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De kandiderar till posten som KI-rektor
Valet av ny rektor till Karolinska institutet har gått in i slutspurten. Två kandidater av cirka 100 återstår – Annika Östman Wernerson, vid KI, och Eva Tiensuu Janson, vid Uppsala universitet.
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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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Anders Blanck lämnar Lif
Lifs vd Anders Blanck har meddelat styrelsen att han vill lämna posten. Han kommer vara kvar under hösten under rekrytering av en ny vd. ”Det har varit ett privilegium.”
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Idogen tappar sin vd till annat biotechbolag
Biotechbolaget Idogens vd Anders Karlsson har beslutat att lämna bolaget. Tillförordnad vd blir den nuvarande styrelseledamoten Christina Herder.
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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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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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Ojämställt i toppen hos Uppsalas life science-företag
STUNS Life science i Uppsala har undersökt hur jämställdhet mellan man och kvinna ser ut i regionens life science-företag. Och trots att Sverige hör till ett av världens mest jämställda länder, är den kvinnliga representationen låg på ledningsposter i Uppsala.
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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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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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Hon blir ny generaldirektör för Vetenskapsrådet
Katarina Bjelke har utsetts till ny generaldirektör och chef för Vetenskapsrådet. Hon tillträder sin nya tjänst den 15 september.
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The first vaccine derived from cowpox
The British rural doctor could not forget the words of the peasant girl. Could that really be true? A couple of decades later, on 14 May 1796, he performed the world’s first smallpox vaccination, and a medical breakthrough had occurred.
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Ny styrelseordförande i Hansa Biopharma
Hansa Biopharmas valberedning föreslår att Peter Nicklin tar över som ny styrelseordförande när nuvarande ordförande Ulf Wiinberg avgår.
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The first pharmaceutical for eosinophilic esophagitis approved in the U.S.
The U.S. Drug Administration has approved the drug Dupixent (dupilumab) to treat inflammation of the oesophagus of the type eosinophil esophagitis.
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No demand for new Covid vaccine – “It will probably be discarded”
So far, just under 6 000 doses of the Covid vaccine from Novavax have been used in Sweden, leaving over 1.4 million doses in stock. “They will probably be discarded due to lack of demand in Sweden as well as globally,” says Sweden’s National Vaccine Coordinator Richard Bergström to Life Science Sweden.
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Start-up developing ”digital twin” received award during the EIT Health Summit
A biotech company, a medtech company and a company in digital health were on the podium when the EIT Health Catapult awarded its winners.
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Anna Törner: To kill your darlings
Hopes were high when Anna Törner and her colleague started a study on a dietary supplement that seemed unbelievably good. “Enthusiastically, we dreamed of exciting results and perhaps a publication in a high-impact journal,” she writes in a column.
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Hello Angelica Loskog!
Life Science Sweden would like to know more about Angelica Loskog and interviews her about her life as a researcher.
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Han föreslås till vd-posten för sammanslagna apoteksjätten
Beslut om sammanslagningen av Kronans Apotek och Apoteksgruppen förväntas under andra halvåret i år.
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Sineva Ribeiro fortsätter som ordförande för Vårdförbundet
Under Vårdförbundets kongress i helgen valdes förbundsstyrelse för de kommande fyra åren.
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Investments worth 40 billion in the Öresund region – “A huge investment wave”
A new report reveals that medical companies in the Oresund region are investing like never before.
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