Marie Gårdmark: Potential step change – EU regulators get to play with data

to the outcome of the pilot to hopefully then understand if “in house” analyses actually will add value.

Anna Törner: Kalashnikovs in a new guise

Thanks to resisting European regulatory authorities, Europe has been spared the opioid epidemic. In the 1960s, the situation was the opposite as the American pharmaceutical authority, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), refused to approve thalidomide (Neurosedyn), writes Anna Törner in a column.

Amorphous materials take centre stage when Orexo develops new formulations

Swift resolution but with maintained stability. Orexo’s new drug delivery platform tackles the problem of amorphous materials. “Our technology has the positive properties of the material, and it also cracks some of the problems,” says the company’s Research and Development Manager Robert Rönn.

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.

Marie Gårdmark: Finally, it’s time for a revision of the EU pharma legislation

A challenge for the EU Commission is to deliver a new framework that will also take care of another “pillar” of the pharmaceutical strategy, namely, to ensure that new medicines will be available for all citizens in Europe, writes Marie Gårdmark in a column.

Norway finds its path in life science

The life science sector in Norway is on the rise.

Delivering drugs with small devices

There are many challenges to overcome when delivering a drug orally. Getting the drug to survive the low pH of the ventricle and being released at the correct site in the gastrontestinal tract are two of them.

Swedish Healthtech Company 1928 Pushing Forward

The full service analytics platform is expanding the business.

Drug development creates new challenges for regulators

Active biotech byter inriktning

Forskningsbolaget väljer ny inriktning för bolaget. Ögonsjukdomar, blodcancer och Crohns sjukdom står i fokus.

A world-class research village

Eight years ago, Medicon Village was set up in Lund. Since then, this hub for research, innovation and business has developed enormously, and today the life science village is home to over 150 organisations, employing more than 2,200 people.

Engage with your CMO early

Gordon Hutton is Materials Science Lead at Thermo Fisher Scientific’s, formerly GSK, small molecule API site in Cork, Ireland.

From spin-off to phase II

”The people there will basically become your new colleagues” – Carina Schmidt, former CEO of Athera, about working with different contractors.

Before you choose a CRO

– We are a small company and it is very important for us to maintain our core competence within development of novel nanomaterials, Tove Sivik Sonne, Head of Development at Spago Nanomedical says.

Kognitiv träning skyddar dåligt mot demens

Att träna kognitiva förmågor ger inte skydd mot demens. Inte heller ger träningen någon generell förbättring utan man blir bra på det man tränar.

Opinion: Where do all the cool Swedish life science companies go?

It’s puzzling why Swedish life science companies hardly get a mention alongside Spotify, Skype, Klarna, King, iZettle, and other cool, innovative and successful ‘startups’ founded in Sweden.

Mobiltelefonplast styr bakterier

Forskare vid Karolinska Institutet har kommit på hur man kan använda ledande plast för att styra bakterietillväxt på ytor.

Namn på ersättningsläkemedel kan förvirra

Ersättningsmediciner är bra för landstingens ekonomi. Men samtidigt riskerar patienter att inte känna igen sina mediciner, när det står andra namn på förpackningarna. Peter Ekelund, namnutvecklare på Skriptor, undersökte deras upplevelse av systemet.

Ny vd i Active biotech

Active biotechs styrelse har utsett bolagets nuvarande forskningschef till ny vd.

Active Biotech tar in pengar

Tar in 55 miljoner till verksamheten genom företrädesemission.

Cantargia får patent i Japan

Forskningsbolaget Cantargia har fått patent i Japan avseende solida tumörer.

Ny FoU-chef till Idogen

Lundabolaget Idogen har rekryterat Anette Sundstedt som ny forskning- och utvecklingschef.

Sköter NeuroVives kommunikation

Cecilia Hofvander är ny chef för extern kommunikation på det Lundabaserade biotechbolaget.

Kancera ändrar fokus

Kancera lägger ner vaccinutvecklingen och Active Biotech, Hansa Medical, Bactiguard, Raysearch och Boule visar upp ett minskat resultat.