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.

New faces in Pronova Biopharma team

The Norwegian company Pronova Biopharma has recently changed the management team structure.

Acadia drug awarded

Acadia Pharmaceutical has got an award for a new treatment against Parkinson's disease.

Bio engineering breakthrough in Denmark

Brand new research makes BioGasol's cellulosic ethanol process even more competitive.

Orion cuts 205 jobs

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

Glucose facilitates the use of indigo

The Finnish researcher Anne Vuorema oat the MTT Agrifood Research Finland proves in her new doctoral dissertation that glucose can serve as a reducing agent of indigo.

Academy for a new turn at work

Are you qualified within life science, but unemployed? Here is your chance for a new career, in high demand.

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Fat cells' reaction differs with body weight

The fat cells of overweight people may react differently to dietary changes than in their lean peers, according to a pioneering study from the Dutch organization TNO Quality of Life.

Time to save for survival

The future is bright for the biotech industry. However, the companies need to cut costs immediately if they want to survive the rough economic times.

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.

Martin Bergö: "The Idea is the Thing"

Martin Bergö, 38, goes wherever ideas take him - it's a process that has led to, and resulted from, plenty of unexpected results. Those ideas have been recognized as good ones: in 2008, he was awarded the Eric K. Fernström Foundation's Prize for young researchers. It isn't the first award for the Associate Professor at Gothenburg University's Sahlgrenska Academy. In 2007, he received a grant award of 16 million SEK from the European Research Council for his pioneering work.

Ambassador program makes MVA big in Japan

The first ambassadors of the Medicon Valley Ambassador Programme have only worked in each other's countries for six months. But they have already made a significant difference for their sister clusters.