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Genes from Neanderthals can affect the correct drug dosage
A fifth of all Europeans carry gene variants inherited from Neanderthals, which cause certain drugs to break down more slowly. This may have implications for the drug doses they should take.
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Anna Törner: Kalashnikovs in a new guise
Thanks to resisting European regulatory authorities, Europe has been spared the opioid epidemic. In the 1960s, the situation was the opposite as the American pharmaceutical authority, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), refused to approve thalidomide (Neurosedyn), writes Anna Törner in a column.
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Nordic Biomarker tog hem priset för Årets exportsuccé i Sverige
"En imponerande tillväxttakt och en stark, genuin svensk innovationsförmåga som räddar liv." Så löd motiveringen när Umeåföretaget Nordic Biomarker utsågs till Årets exportsuccé i Sverige 2022.
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Jonas Vikman lämnar Lif
Lifs samhällspolitiska chef Jonas Vikman lämnar branschorganisationen för att starta eget som konsult och strategisk rådgivare.
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Lucy Robertshaw: Did you know Stockholm wants to be in top 5 in the world for Life Sciences?
Karolinska Institutet Solna Campus has certainly become the next “Kendall Square”, writes Lucy Robertshaw in a column.
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Diagnostikbolag från Umeå kan bli Årets exportsuccé
Umeåföretaget Nordic Biomarker, som utvecklar koagulationsdiagnostik, har gått till final i Årets exportsuccé.
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Sweden is heavily criticised for not ordering Covid vaccine
Valneva and the EU Commission have entered into an agreement for 1.25 million doses of the company’s Covid vaccine, but Sweden has not placed an order.
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Newly discovered gene variant linked to protection against abdominal obesity
American researchers believe they have identified a rare gene mutation that protects against abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome. The ambition is that the discovery will lead to new treatments that can help reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes
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Amorphous materials take centre stage when Orexo develops new formulations
Swift resolution but with maintained stability. Orexo’s new drug delivery platform tackles the problem of amorphous materials. “Our technology has the positive properties of the material, and it also cracks some of the problems,” says the company’s
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Egetis startar dotterbolag i USA inför lansering av särläkemedel
Särläkemedelsbolaget Egetis har etablerat ett helägt dotterbolag i USA. Det sker inför den planerade kommersialiseringen av ett kommande läkemedel mot den ovanliga hormonrubbande sjukdomen MCT8-brist.
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BioVentureHub CEO: “Companies with a high degree of interaction achieve greater success”
For the first time since its inception, AstraZeneca’s BioVentureHub can now recruit new companies, as some of its tenants have grown significantly and are leaving the hub. This is the message from the biohub’s CEO Magnus Björsne in an interview, in which
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Danska Evaxion Biotech får ny svensk vd
Lars Staal Wegner har meddelat att han kommer att avgå som vd för det danska biotech-bolaget Evaxion. Ny vd är redan klar – det blir Per Norlén som tar över tjänsten.
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Konkurrenskraft, cancervård och MDR – läs krönikörernas tankar om branschen
Nya tankegångar, åsikter och framtidsvisioner från profiler i branschen, tillika krönikörer i Life Science Sweden och vår systertidning Medtech Magazine. Här har vi samlat några av årets krönikor.
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Tablet treatment for hair loss approved in the USA
The US Drug Administration has given a thumbs up for the first tablet treatment for spotty hair loss.
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Bioventurehubs vd: ”Företag som interagerar mycket når större framgång”
Astra Zenecas Bioventurehub kan för första gången sedan starten rekrytera nya bolag då några av hyresgästerna växt väsentligt och nu lämnar hubben. Det berättar biohubbens vd Magnus Björsne i en intervju där han också lyfter fram en studie som pekar på att företag som interagerar mycket med andra bolag når större framgångar.
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Collaboration for a simpler production of gene therapies launched
A collaboration between universities and companies aims at providing better production methods for the development of gene therapies. The initiative is led by Johan Rockberg, Professor at KTH.
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Study: Our behaviour may have been guided by wishful thinking during the pandemic
A new study suggests that we systematically underestimate health risks if and when it suits us. This was especially true during the pandemic, as our risk assessments may have been guided by wishful thinking rather than a rational perception of the risks.
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Björn Arvidsson: “We need robust and recognized ecosystems for continued competitiveness”
“We have idea carriers and excellent innovation opportunities, and now we must invest in creating ecosystems that provide them with even better growth opportunities,” Björn Arvidsson writes in a column.
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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.
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Marie Gårdmark: New incentives for orphan products on its way
"Let’s hope that the learnings from development of new therapies for rare diseases will spill over to more common conditions, orphan products paving the wave for drug development in a broader context", writes Marie Gårdmark in a column.
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Ny metod för mikroskopi öppnar genväg till nya läkemedel
Forskare vid Chalmers har utvecklat en helt ny mikroskopiteknik för att kunna studera de minsta biologiska partiklarna i sitt naturliga tillstånd – och därmed öppna vägar för snabbare utveckling av nya läkemedel och vaccin.
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Han är Abilias nya produktchef
Hjälpmedelsföretaget Abilia anställer Johan Tegstam som Chief Product Officer.
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A growing industry in Denmark: “One new life science company a week”
The life science sector in eastern Denmark continues to grow in the number of employees, as well as the number of companies. An emerging problem is the shortage of labour, a new report reveals.
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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.
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