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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
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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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Få tar det nya covidvaccinet – men en region går helt emot strömmen
Nästan en och en halv miljon doser av Novavax vaccin mot covid-19 har levererats till Sverige. Men inte ens 6 000 har gått åt. En region sticker dock ut. I Region Jönköping har uppseendeväckande många fler tagit det proteinbaserade vaccinet.
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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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Så mycket tjänar världens bäst betalda forskningschefer
Från 47 procent i löneökning för den ene – till ett 95-procentigt löneras för den andre. Olika föll ödets lotter för världens bästa betalda forskningschefer inom läkemedelsindustrin i fjol men ett har de gemensamt: det går ingen nöd på någon av dem.
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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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40 miljarder i satsningar i Öresundsregionen – ”En enorm investeringsvåg”
Medicinska företag i Öresundsregionen investerar som aldrig förr, visar en ny rapport.
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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 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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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.
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We will now publish more news in English – and offer yet another newsletter
Starting next week, Life Science Sweden will begin offering a newsletter entirely in English.
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When carelessness, forgetfulness and coincidence become the researcher’s best friend
Forgetfulness, coincidence and a stroke of luck hardly make up a fruitful method of serious research. Or do they? Actually, a number of important medical advances have come about thanks to completely random incidents and the open-mindedness of scientists who were ready to think outside the box.
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Verzenios EU-godkänns som tilläggsbehandling vid tidig bröstcancer
Den europeiska läkemedelsmyndigheten EMA har godkänt Verzenios i kombination med hormonbehandling som tilläggsbehandling för en patientgrupp med tidig bröstcancer och hög risk för återfall.
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Birgitta Henriques Normark ny ordförande för Vetenskapsakademien
Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien får ny ordförande den 1 juli. Birgitta Henriques Normark, som har varit ledamot sedan 2018, valdes på akademiens allmänna sammankomst den 6 april.
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Lista: 25 miljardärer inom svensk life science
Antalet svenska miljardärer totalt har mer än fördubblats på två år, till 542 stycken, enligt en kartläggning som Aftonbladet-journalisten Andreas Cervenka gjort. 25 av miljardärerna återfinns inom life science-sektorn. Vi redovisar dem här.
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Lucy Robertshaw: Are we in the perfect storm?
“Is there a perfect storm on the horizon again as elective surgeries were cancelled due to patients being admitted with Covid-19? We now have a long backlog of people who are presenting with chronic diseases that need to access healthcare again”, writes
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Studie: Covidvaccin till gravida ökar inte risken för komplikationer för barnet
En stor registerstudie från Karolinska institutet pekar på att vaccin mot covid-19 under graviditet inte medför någon ökad risk för tidig födsel, tillväxthämning eller andra komplikationer för det nyfödda barnet.
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Ny rapport: Fler döda i stroke under pandemins första år
Antalet dödsfall i stroke i Sverige ökade 2020 efter att sjunkit stadigt under många år. Ett oroväckande trendbrott – och en trolig orsak är covid-19-pandemin.
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"Tydlig positiv effekt" av empagliflozin vid njursjukdom – studie avbryts i förtid
En fas III-studie med SGLT2-hämmaren empagliflozin vid kronisk njursjukdom avbryts i förtid. Orsaken är tydliga bevis på positiv effekt, enligt läkemedelsutvecklaren Boehringer Ingelheim.
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This is how Anette Steenberg will put Medicon Valley on the world map
Anette Steenberg has been CEO of the Swedish-Danish life science cluster Medicon Valley Alliance since 1 November last year. Life Science Sweden called her to ask about her visions and the challenges of merging the worlds of Swedish and Danish life science.
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