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Pfizer lays a chunky bid on Wyeth
The merger of two pharma giants is the largest industry deal so far this year. Pfizer will acquire Wyeth in a cash-and-stock transaction currently valued at approximately $68 billion. The Boards of Directors of both companies have said yes to the deal that may lead to lay-offs of some 8,000 persons.
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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.
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Researchers goes to the bottom of the brain
Swedish researchers have recently got new and deeper knowledge about the smallest part of the brain, the granule cells.
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Almost 150 will leave Coloplast
The Danish medtech company Coloplast negotiates headcount reductions, with a total number of almost 150 employees.
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Fusion between pharma giants?
It is rumoured that a fusion between Pfizer and Wyeth is in the process of happening.
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Lytix calls in cash
Norwegian company Lytix Biopharma closes a USD 1.4 million funding round to finance new antimicrobial and oncology lead compounds.
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Respiratorius hunts millions
The biopharmaceutical company Respiratorius has got a new CEO, who starts a public new share issue to catch almost SEK ten million.
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Abbott expands by acquisition
An acquisition gives Abbott a leadership position in another large and growing medical device segment.
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Crafoord Prize to an American and two Japanese
Today the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announces the laureates of the Crafoord Prize in Polyarthritis 2009.
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DKK 1,3 billion for grand research
Danish Councils for Independent Research, DFF, will grant DKK 1,3 billion during 2009. Now has the application period started.
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Parnevik firm in Swiss osteoporosis deal
The golf legend Jesper Parnevik's drug delivery firm EffRx has signed a license agreement with Nycomed for a new drug against osteoporosis.
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Prenatal testing breakthrough
For the first time specific gene expression information from fetal cells isolated from maternal blood samples is available.
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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.
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Fat cells' reaction differs with body weight
The fat cells of overweight people may react differently to dietary changes than in their lean peers, according to a pioneering study from the Dutch organization TNO Quality of Life.
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New tools to fight bacteria
Better guidelines for doctors, detailed patient journals, and national monitoring systems are some of the tools needed to combat the increasing problem of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. That is stated in a report commissioned by the Swedish government.
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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.
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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.