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Bakslag för Roche i Alzheimerstudie
Det schweiziska läkemedelsbolaget Roche kunde i resultaten från en preventionsstudie mot Alzheimers sjukdom hos patienter med en genetisk mutation som orsakar tidig utveckling av sjukdomen inte se någon inbromsning eller förhindring av den kognitiva försämringen. Det framgår av ett pressmeddelande.
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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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Kalmar tar täten inom e-hälsa
Under det senaste decenniet har digitalisering och e-hälsolösningar skapat nya möjligheter för medicintekniska företag. I Kalmar län har regionen skapat en e-hälsoarena med visionen att länet ska bli ett internationellt centrum för e-hälsans utveckling.
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Ny CBO hos Bioinvent
Cancerforskningsföretaget Bioinvent har rekryterat Sylvie Ryckebusch till rollen som Chief Business Officer.
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Patient fick nytt öra – 3d-printat från sina egna celler
Ett kirurgteam i Texas har lyckats med att förse en patient med vad de uppger är det första 3D-printade ytterörat som bygger på patientens egna celler.
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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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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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Start-up som utvecklar digital tvilling prisades under EIT Health Summit
Ett biotech-företag, ett medtech-företag och ett företag inom digital hälsa stod på prispallen när EIT Health Catapult avgjordes.
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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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Pfizer flyttar svenska huvudkontoret till Hagastaden
Läkemedelsjätten Pfizer flyttar sitt svenska huvudkontor till Life City i Hagastaden, som därmed får ännu ett stort life science-företag som hyresgäst.
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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.
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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”
In less than two weeks, new and stricter EU rules will enter into force for thousands of products used in important diagnoses of, among other things, cancer and Covid-19. However, not one single institute in the entire Nordic region is able to certify
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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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Eva Arlander rekryteras av Index Pharmaceuticals
Läkemedelsutvecklaren Index Pharmaceuticals har anställt Eva Arlander som Chief Development Officer och medlem i bolagets nya ledningsgrupp. Samtidigt genomförs flera andra personalförändringar.
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Tougher competition as the Novo Nordisk Foundation broadens its programme
Søren Nedergaard has worked with innovation at the Danish Government Offices and the University of Copenhagen. Today, he is COO of the Novo Nordisk Foundation, which has recently broadened its programme for leading innovators in medical research to apply to the entire Nordic region.
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Paolo Macchiarini in court – “The sole intent was to cure”
Paolo Macchiarini’s surgical procedure was illegal, life-threatening and caused severe and prolonged suffering to patients the prosecution claimed when the trial against the Italian surgeon began on Wednesday last week.