Cytel Inc acquires the SDS Group

The multinational statistical software developer and contract research organization Cytel Inc, headquartered in Massachusetts, USA, acquires the Swedish consulting company SDS Life Science.

Marie Gårdmark: Potential step change – EU regulators get to play with data

A new pilot from EMA is starting in September to assess wether the analysis of 'raw data' by regulatory authorities improves the evaluation of marketing approval for new medicines. Marie Grådmark writes in a column that she is looking forward to the outcome of the pilot to hopefully then understand if “in house” analyses actually will add value.

Nanexa skriver avtal med globalt läkemedelsbolag

Det Uppsala-baserade bolaget Nanexa har tecknat ett Material Transfer and Feasibility Study Agreement men en global aktör.

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.

Startup-bolaget vill bli nästa Olink

Inte ens ett år gamla har Rarity Bioscience fått anslag från Swelife och Medtech4health. Nu hoppas vd:n Linus Bosaeus att deras teknik för detektion av mutationer i blodprov hos cancerpatienter ska nå laboratorier redan nästa år.

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.

Hello Angelica Loskog!

Life Science Sweden would like to know more about Angelica Loskog and interviews her about her life as a researcher.

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.

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.

Statssekreteraren: ”Pandemin har satt ljuset på bristerna inom äldreomsorgen”

Bara veckor innan världen lamslogs av pandemin inrättade regeringen Äldreforskarrådet. Rådet ska höja kunskapsnivån inom äldreomsorgen och minska gapet mellan äldreomsorgen och akademin. Nyligen träffade Maja Fjaestad, statssekreterare hos socialminister Lena Hallengren (S) rådet.

Pharma Outsourcing igång på Stockholm Waterfront

Norrländsk life science går för högtryck

Column: Repurposing as a golden ticket to approval

"Hopefully, in the end, patients will be winners by receiving on-label treatments for which benefit-risk has been properly assessed." In a column Marie Gårdmark, CEO at RegSmart Life Science, reflects on drug repurposing.

New diagnostic test soon ready for the market

Forskningsentreprenörens satsning ska förenkla forskning.

Cancerforskaren Sara Mangsbo vill förenkla det administrativa forskningsarbetet

Swedish Healthtech Company 1928 Pushing Forward

The full service analytics platform is expanding the business.

Drug development creates new challenges for regulators

Krönika: Can regulators keep up with innovation?

New technology has increased the understanding of disease mechanisms and enabled approval of products targeting small but specific patient populations; sometimes referred to as precision medicine. Gene- and cell therapies have reached the market, exemplified by CAR-T cells, and the research pipeline is promising. In addition, the medical device field is constantly growing creating new solutions to address patient needs.

Before you choose a CRO

– We are a small company and it is very important for us to maintain our core competence within development of novel nanomaterials, Tove Sivik Sonne, Head of Development at Spago Nanomedical says.

Nanexa får utökat USA-patent

Nanexa får bredare skydd för drug delivery-plattformen Pharmashell.

Analytisk kemi nytt ben för Recipharm

CDMO Recipharm lanserar en fristående tjänst inom analytisk kemi.

Ny vd på SwedenBio

Helena Strigård tar över som vd när Jonas Ekstrand lämnar posten efter åtta år.

Swedenbios nya vd om uppdraget

"Fantastiskt kul och hedervärt"

Det outnyttjade fönstret mot big pharma

Vad krävs för att bli ett av de två-tre projekt av tusentals som scoutas varje år och som landar i samarbetsavtal eller licensintäkter med något av big pharma-bolagen. Den frågan ställer sig Helena Strigård, policychef på Swedenbio.