Forskningsstöd missgynnar kvinnor

Fler män får stöd, och de får i genomsnitt mer pengar. De danska forskningsrådens sätt att fördela pengar förstärker könsskillnaderna i forskningsvärlden, enligt en ny rapport.

Hårt tryck på Läkemedelsverket

Alltför många vill ansöka om Sverige som referensland i den decentraliserade processen för att godkänna läkemedel. Idag införs nya rutiner för att hantera situationen.

Grönt ljus för Getinges bolagsköp

Medicinteknikföretaget Getinge har fått godkännande från den amerikanska konkurrensmyndigheten Federal Trade Commission, FTC för köpet av bolaget Datascope Corp. Efter klartecken från amerikanska myndigheter kan den segdragna affären nu slutföras.

Faster sales but less profits for Probi

The probiotic company increases its turnover, and the net results are twice as large as last year.

Test if you carry the fat virus

In a soon future there may be a quick and simple test that could show if you are infected with Ad-36, a human adenovirus that can make you over-weight.

Go ahead for leg wound study

Tripep starts a phase II-study of their wound healing joint venture project.

Success fee to Bioinvent and partner

The cancer collaboration started last year. After successful technology transfer the two partner companies now receives 5 million euro from pharma giant Roche.

Biotage is regrouping

The Swedish company Biotage takes yet another step in streamlining efforts, by outsourcing all instrument production to contract manufacturers.

Apoteket gets new vice CEO

The Swedish government company Apoteket has recently appointed a vice CEO.

Think outside the... brain

Riitta Hari from the Brain Research Unit at the Helsinki University of Technology has recently stated that the mind is more than just the brain.

Finnish Innovation Fund gets new leader

The Supervisory Board of the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra has appointed members of the Board, including a new president.

Recipharm launches into biologics manufacturing

Recently a Swedish biomanufacturing facility transfers from Astrazeneca to Recipharm Biologics.

Orion cuts 205 jobs

The Finnish company Orion has completed its statutory negotiations. By this, personnel will be reduced by about 205 in Finland.

New tools to fight bacteria

Better guidelines for doctors, detailed patient journals, and national monitoring systems are some of the tools needed to combat the increasing problem of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. That is stated in a report commissioned by the Swedish government.

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Bring talent to those in need

Ho ho ho, Christmas time is here again. So get busy decking the halls, perhaps not with assorted greenery, but with something of a more lasting value.

New firm based on SLU research

Four researchers at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU, has recently founded a new nanotech company.