She creates pharmaceuticals on a 3D printer

The correct dosage for each individual, regardless of whether the pharmaceutical is for a seriously ill child or a frail elderly person, is the mission of a well-advanced project with 3D-printed drugs at Uppsala University. “It will soon be available

Swedish breakthrough in Alzheimer’s: “We can finally present great data”

Treatments for Alzheimer’s disease are currently among the hottest topics in drug development. Two Swedish research companies with high ambitions and successes in the field participated in Bioscience 2022 conference at Life City in Hagastaden, Stockholm.

Cytel Inc acquires the SDS Group

The multinational statistical software developer and contract research organization Cytel Inc, headquartered in Massachusetts, USA, acquires the Swedish consulting company SDS Life Science.

“We aim to be a start-up company with an academic spirit”

Chronic pain and Alzheimer’s are two diseases that plague many people worldwide and seem impossible to cure. However, Huddinge-based company Alzecure is working on developing drugs for both conditions.

FOKUS Patient turns international

FOKUS Patient is arranging conferences over 3 days in October, and this year, the focus will be on international collaborations.

Bought a tablet factory – and built his own empire

In 1995, Thomas Eldered was CEO of one of Pharmacia’s factories in the Stockholm area when the Swedish pharmaceutical giant, after a takeover, decided to move its production abroad. 34-year-old Thomas was facing an imminent risk of losing his job. However, instead, it actually turned out to be the starting point for one of the biggest success stories in Swedish life science.

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

Gel av spindeltrådsprotein utvecklas för biomedicinsk användning

Spindeltrådens märkliga egenskaper kommer till användning när svenska forskare undersöker nya, potentiella metoder för bland annat regenerativ medicin och läkemedelsformulering.

Pilotstudie: Implantat från grishud alternativ till donerade hornhinnor

Linköpingsforskare har utvecklat ett implantat byggt på protein från grishud som efterliknar den mänskliga hornhinnan. Positiva resultat presenteras nu från en pilotstudie.

Hello Angelica Loskog!

Life Science Sweden would like to know more about Angelica Loskog and interviews her about her life as a researcher.

Elicera develops CAR-T against solid tumours – may become the first in the world

Today, there are five EU-approved CAR-T therapies, all focused on different types of blood cancer, but no one has yet succeeded in making the method work against solid tumours. At Gothenburg-based Elicera, they are working relentlessly to succeed in that field as well. “It is the largest field, and the potential is enormous,” says the company’s CEO Jamal El-Mosleh.

Gel hårdnar till ben i ny forskning från Linköping

Från mjukt och följsamt - till hårt som ben. Forskare vid bland annat Linköpings universitet har utvecklat ett material som hårdnar genom att ben bildas likt fontanellerna på ett spädbarn.

Sweden and Denmark – this is how they choose their strategies

Scandinavia’s two major powers in pharmaceutical research have developed strategies for growth in life science, and both countries aim to become world leaders.

Ny teknik förenklar 3D-printing av läkemedel

Vilka är de senaste trenderna inom 3D-utskrifter av läkemedel? Thomas Kipping ska besvara den frågan på Life Science Swedens möte.

Svensk forskare på global "power list"

Den svenska forskaren Evelina Vågesjö, medgrundare och vd för Ilya Pharma, har placerats på den amerikanska tidskriften The Medicine Makers "power list 2021".

Biotechprojekt får miljonstöd

Stamcellsterapi av covid-19-relaterad ARDS och mini-hjärnor för AI-baserad läkemedels-screening. Det är två av projekten som får stöd när Swelife och Medtech4health delar ut 36 miljoner kronor.

ATMP-expert till Eliceras styrelse

Karin Hoogendoorn har valts in i styrelsen för Elicera Therapeutics.

Marie Gårdmark: Big data evidence generation drives change in the EU regulatory system

Rapid developments in technology have led to the possibility for the generation and analysis of vast volumes of data. Will the availability of big data lead to fundamental changes to the regulatory system? In a column Marie Gårdmark, CEO and Senior Consultant at RegSmart Life Science, develops her views on this subject.

Hydrogel nytt vapen mot multiresistens

En antibakteriell hydrogel som utvecklats av forskare vid KTH kan ge helt nya möjligheter att bekämpa infektioner och multiresistenta bakterier. Och det är bara ett av flera spännande spår som forskargruppen arbetar med.

New diagnostic test soon ready for the market

Tvärvetenskapligt team tog fram modellorgan

Torgny Fornstedt: Analytisk kemi måste hitta tillbaka till sina rötter

Det behövs fler kunniga analytiska kemister både på universiteten och inom industrin, skriver Torgny Fornstedt i en krönika.

Marie Gårdmark: Do EMA and FDA talk to each other?

Of course they do! The collaboration started already in 2003, writes Marie Gårdmark in a column.

Swedish Healthtech Company 1928 Pushing Forward

The full service analytics platform is expanding the business.