Danska elitforskare belönas

Totalt 45 forskare får dela på 12 miljoner vid årets utdelning av det danska Eliteforskpriset. Ett av årets stora EliteForskpris går till en ung hjärnforskare som forskar kring Alzheimers sjukdom och hjärnskador.

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.

Han blir Alphahelix nya VD

Bolagets tidigare teknikchef tar ett steg upp.

Major changes to the Q-Med board

The nomination committee wants to replace half of the existing board, including the current Chairman. An Extraordinary General Meeting will take place on February 4.

New study of toxins and heart disease

Is there a correlation between exposure to hormone interfering environmental toxins and increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease? A new patient study will try to evaluate this, and one thousand people are to be included.

Less scars with new product

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

EU says yes to Roche drug

EU approves a first in class therapy for treatment of patients with moderate to severe form of rheumatoid arthritis.

Vattenfall is firing with biomass

Vattenfall will provide Denmark with electricity by means of biomass.

Danisco strengthens its IP team

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

Medtech companies find new beam technique

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

Swedish Medtech söker ekonom/jurist

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.

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.

View pathology images in your iPhone

The Institute for Medical Informatics in Oslo announces a brand new iPhone application for virtual microscopy.

Norwegian describes scrapie gene

Intestinal lymphatic tissue is important for the absorption and spread of the scrapie prion, suggests a Norwegian researcher.

New faces in Pronova Biopharma team

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

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.