Göran Stiernstedt: “We are the world’s worst at continuity”

Failed investments in primary care, an unreasonable system with online doctors and a public failure at coordinating the healthcare IT system. Göran Stiernstedt does not mind his language when describing the shortcomings of today’s healthcare system. “It makes me extremely frustrated,” he says.

Marie Gårdmark: New incentives for orphan products on its way

"Let’s hope that the learnings from development of new therapies for rare diseases will spill over to more common conditions, orphan products paving the wave for drug development in a broader context", writes Marie Gårdmark in a column.

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.

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.

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.

Ingen efterfrågan på nya covidvaccinet – "Måste sannolikt kasseras"

Bara knappt sex tusen doser har hittills getts av covidvaccinet från Novavax i Sverige. Kvar i lager finns över 1,4 miljoner doser. "Det är sannolikt så att de måste kasseras. Det finns ingen efterfrågan, vare sig i Sverige eller globalt", säger Sveriges nationella vaccinsamordnare Richard Bergström till Life Science Sweden.

Hello Angelica Loskog!

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

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.

The route to vaccines for everyone: “We did not just sit around and wait”

The pandemic was in full swing, and no one knew when or even if a vaccine would come. At that point, the Swedish Minister of Social Affairs called with a proposal, and Richard Bergström did not hesitate. “I already had a notion that this would work,” he says in an interview with Life Science Sweden.

Boost Pharma byter vd – fortsätter utveckling av behandling mot medfödd benskörhet

Det danska cellterapibolaget Boost Pharma har utsett Evert Kueppers till ny vd. Bolaget utvecklar läkemedel mot medfödd benskörhet och bygger vidare på forskning från Karolinska institutet.

Giulia Gaudenzi: Innovation for good

"I challenge the innovator landscape to take a mental leap. Relying on innovation-solely to end inequality is not enough, therefore consciously and purposively – we need to engage bravely with the politics of poverty and scarcity. Even in life sciences", writes Giulia Gaudenzi in a column.

KI-forskaren studerar vår immunitet mot covid-19

Marcus Buggert forskar om hur immuniteten ser ut långsiktigt hos individer som haft covid-19. Hör honom berätta om sin forskning i videon.

Nobeltider: "En uppfinning som haft en avgörande medicinsk betydelse i närtid"

Frågan är inte om, utan när. Charlotta Gummeson, vd för Sahlgrenska Science Park, är klar över vilken upptäckt som är värd årets medicinpris. "Om de inte får Nobelpris nu så får de det framöver", säger hon.

EU: Inget behov av tredje dos för alla just nu

Det finns inget omedelbart behov av att ge fullvaccinerade personer i allmänhet en tredje dos vaccin mot covid-1. Den bedömningen gör EU:s expertmyndigheter.

Finländsk nässprej mot covid-19 börjar testas

Vaccinet har anpassats för att ge ett bättre skydd mot deltavarianten och den nya plus-varianten.

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.

En tredje dos till britter från september

En tredje dos av covid-19-vaccin kan erbjudas de mest sårbara grupperna i Storbritannien med början i september.

Column: Why there cannot be a complete cure for cancer – but there is certainly another way!

"Is there a new way we need to be thinking about how to prevent cancer?" Lucy Robertshaw reflects upon which is the smartest way to beat cancer.

Lucy Robertshaw: There is a bio revolution happening right now

Lucy Robertshaw is both proud and excited to be taking the baton of moderating this year’s Pharma Outsourcing event.

Helena Strigård: The rise of the community

Sweden Bio´s CEO is looking back at the last decade of development in the industry. Something has shifted in the interdependence between small and larger companies.

Pilots want to live too

Coordination of world-class research facilities

Four unique world-class research facilities are located just a few hours apart. Properly utilised, a Nordic centre for world-leading life science innovation and research could become a reality. Kajsa M Paulsson is the project leader for HALOS, driving the idea forward.

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.

Peab-grundarens stiftelse ger 22 miljoner till life science

Nya behandlingmetoder av cancer, blodbrist och herpesvirus, nya tekniker för kartläggning av gener och upptäckt av sårinfektioner och ett växtbaserat järntillskott - detta är exempel på de 7 forskningsprojekt som under 2019 får anslag från Mats Paulssonstiftelserna.