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Study: Our behaviour may have been guided by wishful thinking during the pandemic
A new study suggests that we systematically underestimate health risks if and when it suits us. This was especially true during the pandemic, as our risk assessments may have been guided by wishful thinking rather than a rational perception of the risks.
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Björn Arvidsson: “We need robust and recognized ecosystems for continued competitiveness”
“We have idea carriers and excellent innovation opportunities, and now we must invest in creating ecosystems that provide them with even better growth opportunities,” Björn Arvidsson writes in a column.
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Göran Stiernstedt: “We are the world’s worst at continuity”
. “It makes me extremely frustrated,” he says.
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Marie Gårdmark: New incentives for orphan products on its way
"Let’s hope that the learnings from development of new therapies for rare diseases will spill over to more common conditions, orphan products paving the wave for drug development in a broader context", writes Marie Gårdmark in a column.
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Tablettbehandling mot håravfall godkänns i USA
Den första tablettbehandlingen mot fläckvis håravfall har fått tummen upp av den amerikanska läkemedelsmyndigheten FDA.
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A growing industry in Denmark: “One new life science company a week”
The life science sector in eastern Denmark continues to grow in the number of employees, as well as the number of companies. An emerging problem is the shortage of labour, a new report reveals.
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IVI’s Director General on establishing in Sweden: Will need up to 40 employees
The International Vaccine Institute, IVI, hopes to have its first staff on-site in Stockholm within a couple of months, says the institute’s Director General Jerome Kim in an interview with Life Science Sweden.
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The first vaccine derived from cowpox
The British rural doctor could not forget the words of the peasant girl. Could that really be true? A couple of decades later, on 14 May 1796, he performed the world’s first smallpox vaccination, and a medical breakthrough had occurred.
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Sobi och Sanofi får genombrottsstatus för behandling mot blödarsjuka
En behandling mot hemofili A, utvecklad av svenska Sobi tillsammans med Sanofi, har tilldelats genombrottsstatus i USA. Det är den första faktor VIII-behandling som ges sådan status.
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Tungt bakslag för Rhovacs cancervaccin – "Förvånade och djupt besvikna"
Immunterapibolaget Rhovacs läkemedelskandidat Onilcamotide mot prostatacancer har misslyckats med att visa överlägsenhet gentemot placebo i en fas IIb-studie. Företagets framtid bedöms nu som osäker.
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Now it’s settled: The International Vaccine Institute will be located in Stockholm
The International Vaccine Institute, IVI, is establishing itself outside South Korea for the first time. Last week, the Swedish Parliament ratified the agreement, which means that a branch of the institute will be located in Stockholm.
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Xbrane Biopharma drar tillbaka FDA-ansökan
FDA begär kompletterande information från Xbrane Biopharma om deras biosimilarkandidat till Lucentis.
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Läkemedelsföretag växlar upp mot apkoppsviruset
Nu vänder läkemedelsföretagen ögonen mot apkoppsviruset. Roche har utvecklat PCR-tester för viruset och Moderna ska nu använda sin vaccinplattform för att utveckla vaccin mot apkoppor.
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The first pharmaceutical for eosinophilic esophagitis approved in the U.S.
The U.S. Drug Administration has approved the drug Dupixent (dupilumab) to treat inflammation of the oesophagus of the type eosinophil esophagitis.
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No demand for new Covid vaccine – “It will probably be discarded”
So far, just under 6 000 doses of the Covid vaccine from Novavax have been used in Sweden, leaving over 1.4 million doses in stock. “They will probably be discarded due to lack of demand in Sweden as well as globally,” says Sweden’s National Vaccine
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Start-up developing ”digital twin” received award during the EIT Health Summit
A biotech company, a medtech company and a company in digital health were on the podium when the EIT Health Catapult awarded its winners.
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Anna Törner: To kill your darlings
Hopes were high when Anna Törner and her colleague started a study on a dietary supplement that seemed unbelievably good. “Enthusiastically, we dreamed of exciting results and perhaps a publication in a high-impact journal,” she writes in a column.
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Hello Angelica Loskog!
Life Science Sweden would like to know more about Angelica Loskog and interviews her about her life as a researcher.
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Noxious parasite forms hybrids and deceives the immune system
The small parasite Trypanosoma cruzi has a nasty ability to cause serious illness. Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet have now mapped its ability to deceive the immune system by forming new variants that are mixtures of different strains.
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Investments worth 40 billion in the Öresund region – “A huge investment wave”
A new report reveals that medical companies in the Oresund region are investing like never before.
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New rules for diagnostic products, but who will certify them? “An extreme shortage area”
the diagnostics companies’ products according to the new regulations. “In the end, it risks affecting patients,” says Anna Lefèvre Skjöldebrand, CEO of Swedish Medtech.
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Anna Törner: To kill your darlings
Förhoppningarna var höga när Anna Törner och hennes kollega startade en studie om ett kosttillskott som verkade vara overkligt bra. "Entusiastiskt drömde vi om spännande resultat och kanske en publikation i en högimpakttidskrift", skriver Anna Törner.
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Slutförd ansökan för alzheimerkandidat lyfte Bioarctics aktie
Den svenska läkemedelsutvecklaren Bioarctic tog ett rejält skutt på börsen på tisdagen efter nyheten att partnern Eisai slutfört sin ansökan hos FDA för bolagens gemensamma alzheimerkandidat. Om FDA godkänner ansökan innebär det klirr i kassan för
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Biogens motgångar stjälper över på svenska alzheimersföretag
Det amerikanska läkemedelsbolaget Biogens högprofilerade behandling mot Alzheimer, Aduhelm, spåddes bli en ny vår för såväl forskningsområdet som bolaget. Succén har dock uteblivit och nu avbryts praktiskt taget satsningen, samtidigt som vd Michael Vounatsos får gå.
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