer inom svensk life science
Antalet svenska miljardärer totalt har mer än fördubblats på två år, till 542 stycken, enligt en kartläggning som Aftonbladet-journalisten Andreas Cervenka gjort. 25 av miljardärerna återfinns inom life science-sektorn. Vi redovisar dem här.
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Lucy Robertshaw: Are we in the perfect storm?
“Is there a perfect storm on the horizon again as elective surgeries were cancelled due to patients being admitted with Covid-19? We now have a long backlog of people who are presenting with chronic diseases that need to access healthcare again”, writes
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Life science-företag prövar sina innovationer i Testa Challenge
Odling, skörd och proteinrening – just nu är det full fart på cellerna i labben inne på Testa Center i Uppsala. Här pågår nämligen Testa Challenge, där fem mindre bolag inom life science får chansen att utvärdera sina innovationer i riktig produktionsmiljö.
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This is how Anette Steenberg will put Medicon Valley on the world map
Anette Steenberg has been CEO of the Swedish-Danish life science cluster Medicon Valley Alliance since 1 November last year. Life Science Sweden called her to ask about her visions and the challenges of merging the worlds of Swedish and Danish life science.
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Cancerdödande protein förstärks – med hjälp av spindeltråd
Länge har stora förhoppningar knutits till proteinet p53 som behandling mot cancer, men problemet är att kroppens celler tillverkar det i för liten mängd och att det bryts ner för snabbt. Nu har forskare vid Karolinska institutet funnit en tänkbar lösning – med hjälp av ett stycke protein från spindeltråd.
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Björn Ursing: Physicians new role in AI driven healthcare
”AI could be the key we need for tomorrow’s healthcare, but it is not a stand-alone tool”, writes Björn Ursing in a column about how the role for physicians changes in the era of AI.
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Elicera develops CAR-T against solid tumours – may become the first in the world
Today, there are five EU-approved CAR-T therapies, all focused on different types of blood cancer, but no one has yet succeeded in making the method work against solid tumours. At Gothenburg-based Elicera, they are working relentlessly to succeed in that field as well. “It is the largest field, and the potential is enormous,” says the company’s CEO Jamal El-Mosleh.
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Företag planerade prisfixning för covidtester – utredning läggs ner
I slutet av förra året genomförde Konkurrensverket gryningsräder mot tre företag i Stockholmsområdet som misstänktes för att ha gjort upp om priser för covid-19-test. Nu lägger myndigheten ner ärendet, men konstaterar att två av företagen förberedde sig för att samordna sina priser.
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Österrike slopar vaccintvånget
Under onsdagen beslutade regeringen i Österrike att ta bort det lagstadgade vaccinkravet mot covid-19 som infördes i början av februari.
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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
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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
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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
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Karolinska åttonde bästa sjukhuset i världen
Karolinska universitetssjukhuset placerar sig för tredje året i rad på topp tio när världens bästa sjukhus rankas av Newsweek. Men sjukhuset har tappat en placering mot förra året.
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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.
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Tummen upp för den skarpa kritiken i Corona-kommissionens rapport
”Det är ju skarp kritik, både mot regeringens ovilja att fatta beslut och mot Folkhälsomyndighetens svamlande och icke-vetenskapliga handlande i början av pandemin”, säger Johan Styrud, läkare vid Danderyds sjukhus. Life Science Sweden har talat med forskare och läkare om Coronakommissionens rapport.
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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.
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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.
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“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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Astra Zeneca ökade intäkterna 2021
Svensk-brittiska Astra Zeneca slog förväntningarna fjärde kvartalet 2021 och ökade även intäkterna kraftigt när man ser på helåret. Företagets storsäljare 2021 var cancerläkemedlet Tagrisso. För 2022 har Astra Zenecas vd Pascal Soriot höga förväntningar på antikroppsmixen Evusheld mot covid-19 och astmaläkemedlet Tezspire.
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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.
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Kronans Apotek går ihop med Apoteksgruppen
Det nya bolaget ska fokusera på att utveckla e-handeln och plocka hem synergier.
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