Age essential when testing drugs

Anders Rane has been arguing that genes and age are both important factors in understanding how medicines affect individuals. Only last year, the EU established regulations stating that pharmaceuticals must be tested for children as well as for adults.

Diagnostics to deal with new diseases

Maria Brytting at the Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, SMI, will share her experiences from April 2009 when the new influenza A virus, H1N1, was first reported globally.

Martin Willner, Manager Lab, Nordic Service Manager, Mettler-Toledo AB

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Hey Johannes Hedman...

... graduate of SKL and LTH, who has improved a method of forensic analysis

Medicon Valley cluster in brief

The Medicon Valley covers the Öresund region (Skåne and Sjaelland).

Multiple rotor options in refrigerated microcentrifuge

The new 5430 R from Eppendorf is a refrigerated microcentrifuge with several different rotors.

Safe and economic dispensing of powders

Mettler Toledo is showcasing Quantos, an automated dispenser for laboratory use.

How to get the most out of the fair

Reidar Rasmussen, Labmodul

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From planning stage to handshake

"Partnering is an effective tool to get in touch with the decision makers high up in an organization's administration," says Camilla Huse Bondeson at Conlega. And according to her, rigorous planning is the way to succeed.

Dry blood DNA storage on a matrix

Qiagen recently presented a method of dry blood sample storage as an alternative to storage in freezers.

Per Hammargren, Sales Director, ICU Scandinavia AB

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Gabor Fischer, Distribution Sales Manager Europe, Ismatec

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Per Norstedt, Regional Manager, AH Diagnostics

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USB recycler for liquid chromatography

The Smartsaver recycler from Biotech AB is designed to recycle the uncontaminated mobile phase in isocratic liquid chromatography.

Einar Pontén, Managing Director, Merck Sequant

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Life science in Stockholm

Sweden has the fourth-largest biotech market in Europe. More than half of its biotechnology enterprise, some 460 companies, is located in the Stockholm region.

Tripep har för få patienter i klinstudie

Bolaget har gjort en delutvärdering av en pågående fas I/II-studie och patientunderlaget är för litet för statistiska analyser. Bolaget kommer att öka antalet behandlade i studien med 50 procent.

Renare analys av proteininteraktioner

Thermo scientific/Pierce lanserar en ny version av deras kit för koimmunoprecipitering.

Lundbeck satsar på ovanlig sjukdom

Friedreichs ataxi drabbar en på 50 000 och nu inleder läkemedelsbolaget Lundbeck en fas II-studie för att testa behandling mot sjukdomen.

Biovitrum och Swedish Orphan går ihop

(Uppdaterad) Biovitrum köper Swedish Orphan för 3,5 miljarder kronor. Den nya koncernen beräknas ha intäkter från omkring 60 specialist- och särläkemedel för sammanlagt 2 miljarder kronor.

Hallå där Klementina Österberg ...

... vd GU Holding, som delar ut 120 000 kronor till tre kvinnliga entreprenörer.

820 miljoner till medicinsk forskning

359 projekt inom området för medicin får pengar från Vetenskapsrådet i år. I snitt kammar varje projekt hem 670 000 kronor i årets runda.

Nu blir labbet snyggt och trendigt

Glöm gråa kantiga maskiner med obegripliga instrumentpaneler och knappar. Morgondagens apparatur är både snygg och användarvänlig precis som dagens mobiltelefoner och datorer.