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Recipharm divests five Swedish plants
Swedish contract manufacturer Recipharm is selling its facilities in Solna, Strängnäs, Höganäs, Karlskoga and Uppsala OTC Development to US private equity company Blue Wolf Capital Partners.
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Nytt USA-godkännande för Astra Zeneca
Astra Zenecas läkemedel Enhertu är nu godkänd för ytterligare en indikation i USA.
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Lundabolag i cancersamarbete med amerikansk läkemedelsjätte - ”Vi är mycket glada”
Bioinvent har tecknat ett samarbets- och leveransavtal om kliniska prövningar med det amerikanska läkemedelsbolaget MSD.
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From Valneva to the CEO position at NorthX – “I saw it as a great opportunity”
A new cell therapy for leukaemia, a vaccine in tablet form against cholera, and a proprietary mRNA line with the potential capacity to supply the entire Nordic region with vaccines during a future pandemic. These are some of the projects underway at NorthX Biologics – under the direction of new CEO Janet Hoogstraate.
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Marie Gårdmark: ”Interchangeable biological medicines – soon in a pharmacy near you?”
”Generic competition is an effective way to push down drug prices, but it has not worked equally well for biosimilars. Biosimilars require more time to gain market share compared to generics, and new biosimilars do not always lead to lower prices” writes Marie Gårdmark in a column.
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Första T-cellsterapin mot solida tumörer fick FDA-godkännande
För första gången har en T-cellsimmunterapi mot solida tumörer godkänts av den amerikanska läkemedelsmyndigheten FDA.
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Raised millions to develop a treatment for ´butterfly children´
Fragile as a butterfly’s wing – that’s how people living with Epidermolysis Bullosa are usually described. The Lund-based company Xinnate recently raised SEK 100 million in a new share issue to finance the development of a treatment they hope will give those affected an improved quality of life.
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Failed to read the fine print – lost his life’s work
A celebrated CEO and co-founder of a pioneering lab company one moment – the next, fired, kicked out and written out of the company’s history. This is the story of a Swedish entrepreneur who was going to raise US venture capital to strengthen his company but lost his life’s work instead.
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Flera cancerstudier dras tillbaka efter misstänkt fusk
I början av året påstod en bloggare att flera artiklar skrivna av forskare på cancerinstitutet Dana-Farber, som är kopplat till Harvard, innehöll felaktigheter. Artiklarna var i flera fall publicerade i prestigefyllda vetenskapliga tidskrifter. Nu vill institutet att flera artiklar dras tillbaka eller korrigeras.
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Licensavtal avslutas – Bioinvent tar tillbaka rättigheter
Biotechbolaget Bioinvents amerikanska samarbetspartner inom tidig forskning, Exelixis, har avslutat options- och licensavtalet för framtagande av nya antikroppar för immun-onkologibehandling. Därmed återtar Bioinvent alla rättigheter inom programmet.
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Astra Zeneca förvärvar kinesiskt CAR-T-bolag
Astra Zeneca förvärvar kinesiska Gracell, som utvecklar en CAR-T-terapi mot blodcancer och autoimmuna sjukdomar.
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Samuel Lagercrantz: We are currently seeing medical breakthroughs in these areas
Samuel Lagercrantz, Editor in Chief of Life Science Sweden, lists three medical fields in which we are currently seeing major breakthroughs and two fields in which we can see some long-awaited positive developments.
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Nedskärningar hos partner hotar Medivir-projekt
Medivirs amerikanska partner IGM Biosciences gör nedskärningar, vilket påverkar ett av Huddingebolagets läkemedelsprojekt.
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The Swedish innovation model: “There is a paradox”
It is often said that Sweden is strong when it comes to innovation, but how well are we turning that innovation into actual medicines?
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Small robots to deliver pharmaceuticals to the body
Robots that can operate inside the body and a platform that combines ultrasound with AI. These are a couple of the technologies that have qualified for a list that aims to promote sustainable entrepreneurship.
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Han uppfann teknologin bakom Bactiguard: ”Brukar kalla det vårt eget Coca-Cola-recept"
Det tog många år och otaliga misslyckade experiment i labbet. Men till slut hittade Billy Södervall ett sätt att blanda ädelmetaller som konkurrenter än idag, flera decennier senare, förgäves försöker kopiera. I september fyller uppfinnaren 80 år – och fortsätter att jobba för fullt bland provrör och pipetter.
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Why the world renown researcher Marc Tessier-Lavigne resigns as Stanford´s president
the winners and punished the losers”. Here is the background of the story which has shaken the American scientific community over the summer.
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Samuel Lagercrantz: The government’s performance in healthcare and life sciences so far
Since the change of government in Sweden, developments in the healthcare sector have shown promising signs, but the outlook in life sciences is less promising, writes Samuel Lagercrantz in an editorial.
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He got inside the head of Sweden’s vaccine hunter
The hunt for the COVID-19 vaccine is the theme of the new book Vaccinjägaren (The Vaccine Hunter). It tells the story of Richard Bergström’s mission as Sweden’s national vaccine coordinator and the scheming that went on behind the scenes in Europe. Author and medical journalist Nils Bergeå co-wrote the book with Richard Bergström.
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”Vem ska jag tro på?”
Alternativa hälsoprofeter, antiinflammatorisk kost och möjliga tankevurpor hos skolmedicinare – det är något av vad Anna Törner resonerar kring i en krönika.
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Conference on Alzheimer’s reveals several advances in the field
In Gothenburg, Sweden, researchers and pharmaceutical companies from all over the world gathered to discuss one specific issue – neurological diseases. Life Science Sweden has talked to some of those that attended the conference.
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Neogap rekryterar medicinsk chef
Bioteknikbolaget Neogap Therapeutics har utsett Hanjing Xie till Chief Medical Officer. Hennes uppgift blir att leda företagets utvecklingsprogram och första kliniska studie.
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Alligator tar in nästan 200 miljoner för utveckling av cancerkandidat
Styrelsen för Lundbaserade Alligator Bioscience har beslutat om en nyemission på upp till 199 miljoner kronor. Fokus ligger nu framförallt på den fortsatta utvecklingen av mitazalimab, bolagets läkemedelskandidat mot bukspottkörtelcancer.
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KI’s new President: “We need to work closer together”
A closer link between research and education and a stronger “we-feeling” are aims that Annika Östman Wernerson sets out to achieve as the new President of Karolinska Institutet. She will not give up her research entirely though. “I think it’s crucial to maintain a close presence in the business,” she says.
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