Pengar till forskning utan djur

Idag träder ett nytt regelverk i kraft, som förbjuder försäljning av nya produkter som helt eller delvis har utvecklats med hjälp av djurförsök. Idag meddelas också att fem svenska forskargrupper får stöd för forskning kring alternativa testmetoder.

Novo Seeds förstärker

Bobby Soni är ny medarbetare vid den danska investeraren, som satsar på väldigt tidiga utvecklingsprojekt.

Analys av onkoproteiner i nanoskala

Cell Biosciences lanserar ett analys-kit för MEK- och ERK-proteinerna, som kan användas inom cancerforskningen.

Orexo mot nya marknader

Smärtbehandlingen Abstral har godkänts för försäljning i Frankrike och Spanien. Det ger Orexo rätt till en milstolpeutbetalning.

Bioinvent inleder fas II-studie

Bolagets blodproppspreparat ska testas på knäoperationspatienter.

Livsviktiga grödor ska bevaras

Regeringen har utsett SLU-forskaren som ska bli Sveriges koordinator i ett EU-program som ska rädda växter till framtiden.

First ever study of human stem cell treatment

The FDA says yes to the world's first study in man of a human embryonic stem cell based therapy to treat spinal injury.

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.

Less scars with new product

A new Swedish product for post surgical scar formation enters clinical development.

Danisco strengthens its IP team

Danisco's division Genencor has appointed a new Vice President of Intellectual Property Strategy and Chief IP Counsel.

Swedish nanotech crosses the Atlantic

Genovis signs distribution agreement Finnzymes in US.

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.

Dako appoints new CEO

The Danish cancer therapeutic company Dako has appointed a new CEO after Patrik Dahlén.

Medtech companies find new beam technique

The medtech companies Raysearch and Nucletron expand collaboration with two new solutions for radiation treatment planning.

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.

Pharma is a safe market

Pharma is the best industry to invest in. That states leaders from risk capital companies, interviewed by the Economist Intelligence Unit.

LEO Pharma - International Clinical Trial Manager

New map of eye proteins

A new mapping of proteins in the eye opens the door for new treatments of eye diseases in the future.

Crafoord Prize to an American and two Japanese

Today the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announces the laureates of the Crafoord Prize in Polyarthritis 2009.

Vitrolife wants to acquire Medicult

The Swedish company Vitrolife intends to make en exchange offer to the shareholders of the Danish company Medicult to acquire all outstanding shares in the company.

SDU professor helps EU

Mette Præst Knudsen from the University of Southern Denmark, SDU, has been appointed as an expert member in an EU politics group.

Elekta gets ok from China

The Swedish medtech comapny Elekta has received approval from the Chinese authority State Food and Drug Administration, SFDA, to sell its linear accelerator in China.

Danish discovery could help cardiac patients

The Danish researchers have developed a component that could make live easier forpatients with heart failure.