She creates pharmaceuticals on a 3D printer

The correct dosage for each individual, regardless of whether the pharmaceutical is for a seriously ill child or a frail elderly person, is the mission of a well-advanced project with 3D-printed drugs at Uppsala University. “It will soon be available in clinics”, says Christel Bergström, who is heading the project.

Alert from the Swedish Medicines Agency: Many complications with gastric balloons

According to the Swedish Medicines Agency, an increasing number of serious complications are being reported in procedures with gastric balloons as a method for weight loss. The authority fears significant shortcomings in the information to patients both before and after the procedure.

FOKUS Patient turns international

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

Bought a tablet factory – and built his own empire

In 1995, Thomas Eldered was CEO of one of Pharmacia’s factories in the Stockholm area when the Swedish pharmaceutical giant, after a takeover, decided to move its production abroad. 34-year-old Thomas was facing an imminent risk of losing his job. However, instead, it actually turned out to be the starting point for one of the biggest success stories in Swedish life science.

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

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.

When carelessness, forgetfulness and coincidence become the researcher’s best friend

Forgetfulness, coincidence and a stroke of luck hardly make up a fruitful method of serious research. Or do they? Actually, a number of important medical advances have come about thanks to completely random incidents and the open-mindedness of scientists who were ready to think outside the box.

Lucy Robertshaw: Are we in the perfect storm?

“Is there a perfect storm on the horizon again as elective surgeries were cancelled due to patients being admitted with Covid-19? We now have a long backlog of people who are presenting with chronic diseases that need to access healthcare again”, writes Lucy Robertshaw in a column.

Björn Arvidsson: ”We need to change perspective”

If you say “life science” to a person on the street and ask them to explain what it is, you will probably get no good answer. The same question to your network will generate as many versions as the people you ask. Most likely, we will miss many opportunities with our lack of communication, writes Björn Arvidsson in a column.

The route to vaccines for everyone: “We did not just sit around and wait”

The pandemic was in full swing, and no one knew when or even if a vaccine would come. At that point, the Swedish Minister of Social Affairs called with a proposal, and Richard Bergström did not hesitate. “I already had a notion that this would work,” he says in an interview with Life Science Sweden.

Den förfärliga godisförgiftningen 1858 – lade grunden för reglering av läkemedel

Det var marknadslördag i den nordengelska staden Bradford och som vanligt stod William Hardaker och sålde sina karameller till godissugna barn och vuxna. Ingen märkte att det var någonting som inte stod rätt till, och det var inte så konstigt. Arsenik saknar nämligen både smak och doft.

The Oresund region aims at becoming Europe’s microbiome Mecca

The Medicon Valley Alliance’s ambition: Skåne and the Copenhagen region will become world leaders in microbiome research.

Samlar krafterna kring mikrobiomforskning

Ett projekt i Skåne och Köpenhamnsregionen syftar till att göra området till världsledande inom mikrobiomforskning.

Combining two drug delivery strategies to improve bioavailability

Danish researchers hope to increase the bioavailability of low solubility drugs.

Krönika: Collaboration across borders

Peab-grundarens stiftelse ger 22 miljoner till life science

Nya behandlingmetoder av cancer, blodbrist och herpesvirus, nya tekniker för kartläggning av gener och upptäckt av sårinfektioner och ett växtbaserat järntillskott - detta är exempel på de 7 forskningsprojekt som under 2019 får anslag från Mats Paulssonstiftelserna.

Världsomspännande säljturné avslutades med cykeltur till Stureplan

Arvid Söderhäll, vd Empros Pharma, berättar om bolagets resa världen runt och hur det ledde till lyckad affärsutveckling.

Empros testar sitt viktminskningspreparat

Tar in 40 miljoner och siktar på proof-of-concept. Studiens primära mål är viktminskning.

Han tar över på Karo

Christoffer Lorenzen blir ny vd på Karo Pharma när Peter Blom avgår.

Havrefabrik konserveras – anställda varslas

Den finska koncernen Paulig meddelar idag att öppningen av en fabrik för en havreprodukt i Mölnlycke skjuts på framtiden.

Över 60 läkemedel hittade i spindlar

Den ökande användningen av läkemedel sätter allt tydligare spår i naturen.

Över 60 läkemedel hittade i spindlar

Den ökande användningen av läkemedel sätter allt tydligare spår i naturen visar en ny internationell studie med forskare från bl a Umeå universitet och SLU.

Ska stärka läkemedelssäkerhet

Karolinska institutet leder ett internationellt samarbetsprojekt för läkemedelssäkerhet i fyra länder i östra Afrika.

Färre USA-resor med nytt samarbete

FDA och Läkemedelsverket ska framöver erkänna varandras inspektioner. – Nu kommer våra resor till USA att minska, säger Lena Björk direktör på Läkemedelsverket.