FOKUS Patient turns international

FOKUS Patient is arranging conferences over 3 days in October, and this year, the focus will be on international collaborations.

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

Gel av spindeltrådsprotein utvecklas för biomedicinsk användning

Spindeltrådens märkliga egenskaper kommer till användning när svenska forskare undersöker nya, potentiella metoder för bland annat regenerativ medicin och läkemedelsformulering.

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.

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.

Noxious parasite forms hybrids and deceives the immune system

The small parasite Trypanosoma cruzi has a nasty ability to cause serious illness. Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet have now mapped its ability to deceive the immune system by forming new variants that are mixtures of different strains.

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.

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.

Uppsving för Pandemifonden: ”Förut ville ingen lyssna”

Virologiprofessorn Niklas Arnberg pratar om smittspridning, punk och vaccinskepticism med Life Science Sweden, men framförallt om Pandemifonden som ska få Sverige att förstå vikten av att forska fram läkemedel mot virus för att klara nästa pandemi, och helt vanliga förkylningar.

Sweden and Denmark – this is how they choose their strategies

Scandinavia’s two major powers in pharmaceutical research have developed strategies for growth in life science, and both countries aim to become world leaders.

Biotechprojekt får miljonstöd

Stamcellsterapi av covid-19-relaterad ARDS och mini-hjärnor för AI-baserad läkemedels-screening. Det är två av projekten som får stöd när Swelife och Medtech4health delar ut 36 miljoner kronor.

Marie Gårdmark: Big data evidence generation drives change in the EU regulatory system

Consultant at RegSmart Life Science, develops her views on this subject.

New diagnostic test soon ready for the market

Nytt investmentbolag scoutar i Norden

Per Matsson är rådgivare för det nya investmentbolaget Intuitive Investments Group och har som uppdrag att bevaka life science-sektorn i Norden.

Marie Gårdmark: Do EMA and FDA talk to each other?

Of course they do! The collaboration started already in 2003, writes Marie Gårdmark in a column.

Swedish Healthtech Company 1928 Pushing Forward

The full service analytics platform is expanding the business.

Krönika: Collaboration across borders

Upcoming event: New updates on drugs

At Medicon Valley Alliance venues in Copenhagen/Örestad April 1 2020 the meeting New updates in Drug Formulation & Bioavailability takes place for the for the eighth time.

A world-class research village

Eight years ago, Medicon Village was set up in Lund. Since then, this hub for research, innovation and business has developed enormously, and today the life science village is home to over 150 organisations, employing more than 2,200 people.

Överväger parallellnotering

" Vår huvudsakliga kommersiella marknad kommer att vara USA" – Calliditas kikar på amerikanska börsen.

Brexit looking back and looking forward

More than 3 years have passed after the vote and there is still uncertainty around the outcome although the UK December 12 election set a clearer course towards an exit early 2020.

”Vi var naiva tillsammans”

Att kunna lyssna, att inte låna ut privata pengar till bolaget och att hitta långsiktiga ägare - Det var några av Sarah Fredrikssons tips i bolagsbyggande när branschen samlades för årets summit signerad SwedenBio.

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.

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Tecknade filmer ska förklara avancerad vetenskap för barn och för allmänheten. Det är förhoppningen med the Fair Journal, en vetenskaplig tidskrift som grundats av KI-forskaren Jonas Nørskov Søndergaard. Nu gäller det att få in de första artiklarna.