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Tablet treatment for hair loss approved in the USA
The US Drug Administration has given a thumbs up for the first tablet treatment for spotty hair loss.
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Collaboration for a simpler production of gene therapies launched
A collaboration between universities and companies aims at providing better production methods for the development of gene therapies. The initiative is led by Johan Rockberg, Professor at KTH.
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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”
Failed investments in primary care, an unreasonable system with online doctors and a public failure at coordinating the healthcare IT system. Göran Stiernstedt does not mind his language when describing the shortcomings of today’s healthcare system. “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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Ny metod för mikroskopi öppnar genväg till nya läkemedel
Forskare vid Chalmers har utvecklat en helt ny mikroskopiteknik för att kunna studera de minsta biologiska partiklarna i sitt naturliga tillstånd – och därmed öppna vägar för snabbare utveckling av nya läkemedel och vaccin.
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Studie: Önsketänkande kan ha väglett beteende under pandemin
En ny doktorsavhandling tyder på att vi systematiskt underskattar hälsorisker – om och när det passar oss. Det gällde inte minst under pandemin då våra riskbedömningar kan ha styrts av önsketänkande snarare än av hur vi rimligen borde ha uppfattat farorna.
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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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Martin Erixon är ny vd för Hamlet Pharma
Han har de senaste åren verkat som rådgivare för Hamlet Pharma – nu kliver Martin Erixon in som verkställande direktör i bolaget.
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Växande bransch i Danmark – "Ett nytt life science-företag i veckan"
Life science-sektorn i östra Danmark fortsätter att växa, både i antal anställda och antal företag. Ett uppseglande problem är bristen på arbetskraft, enligt en ny rapport.
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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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Nya chefer på Bayer när ny organisation införs i Sverige
Läkemedelsjätten Bayer har utsett Karin Eidolf till Sverigechef för sin läkemedelsdivision, samtidigt som Martin Stagmo blir ny medicinsk chef i Sverige.
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Ryskt universitet stängs av från FIP efter öppet brev till stöd för Putins krig
Ett universitet i S:t Petersburg stängs av från FIP efter ett öppet brev från rektorn till stöd för Rysslands krig i Ukraina. Hundratals rektorer har skrivit under brevet.
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Ny styrelseordförande i Hansa Biopharma
Hansa Biopharmas valberedning föreslår att Peter Nicklin tar över som ny styrelseordförande när nuvarande ordförande Ulf Wiinberg avgår.
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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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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 Coordinator Richard Bergström to Life Science Sweden.
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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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Forskare utvecklar kontaktlinser för att bota grön starr
Kinesiska forskare har utvecklat kontaktlinser som ska känna av om trycket i ögat stiger och därefter frigöra läkemedel för att sänka trycket vid behov. Förhoppningen är kunna bota grön starr.
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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.