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Drug development booms in Medicon Valley
When it comes to developing new medicines, the Öresund region is one of the top performers in the EU. Companies working on commission for pharmaceutical companies are highlighted as a success factor. “Everyone has heard of Novo Nordisk
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The new Swedish life science strategy – “It will consolidate Sweden as a leader”
Clinical trials and precision health are emphasised as key areas in the new national life science strategy.
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Stark pipeline i Medicon Valley – servicebolagen lyfts fram
Öresundsregionen har en av toppositionerna i EU vad gäller utveckling av nya läkemedel. Företag som arbetar på uppdrag av läkemedelsbolag lyfts fram som en framgångsfaktor. ”Alla känner till Novo Nordisk, men de här företagen har ingen utanför branschen
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AZ gets approval for drug targeting rare disease – it may reduce cortisone dependence
AstraZeneca’s drug Fasenra gets an expanded indication in the EU and is now approved as a treatment for the rare autoimmune disease known as Churg-Strauss syndrome.
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Lilly´s Nordic manager on Mounjaro launch in Sweden: "Patients deserve respect"
Another blockbuster diabetes and obesity drug has made its way into the Swedish market – with promises of a stable supply and availability for patients. “What we see is a significant unmet need, so we are expecting to have quite a good welcoming in the market", says Daniel Lucas, Managing Director Nordic Countries at the American pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly.
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Lilly-chefen om nya fetmaläkemedlet – ”Patienterna förtjänar respekt”
Ännu ett hajpat diabetes- och fetmaläkemedel har gjort sin inmarsch i Sverige – med löften om stabil tillgång och tillgänglighet för patienterna. ”Vi ser att det finns ett stort otillfredsställt behov och tror på ett gott välkomnande av marknaden”, säger Daniel Lucas, Nordenchef på amerikanska läkemedelsjätten Eli Lilly.
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”The importance of stratification in a statistician’s August kitchen”
Ingrid Lönnstedt writes about an experiment of her own at home and about what lessons can be learned from it, in a science column.
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New large lab building in Lund inaugurated – here are the companies moving in
Medicon Village has received a new laboratory building. On Friday last week the building was inaugurated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony by Minister for Employment and Integration Mats Persson (L) and construction contractor Mats Paulsson.
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Her company is developing a new tablet form obesity drug
Obesity and diabetes are the primary targets of a new tablet treatment under development by Malmö-based Pila Pharma. The company’s ambition is to take on the billion-selling GLP1 analogues. ‘‘Basically, I expect all the beneficial effects that they have, but not the same side effect profile,’’ company founder Dorte X Gram said in an interview with Life Science Sweden.
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Eli Lilly: Fetmaläkemedlet Mounjaro finns nu på svenska apotek
Eli Lillys internationella storsäljare inom diabetes- och fetmabehandling, Mounjaro, finns nu på svenska apotek, meddelar det amerikanska bolaget.
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Hennes tablett ska bli en ny typ av fetmabehandling
Obesitas och diabetes är huvudmålen för en ny tablettbehandling under utveckling av Malmöbolaget Pila Pharma. Företagets mål: att ta upp kampen med de miljardsäljande GLP1-analogerna. ”I princip förväntar jag mig alla de positiva effekter som de har, men inte samma biverkningsprofil”, säger företagets grundare Dorte X Gram i en intervju med Life Science Sweden.
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Leo Pharma to cut 200 jobs and reorganize
Danish Leo Pharma cuts down on staff in its global operations. Around 200 positions will be cut, while 50 will be moved to Poland.
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GSK pays 2.2 billion dollars to settle Zantac lawsuits
British drugmaker Glaxo Smith Kline, GSK, has struck a 2.2 billion dollar settlement, thereby resolving a vast majority of the liability cases pending against the company in the U.S. that alleged its discontinued drug Zantac caused cancer.
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This years Nobel prize in medicine – “Changed the understanding of how genes are controlled”
This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to the discovery that small RNA molecules, known as microRNAs, control how genes are regulated. Understanding the mechanism has changed our view of human biology and evolution, says KI Professor András Simon.
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An increasing number of people are falling ill with TBE – “Much more research is needed”
Tick-borne meningitis, or TBE, is an increasingly common disease in Sweden. Currently, there is a vaccine against the disease but no drugs. Researcher Anna Överby Wernstedt is studying the processes that occur in the brain during a TBE infection and hopes to contribute to developing a treatment.
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From lab to patient – the art of developing new antibody therapies
For 25 years, Danish company Genmab has been developing antibodies and has managed to get several drugs all the way to the patient. Esther Breij has been along for much of the journey and has experienced setbacks, but also huge discoveries. “It’s amazing when you succeed,” she says.
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Obesity-drug pioneers win Lasker Award
This year’s Lasker Prize in Clinical Research has been awarded to three researchers for their discoveries in GLP-1-based drugs that, according to the jury, “have revolutionised the treatment of obesity”. Among others, Novo Nordisk’s Lotte Bjerre Knudsen
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Från labb till patient – konsten att ta fram nya antikroppsterapier
I 25 års tid har danska Genmab arbetat med utveckling av antikroppar, och lyckats ta flera läkemedel hela vägen till patient. Esther Breij har varit med om en stor del av resan, och upplevt bakslag – men också riktigt stora upptäckter. ”Det är fantastiskt när det lyckas”, säger hon.
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De får Laskerpriset för ”revolutionerande” fetmabehandling
Årets Laskerpris inom klinisk forskning går till tre forskare för deras upptäckter inom GLP-1-baserade läkemedel som enligt prisjuryn ”har revolutionerat behandling av obesitas”. Bland annat belönas Novo Nordisks Lotte Bjerre Knudsen.
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Anna Törner: ”Mom, do you think you’ll ever get married again?”
”I realize I’m slowly descending into that familiar statistical rabbit hole, where life’s biggest uncertainties are reduced to point estimates and confidence intervals”, Anna Törner writes in a column.
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“We should avoid surgery if we can”
Since February this year, she has been Scientific Director Life Science at the Karolinska Institutet. Life Science Sweden met Anna Martling for a talk about role models, surgery and Sweden’s strengths and weaknesses in medical research.
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Danska läkemedelsfonder investerar i talangfabrik
Novo Nordisk Foundation, Lundbeck Foundation och Leo Foundation investerar 123 miljoner danska kronor, motsvarande omkring 188 miljoner svenska kronor, i ett nytt utbildningscentrum för Köpenhamns universitet och Syddansk universitet i Odense.
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Global liga bakom fejkat Ozempic
Världshälsoorganisationen WHO utreder spridningen av fejkade kopior av diabetesläkemedlet Ozempic.
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What will be the next big hype after obesity? – An expert panel highlighted their top picks
What will be the next big trend in life science? Everything from Alzheimer’s, Crispr and Omics were highlighted when the issue was debated at this year’s major life science event in Lund.